Ari Magalhaes
Economist & Turnaround Specialist
Ari listens to what you think you want and then delivers what you need at a professional level
Executive Officer,
Aged Care Organisation
Ari helps organisations work through economic challenges: pricing decisions, strategic positioning, growth planning and financial turnarounds.
She brings an economist's systems thinking to practical business problems, looking at how pricing affects demand, how cost structure supports (or blocks) growth, and what the numbers are actually telling you about where to focus. She's worked across 20+ industries in Australia, Europe, and South America, bringing frameworks and patterns that are relevant to different situations.
Capabilities
Organisational and business planning
- Strategic planning
- Operational planning
- Business model designs
- Business coaching
- Financial modelling
- Feasibility studies
Strategy, risk and governance
- Risk management strategy/implementation
- Risk review/audit
- Business improvement
People, culture and wellbeing
- Leadership and executive coaching/training
- Organisational restructure and merger support
Transformation and change
- Business model and strategy review
- Operating model review/strategy
- Cost optimisation strategy
- Revenue diversification strategy
Clients
Aged Care NFP
Government Health Department
Energy generation company
ASX listed logistics company
Carbon Asset Solutions
Community Services organisation
Qualifications and recognition
Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors 2021
Fellow, Governance Institute of Australia (2021)
PRINCE2®Practitioner
Double Degree Masters in International Management, LSE-UK, Bocconi-Italy, and FGV-Brazil
Bachelor of Economics, UNESP-Brazil
Women’s Health Tasmania, Non-Executive Director (NED)
Palliative Care Tasmania, NED
Arthritis & Osteoporosis Tasmania, NED
Economic Society of Australia (Tasmanian Branch), Committee Member
Red Nose Australia, Community Advisory Committee Member and Chair of “Healing Through Community” Steering Group
As always it was a pleasure to work with Ari. She delivers high quality work in the timeframes required
Executive Manager Clinical Care,
Aged Care Organisation
