Dont miss the opportunity to hear one of Australia's leading Christian business presenters, Peter Irvine - Co-founder of Australia's largest coffee retailer, Gloria Jean's Coffees.

About the Speaker:

Peter has had over 40 years experience in business at a high profile management level.  Peter first started his professional career as a junior at DDB Needham, Sydney (DDB Needham is part of the worldwide group of Omnicom) – which became the second largest advertising agency in Sydney.

Over a span of 33 years at DDB Needham, Peter acquired an extensive portfolio of business expertise, commencing in Media planning and buying, progressing to Media Director for Sydney and National Campaigns, then onto General Manager and finally ending his career at DDB Needham as Managing Director.

Whilst at DDB Needham, Peter was part of the team who launched McDonalds in Australia.

In 1996 Peter branched out into franchising and in conjunction with his business partner Nabi Saleh, established the Gloria Jean’s Coffees franchise in Australia. 

Since they opened their first coffee house in November 1996, Gloria Jean’s Coffees has grown to be the largest specialty coffee retailer and one of the fastest growing franchise organisations in Australia. Today there are over 400 Gloria Jean's stores and kiosks across Australia and approaching 720 coffee houses in 30 countries worldwide.

In January 2005, Peter and Nabi purchased the international Master Franchise brand and supply and roasting rights for all countries.