Ellivate Consulting

Ellivate Consulting was founded in 2018 with the mission to help businesses scale fast.

Chris and the team help organisations enhance performance through using their 12 step framework which focuses on 4 key areas.

These include performing greater through productivity, measuring and motivating the team, scaling operations through systems and recruitment, and growing a talented, high performing team.

This framework ensures the right processes, systems and tools are put in place to produce a high performing go to market function, team coherence, highly trained staff and actionable decision-making.

With over 20 years of senior executive experience across 20 different industries, today Chris is passionate about using his expertise to partner with organizations to build out operations that improve customer experience.

Since launching in 2018, one of his biggest achievements has been rolling out a service framework to over 200 managers and 2000 staff resulting in a combined  15% improvement in customer satisfaction and coaching capability scores.

As the founder, Chris provides consulting, coaching and advisory for scaling SaaS organisations whilst driving the strategic direction of Ellivate.

Founder

ansarada

ansarada was founded in 2005 with the mission to transform opportunities into outcomes for millions of businesses worldwide.

As a global B2B SaaS company, their AI-powered intelligent information platforms enable businesses to know, raise and realize their potential in the market and make confident business decisions.

Including features such as virtual data rooms, security and compliance, cloud software and integrations, dashboards and reporting and AI insights and automation.

Through this platform, ansarada supports organisations across corporate transactions, portfolio and assessment management, tender life-cycle management and governance risk and compliance.

Across their 15 years in business, the company has won multiple awards including the Top 50 Employer, Great Places to Work and Deloitte Fast 50 Company.

As COO, Chris led the Global Sales, Client Service and Performance & Operations teams and was responsible for driving sales performance and servicing customer needs.

After 2 years and with a wealth of knowledge and experience behind him, Chris ventured out on his own to launch Ellivate Consulting in 2018.

Chief Operating Officer

BankWest

Bankwest was founded in 1895 with the mission to transform banking across Australia.

For over 120 years, the company has been servicing Australians with home loans and personal loans, credit cards and account management.

They are dedicated to providing the secure, reliable and frictionless banking relationship that customers look for.

Aside from supporting their customers, Bankwest also partners with Beyond Blue, Red Cross Blood Service and Telethon, as well as provide community groups with grants up to $1000 through their Easy Grants program. 

Joining the company in 2007, Chris was headhunted from the UK to be part of the branch expansion of Bankwest in the east coast of Australia.

With some of his biggest achievements including the creation of the multi-channel campaign for Bankwest Business to drive sales leads and generated upwards of 8 figures in sales.

As well as the development of a new sales service and best practice framework called PLUS that was used across all Bankwest Business Divisions.

As the COO, Chris led over 100 sales professionals and was responsible for sales development, customer satisfaction, communications, and training.

HBOS

Halifax was founded in 1853 with a mission to find ways to make banking simple and give support to customers when they need it.

In business for over 160 years, today Halifax is recognised as one of the UK’s leading banking organisations.

With a choice of investing, loans, car finance, mortgages, insurance and travel services, Halifax consistently continues to reinvent their servicescape to keep up with the unique needs of the modern day consumer.

Joining the company in 1997 as a graduate trainee, Chris quickly worked his way up to becoming the Training Manager where he developed training material for the Halifax store network.

Followed by becoming the Regional Sales Manager, Project Development Manager, Strategy Manager and finally the Head of Sales Operations.

Within his later years he designed and delivered strategic plans to distribute retail products to the HBOS customer base and developed new sales tools and operating models to support branches.

As the Head of Sales Operations, Chris was responsible for the delivery of sales strategy and operational performance of over 100 new branches opening with the branch network.

Head Of Sales Operations

Enabling SaaS businesses to Go Next Level | Scale your Business | RevOps | Enablement | Strategy 🚀

Elevate Your Leadership. Transform Your Business.

Great leaders don’t just manage teams; they inspire them.
Whether you're a sales leader, founder, or executive, leadership is the driving force behind business growth, team performance, and long-term success. Yet, too often, leaders are expected to figure it out alone - without the frameworks, coaching, or strategic guidance needed to truly excel.

