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PMForum is pleased to announce that David Mathie, former senior partner of E&Y (Italy), former Chair of the Italian Association of Project Management and former vice president of IPMA, has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau. Mr. Mathie works and consults from New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

David Mathie is an internationally recognized project management professional. Born in Hornsby, NSW, he is currently an executive consultant, executive director of QRE P/L, & Monte Christo Properties P/L, and a director of two US companies - iWorld Projects and Systems, Inc. and PMForum, Inc. Trained in electronics, David held engineering and management positions in industry before turning to management consultancy; he developed his management & consultancy skills across different industrial sectors (from aerospace & defense through oil & gas to resorts& hospitality) and cultural environments in many countries (Great Britain, Czech & Slovak Republics, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, USA).

Fluent in English and Italian, he also speaks conversational French, German & Dutch and some Russian. He is currently heavily involved in beach resort real estate development on Curtis Island (Queensland) and in providing management consulting to private industry in Europe. Briefly, David was headhunted from Marconi (UK) to Phillips (NL) in 1969. From there he went to Paris (FR) in 1971 where he set up a small Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) company contracting to Phillips, Hewlett-Packard & Panavia.

In 1972 David was headhunted to assist the Italian Government develop a systems support organization to manage their avionics portion of the Tornado (MRCA) program. He subsequently built up an ILS consultancy practice in Italy, which was sold in 1980. From 1976 to 1984 he helped develop the Artemis Project Management Information System, developed the Italian market and assisted in international sales efforts; when Artemis was sold he remained in a consultancy capacity (sales, management consultancy & training) until early 1987. He built up an Italian-based, boutique international management consultancy practice (Consulenza Project Management - CPM) from 1978 to 1994. CPM was partially sold to the Italian practice of Ernst & Whinney in mid-1989. CPM was autonomous and was also an E&W vehicle for business development. He was a partner in Reconta Ernst & Young (REY) and, in 1993, Ernst & Young (E&Y) Consultants (Italy) was formed, with David as a founding and senior partner. David resigned from E&Y and returned to Australia from Northern Italy in December of 1996 for family reasons. He formed Mathie Pells & Associates (MPA) in early 1997.

Some career highlights:

• 1996 to Present: Managing Partner of MPA, providing financial, strategic management and project management consulting; specializing in resort real estate projects in the Australian (and international) markets.


• 1998 – Present: Turtle Street Beach Resort development on Curtis Island with QRE P/L. Various small assignments for Italian industry (automobiles, aerospace & defense, oil & gas, banking & insurance).


• 2000 – 2002: Acquired, directed and reviewed a large multi-year consultancy assignment with JPS Health Network, Ft. Worth, Texas. Introduction of the Enterprise Project Management Plan (EPMP).


• 1995 – 1996: Assistance with the project financing for, and the development of, Russian warehousing projects.


• 1994 – 1995: Privatization of the road transport sector in Kazakhstan (and some assistance to the Russian road transport pilot privatization program).


• 1993 – 1995: As EYI partner, introduction and implementation of MBP in IVECO (trucks) & into SIP (the Italian state owned telecommunications company).


• 1991 – 1994: As CEO of CPM & a REY partner, an architect of the Czech & Slovak privatization programme; subsequent management & implementation of the economic & industrial restructuring in the Czech Republic.


• 1989 – 1994: With CPM, Chief Industrial Architect for the European Space Agency’s Science Division (ESA).


• 1978 – 1994: Owner & CEO of CPM. Acquired and managed various multi-million dollar Project Management (PM), Management-by-Projects (MBP), Change Management (CM) and Information Technology Effectiveness (ITE) consultancy assignments in large Italian and European organisations (both public & private) across all industrial sectors. (including refinery shut down projects in Italy – Augusta & Tricate – and a large resort construction project at Villasimius, Sardinia). Development and execution of specialised PM training courses.


• 1978 – 1984: Owner & CEO of Metier Management Systems Italy; provided sales, technical support & management consultancy for the Artemis PMIS software, which became the preferred PM software world-wide.

David has been a member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA - previously INTERNET) since 1978. He was a foundation member of the Italian Association of Project Management (1984); served on the board from 1984 to 1995 and as Chairman from 1987 to 1989; and served on the Board of ANIMP (Associazione Nazionale Impiantistica - Italian National Association of the Engineering & Construction Industry) from 1987 to 1995. He was a Vice President of IPMA from 1991 thru 1994. David is a Life Member of the Society of Logistics Engineers (SOLE); Foundation Member of the SOLE Northern Italy Chapter (1976). Listed in Who's Who Italy 1993; David significantly contributed to the development of Project Management profession in Italy during the 1980s and early 1990s. He has also been a member of the Project Management Institute in the USA for many years.

David has published many articles and papers on Project Management and Management By Projects in English and Italian over the years. While living in Italy, he organized Italian and International Congresses, Symposia and Round Table Meetings on PM, MBP, CM, ITE and ‘Doing Business in the former Soviet Union.

Potential Presentation Subjects (others available)

• Management of International Engineering & Construction Projects


• Management or real estate and resort projects and programs


• Programme Management for Government & Industry Leaders


• Organizational development through project management


• Successful Programme & Project management


• Industry development in emerging markets


• Management of Major Projects

For information on David Mathie’s availability, please contact ambassadors@pmforum.com.

The PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau was introduced by PMForum in June 2007 as a new service for project management leaders and meeting planners worldwide. The program offers leading project management authorities, experts and leaders who are available to speak at conferences, meetings and seminars worldwide. PM Ambassadors™ include globally-recognized project management professional experts; authors of PM textbooks; former presidents and chairs of PM professional societies; experienced project managers and PM professionals; and retired executives of project and program-oriented organizations.

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