Experienced Business Owner, Strategic Growth Partner and Investor
Stephen Brownell
Business Growth Partner | Investor | Experienced Operator
Experienced Business Owner, Strategic Growth Partner and Investor
Stephen Brownell helps established business owners stabilise operations, improve performance and build the systems required to scale. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience building and leading multimillion-dollar businesses, Stephen provides practical strategy, commercial discipline and ongoing accountability.
Who Stephen Works With
Stephen works with established, owner-led businesses that have achieved initial success but are being constrained by inconsistent performance, weak systems, leadership challenges or an overreliance on the owner.
These are businesses with customers, revenue and genuine growth potential. The work is not suited to early-stage ideas or businesses yet to find their market.
Experience Behind the Advice
Stephen’s advice comes from building, running and leading real businesses, through growth, pressure and change.
30+ Years in Business
More than three decades of business and industry experience.
Multimillion-Dollar Businesses
Experience building and leading businesses at multimillion-dollar scale.
Founder and Managing Director
Experience as a founder and as a Managing Director, carrying full responsibility for the business.
CMS Asia Pacific
Managing Director of CMS Asia Pacific and its related businesses.
Hands-On Across the Business
Practical experience across operations, leadership, growth and commercial decision-making.
Coaching Business Owners
Coaching and mentoring other business owners, including through the Aaron Sansoni business community.
CMS Asia Pacific
Managing Director
Establishment of CMS ASIA PACIFIC Group
Incorporating CMS Asia Pacific Mining,
CMS Asia Pacific Civil and
CMS Asia Pacific Power (Ex NPG Mining).
Managing Director
CMS Underground Construction have added Civil Mine Services to the company portfolio to better service the Civil Industry.
Jun 2017CMS have for hire Civil Mining and tunneling equipment and competent Labour, as well as workshop facilities to repair and overhaul machinery.
Director
19 yrs 7 mos
Coal Mine Services provide Labour and Equipment to the Underground Coal and Civil Tunneling markets.
Jan 2005Equipment Includes:
- Continuous Miners
- Roadheaders
- Secondary support Bolting Rigs
- Range of QDS Loader attachments
We also provide Trades and Miners as required for all types of mining works
What We Offer
Stephen works with established business owners on the things that decide whether a business holds together and grows: cash flow and margins, the strength of the offer and its pricing, and the systems and leadership a business needs to scale.
More than 30 years of building and running businesses sits behind that advice, much of it in mining and heavy industry. The experience is practical and commercial, and it applies wherever an owner has grown past what their current systems, people or structure can comfortably support. Stephen also takes on Board and Strategic Advisory roles alongside his monthly advisory engagements.
Stabilise
Bring clarity and control to cash flow, margins, priorities, responsibilities and business performance.
Grow
Strengthen the offer, pricing, sales performance, customer acquisition and profitability.
Scale
Build the leadership, systems and accountability required to grow without increasing the business’s dependence on its owner.
Discover Stephen’s Journey
From humble beginnings in a small mining town to pioneering sustainable infrastructure solutions on a global scale, Stephen’s journey is a testament to perseverance and entrepreneurial spirit.
Join the Vision
Together, let’s build a future that’s economically sound, environmentally sustainable, and socially empowering.