That’s where Ellivate comes in.

I help leaders and organisations go next level - scaling leadership impact, optimising team performance, and driving business success. Through leadership coaching, enablement programmes, and go-to-market strategy, I work with high-growth companies and ambitious leaders to create clarity, confidence, and momentum on their path to success.

How I Help
- Leadership Coaching & Development: Strengthen your leadership mindset and skillset
- Sales & GTM Leadership Training: Build high-performing, revenue-driving teams
- RevOps & Growth Strategy: Align people, process, and performance for scale
- Executive Coaching: Equip founders & executives with the tools to lead at scale

Who I Work With
Founders & Executives navigating the challenges of business scale
Sales & GTM Leaders looking to develop their leadership skills and enhance team impact
Organisations investing in leadership excellence to drive performance

Let’s Talk
If you're ready to elevate your leadership, optimise your team’s performance, or refine your GTM strategy, let’s connect.

📩 Message me here or visit ellivate.co
📧 chris@ellivateconsulting.com
📞 +61 439 989 895

Chris Ellis

PurplePatch

PurplePatch deliver best in class Sales Enablement Consulting, Coaching, and Training to ensure sales teams are armed with the right knowledge, tools, and processes to maximize every sales opportunity.

Director

Selling Social Club

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to increase your conversion rates, close more deals, and sell more stuff in less time then you’ve come to the right place. Our sales training series will teach you everything you need to know about getting people to do what you want them to do.

Founder 

LaunchPad Academy

Pleased to be Mentoring and helping the SaaS sales stars of tomorrow transition into our industry through the Launchpad Academy.

Mentor

Airwallex

Senior Manager, Revenue Enablement

• Deliver live dynamic and interactive enablement experiences, via a variety of modalities and technologies, at all stages of the employee lifecycle, from onboarding, to development, to skills mastery
•Perform detailed needs assessments in collaboration with the broader enablement team and Sales Leadership to determine training needs and skills gaps
•Build and manage quarterly enablement plans and calendars
•Develop, manage, and collect data that contributes to monitoring the performance of enablement programs
Partner with Sales, SDR, and Customer Success to identify and prioritize Sales focused enablement needs like Onboarding, Sales skills development, Assessments, Kick-offs and Continuing Enablement
•Support the successful onboarding of new hires to decrease ramp times
•Coaching and training of Sales Managers to reinforce Sales Enablement initiatives
•Partner with external sales tool providers to maintain deep knowledge of tools and software and how they can be facilitated to improve sales / identify optimisation
Reinforcement and ongoing training / certifications for new product releases, messaging / positioning in the market, and ad hoc campaigns
•Collaborate with cross functional partners to ensure the communication of key and critical information is cascaded down to sales

APAC Sales Enablement Manager

• Partnering with SDR Managers globally
• Build and execute a vision that accelerates Go1’s sales excellence in the Sales Development Reps organization 
• Design and implement comprehensive onboarding and ongoing Sales Development Rep training programs.
• Connect the dots between Demand Generation, Product Marketing, and Sales.
• Work closely with Rev Ops and Sales leadership to determine KPIs.
• Deliver live dynamic and interactive enablement experiences, via a variety of modalities and technologies, at all stages of the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to development, to skills master

Global SDR Sales Enablement Manager

HubSpot

Sales Team Lead

Senior Growth Specialist Small Business

Growth Specialist

Total Resource Solutions

We are an independent Recruitment Agency based in Surry Hills, Sydney. We have been operating since 2005. We employ only Senior Consultants and work with highly regarded employers.

Recruitment is a competitive Business, you need to stand out. We are proud to be different.
We work extensively with both State and Federal Government Departments as well as within Financial Services and Consulting.

IT&T: We work across all industry sectors within the IT&T Sector. Particular areas of specialization include: BIG Data & Data Analytics, Infrastructure, EAI & EIM, BI/DW, Development, Testing and SAP.

