Derrick AustinDerrick Austin is a Company Director of Future Market Trends Pty Ltd, a privately owned company, incorporated in 1987, which is the research branch of the business. Coaching First Australia is owned and operated by Future Market Trends and is a business improvement and coaching/mentoring company. Derrick’s areas of business expertise include:

  • Interim Management Assignments
  • Board Policies and Procedures
  • Target Marketing by Industry
  • International Standards – AS/NZS 4801 – OHS, ISO9001 – Quality and ISO14001 – Environmental
  • Reducing Fair Work, WorkCover and business insurance claims
  • Lean Manufacturing and Waste Reduction
  • Retail and Wholesale
  • Banking and Insurance
  • Building and Construction
  • Aircraft and Aerospace
  • Management Consulting
  • Industrial Plastics and Metal Manufacturing
  • Marine Industry
  • Transport and Logistics
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • New Product Development
  • Operations Management Effectiveness
  • Cost Reduction and Containment
  • Management Training and Development
  • Sales Training and Development
  • Customer Value Analysis

With over 30 years in management experience, Derrick’s main interests are continuous learning through a coaching/mentoring approach, thereby helping companies grow and improve their businesses while reducing their costs and increasing their profits at the same time.

Derrick is now on a mission to assist businesses to become more competitive in this globalised world by improving the performance of businesses and their people.

“Unlike most Management Consultants who ‘fly-in and fly-out’ we show your people how to implement our Business Improvement solutions”