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About Evolution Partners

The Evolution Partner Ethos

Purpose

Our purpose is help Australian leadership teams to confidently build enduring, great companies.

Values

BE PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE – We always understand what matters to clients. We are always energetic about helping clients realise their dreams.

ADMIRE OUR PEOPLE – We always support each other. We’ve always got each other’s backs. We are a no BS team.

IMPRESS OUR CUSTOMERS – We are always prepared and organised. We always create results that compel customers to come back again and again.

FIND A BETTER WAY – We always follow the procedure. We encourage each other to think outside the box and adapt to changing circumstances.

CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY – Our work must create positive change, and not harm.

Meet The Team

Founder, Managing Director, Author and Speaker

Brad Giles

Founder, Managing Director, Author and Speaker
Leadership Team Coach

Andres Zylberberg

Leadership
Team Coach
Leadership Team Coach

Anna Abelha

Leadership
Team Coach
Executive Assistant, Marketing/Projects

Briony Freeman

Executive Assistant, Marketing/Projects

Brad Giles

Founder, Managing Director, Author and Speaker | 20+ Years Experience

Since the 1990’s I have immersed myself in learning from the best business minds around the world through my coaching memberships, EO membership (Entrepreneurs Organisation) and self-directed executive education with an average of 300+ hours of professional development per year.

I have an intense desire to build great businesses. Not mediocre businesses with acceptable profits but enduring, truly great businesses. I define a truly great business as one where you have motivated, productive people who enjoy the working environment, a strategy which organically drives revenues to you from your competition, as well as execution that delivers consistent revenue and profits month on month, and a business model which generates cash as you grow rather than needing cash.

A business that gives you energy rather than draining your energy.

I’m an experienced serial entrepreneur, having founded multiple fast growth companies in my own right and received relevant accolades. I understand your situation because I have been in your situation. It can be lonely at the top and for the leaders I work with, they know that I’ve got their back.

About

Awards and Accolades

  • BRW magazine Fast 100 winner ‐ 2003 & 2004 (8th & 84th)
  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist
  • WA Business news 40 under 40 winner
  • NECA ‐ only WA company with less than 500 employees to have won a national industry award (which I won twice)
  • ECA ‐ safety in a small enterprise award
  • Telstra Small Business awards finalist
  • Speaker throughout Australia, Singapore & Silicon Valley
  • Raised $6k for MS research running the Boston marathon

Entrepreneurial & Leadership Professional Development

  • Author:
    • Onboarded: How to bring new hires to the point where they are effective, faster
    • Made to Thrive: The Five Roles to Evolve Beyond Your Leadership Comfort Zone
  • 3HAG Metronome United certified coach
  • Gravitas Impact coach emeritus
  • Gravitas Impact Core Values award winner
  • Contributor – Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)
  • Train the Trainer – Gazelles for 3 years
  • Gazelles Scaling Up coach for 7 years
  • Gazelles Scaling Up Core Values award winner
  • Outthinker growth strategy consultant
  • Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) chapter president and 10 year member
  • Entrepreneurial Masters Program – MIT Boston
  • Average professional development hours per year 300+

Connect With Brad

My job is not to prove that I’m right, it’s to help those around me. Being a leadership team coach isn’t my side hustle, this is my career. I don’t have ‘my finger’ in any other pies. My pursuit is mastery in this realm.

I take the time to listen, to ask questions, to understand you, your leadership team and the situation. I’m not a consultant who tells you what to do, gets paid and heads off into the sunset with no connection to the actual outcomes. I typically work with leadership teams for many years and work to make them sustainably better, because your success is my success.

Recognition For Brad

Andres Zylberberg

Leadership Team Coach | 20+ Years Experience

Hi, I’m Andres Zylberberg and I have a strong passion for empowering leaders to achieve their vision.

I have over twenty years experience as an entrepreneur, strategic planner and leadership team coach. 

Having experienced a Start Up, Grow Up and Scr@w Up, and later on 10X Growth, I understand the challenges leaders face from the inside out. 

My experience extends across different industries as well as company sizes. I’m also a professional coach certified by ICF and an expert in Agile and Lean methodologies.

Andres earned his Bachelor in Computing Science (2010) and his MBA in General Management (2012) from Deusto University. After moving to Australia, Andres earned his Diploma in Coaching (2017) from ICF and his Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching (2018). Having achieved the International Scaling Up certification and Rockefeller Habits (Gazelles, 2019), Andres continues to learn and certify from proven frameworks such as Metronomics, Topgrading, Outthink the Competition, among others.

About

Awards and Accolades

  • Internal coach of a rapid growth Scale Up, achieving 10X growth from 40 people to 400 in two years
  • WA Leaders Best Speaker 2021 award finalist
  • Speaker and Growth Strategy advisor at WA Leaders
  • Speaker at TEC
  • Speaker at CEO institute
  • Board member and advisor at Stirling Business Association

Entrepreneurial & Leadership Professional Development

  • International Scaling Up coach (Gazelles, 2019)
  • Rockefeller Habits coach (Gazelles, 2019)
  • Extended DISC profiler (2019)
  • Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching (2018)
  • Diploma of Coaching (ICF, 2017)
  • Lean Six Sigma (2016)
  • Agile coaching (2015)
  • PMP (2015)
  • ITIL (2015)
  • MBA in General Management (2012), Deusto University. 
  • Bachelor in Computing Science (2010), Deusto University

Connect With Andres

Recognition For Andres

Anna Abelha

Leadership Team Coach 

Anna Abelha is an experienced coach and facilitator with extensive experience as an entrepreneur and general manager. As facilitator for CERI (the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation), she was responsible for delivering programs and bootcamps for entrepreneurs, helping them to implement a range of strategy tools and business planning. Anna also founded and ran a unique retail concept business for more than a decade and was general manager for another medium sized retail operation.
 
Anna is a Certified Organisational Coach with the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL), is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and has an MBA from Edith Cowan University.
Anna Abelha - EVP

Awards and Accolades

  • Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management

Entrepreneurial & Leadership Professional Development

  • Facilitator for CERI (the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation)
  • Certified Organisational Coach with the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL)
  • MBA, Edith Cowan University
  • Founded and ran a unique retail concept business 10+ years
  • Former Retail General Manager

Briony Freeman

Executive Assistant, Marketing/Projects | 20+ Years Experience

Briony is a confident business all-rounder with over 20 years’ experience in key business support roles and project implementation. With career roles within several thriving consultancy firms, Briony has an in-depth knowledge of both the leadership and business consultancies and high standards of client service delivery.

With additional experience in education, health, retail and the not for profit sectors, Briony is highly adaptable and passionate about the development of both people and businesses. Briony holds a degree in Business Marketing and possesses creative problem solving and project management skills that make her a fantastic addition to the Evolution Partners team.

Briony Freeman EVP