Government; TRS is an approved supplier to NSW Government via the CWS Panel - We are the 8th Largest supplier on CWS panel,- there are currently over 300 other competing registered suppliers.

Advertising & Media: Specialities include; All things Digital, Technologists, Account Services, Senior Appointments and Finance.

Marketing: Our core speciality in this sector is Digital & On-Line Marketing, with a particular focus on SEO & SEM.

TRS has the ability to help international candidates to Australia - we provide relocation advice and have the capability to sponsor for internal roles.
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Recruitment Consultant

Robert Walters

Robert Walters plc is one of the world’s leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies and focuses on placing high calibre professionals into permanent, contract and temporary positions at all levels of seniority. The New Zealand business recruits across the Accountancy and Finance, Banking, HR, IT, Legal, Procurement & Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing and Secretarial & Business Support fields. Established in 1985 the Group has built a global presence of 53 offices spanning 24 countries

Consultant - Procurement, Supply Chain & Operations

Purplebricks Group PLC

- Develop, maintain and improve the training modules delivered to all personal in line with the culture and business growth
- Run the training department to ensure consistency and business growth
- Responsible for delivering both class room and field-based training for all areas of the business
- To support regional directors, Property Manager and valuers in developing their business through growth and retention
- Work within the Management team providing first class training and development to meet business needs
- Continuously work towards the strategy of the business
- Conduct field business visits as and when required
- Prepare, promote and update a set of training principles to ensure continuous development
- Work from case studies of success in terms of business growth, team building and income
- To prepare and organize electronic files for all materials used
- Work with the HR, Compliance and Operations on all people related matters from hire to retire

Lettings Training Manager

- Dedicated postcode-defined territory, which you will build and grow
- Purplebricks’ investment in marketing, technology and infrastructure to help you deliver an exceptional customer experience from start to finish. You’ll get unrivalled support from our highly experienced HQ functions including from Central Property, Seller's Concierge, Home Purchase and Post Sales teams
- Support buyers and vendors throughout their entire journey with Purplebricks, ensuring they receive the best possible service
- Provide an honest valuation of the property that meets the needs and expectations of the customer.
- Manage vendors and buyers from start to finish

Local Property Expert

Express Estate Agency

• Valuing residential properties all over the south west of England
• Building comparable evidence to support valuation 
• Self management of my own diary 
- After each site visit liaise with head office
- Attending 20+ property site visits per week
-Ensuring a high conversion rate from site visit to instruction
-Cross selling of financial services and preferred conveyancing companies
- Listing 25+ Properties a month
-Building £100,000 pipeline in 7 months

Regional Valuer Property Manager

Stuff you can't find on Linkedin:

- I love coffee my side hustle non corporate dream is to own a hole in the wall
- In the last 12 months I have completed my motor bike license, taken a barista course (incase sales enablement doesn't pan out haha), learnt to DJ (badly) and gave up alcohol for 12 months. 
- My aim of 2024 is to learn to live slowly, ask me about it I love a yarn.

The corporate Jargon:

Lucy has a proven track record as a highly successful Sales Professional with a diverse background in start-ups, scale-ups, and established corporate enterprises. Demonstrating her versatility, she made a strategic transition into Sales Enablement, where she has excelled in collaborating with stakeholders to cultivate and expand international Sales Development Representative (SDR), Account Executive (AE) and Customer Success (CSM) teams. Moreover, Lucy has played a pivotal role in implementing robust processes and systems across global teams, further solidifying her reputation as a dynamic and results-driven professional. 

Lucy's passion lies in fostering top-performing sales teams, providing ongoing support throughout their professional journeys, and strategically positioning individuals for sustained success. Lucy's commitment to excellence underscores her dedication to empowering sales professionals and optimising their career trajectories.

Specialities: stakeholder management, tech, tools and processes, start-up and scale-up experience, sales training, sales methodologies, sales strategy, sales enablement, inside sales, outbound sales, facilitation, coaching...

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