Therese is amazing! Brought up in Brissie by a single Mum, as her Dad died when she was 5 months old, Therese had a wonderful childhood. She begged her Mum to let her go to a Catholic High School with her friends, and while she was there she did really well. It was a conversation with one of her teachers, who told her she could do anything she wanted, that led her away from secretarial college and made her consider other careers. Upon leaving school, and with only $213 in her pocket, she moved to Redfern in Sydney (ignorance is bliss!) where she had a great job waitressing for the Novotel before she worked for Phillips and at the same time, decided to do a Marketing degree.
Soon after that she took on the Australian rights for Jeep prams, and that led her into the parenting industry. She learned all about partnerships from this experience, particularly a campaign she did with Huggies, which then led her to ask for the Benneton brand to give her the Australian rights for their strollers. This wasn't given to her automatically however. The job went out to tender, and low and behold, she won the global rights to the Benetton prams and ended up having HUGE success with the brand. There is so much to her story, with lots of twists and turns, but you will love every second of this interview. These days, Therese consults to brands to help them with growth and partnerships. Watch this space for her next business idea. It's very exciting!
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