Jeffrey von Drehnen

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Bio:

Experienced in helping people work better together to achieve results. Jeffrey specializes in leading high-impact programs across various sectors, including Oil & Gas, FMCG, technology & public. Motivated by the belief that everyone deserves to have meaningful work, he has helped transform how organizations deliver on their strategies. This includes turning strategy into actionable work plans with ongoing results governance, re-designing operating models so they are fit for purpose, and working with teams to improve how they interact & deliver their work.

  • Established and led PMO for a billion-dollar enterprise cost-saving program in a global top 50, Oil & Gas giant. To accelerate results, he setup a governance focused on realizing savings, delivery speed & overcoming barriers. Improved how teams work together to plan & deliver their work
  • Increased clarity for teams, visibility into strategy execution & organisational flexibility by introducing Quarterly Delivery Cycles into the infrastructure division & retail media division of an ASX top 20, Australian FMCG firm. This included coaching executives to define motivational & measurable goals
  • Helped 20+ tech and business teams to better align their work with what the business needed, for one of Canada’s top 5 firms by assets under management. Together with the teams, Jeffrey broke the strategy down into actionable & meaningful pieces of work and developed a roadmap to get there. With clarity on what teams needed to do, he then coached on how to deliver iteratively so that the organisation gained earlier results and reduced delivery risk
  • Co-designed a high-level Operating Model to better deliver on long-term aspiration in a grocery media retail firm. Model designed to overcome pain points discovered through senior leader interviews & deep dive workshops with teams
  • Delivered the Sydney Startup Hub, a $35M investment by the NSW Government to create space for startups so they could continue to have a presence in Sydney’s CBD. Undertook a study tour to Israel to better understand the key factors needed for innovation in NSW. Used the learnings to design and implement a $2M program to stimulate innovation in regional NSW

Key facts:

  • Executive MBA with excellence – Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW
  • Bachelor of Arts (International Relations) – University of Canberra
  • Bachelor of Communications – University of Canberra
  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1) – Scrum.org

Expert areas:

  • Agile Operating Model
  • Business Agility
  • Business Operating Model Design
  • Strategy Consulting
  • USA

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