Assess & Diagnose
Rapid risk assessment and commercial diagnosis. Paul identifies where cash is leaking, where revenue opportunities are being missed, and where the team needs to be strengthened to perform.
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Managing Director, Torrisi Co
CEO, company director, strategic advisor and investor. Brisbane, Australia.
Paul Torrisi is an accomplished CEO, director, and strategic advisor with a proven track record of turning businesses around — generating cash, profit, and sustained growth. His career spans telecommunications, infrastructure, automotive, manufacturing, retail, services, and technology sectors across both publicly listed and private companies.
Paul excels at rapidly assessing risk and making decisive commercial judgements that produce short-term results while building long-term value. He achieves this by identifying revenue opportunities, controlling expenses, evaluating team capability, incentivising performance, and setting a clear vision that people buy into. His strategic frameworks align KPIs across every area of a business, ensuring accountability and momentum at every level.
Paul brings deep experience navigating complex commercial transactions, having successfully negotiated numerous business deals and managed stakeholder relationships across investors, boards, and banking partners. He is a skilled facilitator of strategy workshops, a subject matter expert in large-scale telecommunications infrastructure, and is actively helping businesses integrate AI to accelerate performance and efficiency.
Paul is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors' Course and serves as a Board Member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Queensland and the Northern Territory — a role that reflects his deep pride in his Italian heritage and his commitment to fostering international business relationships.
Method
Rapid risk assessment and commercial diagnosis. Paul identifies where cash is leaking, where revenue opportunities are being missed, and where the team needs to be strengthened to perform.
Decisive action that produces short-term results. Expense control, revenue activation, correct incentive structures, and a clear vision that the whole organisation can rally behind.
Strategic frameworks with KPIs that touch every area of the business. Strategies are aligned, accountability is embedded, and governance structures ensure sustainable long-term growth.
Experienced navigation of complex commercial transactions, stakeholder negotiations, and capital strategy — structured to fuel the next phase of business growth.
Helping businesses get up to speed on artificial intelligence — identifying practical AI applications, integrating tools into workflows, and building capability that creates lasting competitive advantage.
Strategy workshops that bring leadership teams into alignment. Clear outcomes, defined priorities, and an actionable roadmap that everyone is invested in delivering.
Track record
Elected board member fostering Italian-Australian business relationships, trade facilitation, and cross-cultural commercial partnerships across Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Founded and leads a consultancy and advisory practice specialising in business turnaround, strategic commercial advisory, governance frameworks, telecommunications infrastructure, and AI integration for businesses across Australia.
Board director of the UK-listed parent company of SkyMesh, Australia's largest satellite and fixed wireless internet service provider for regional communities. Oversaw governance, strategy, and shareholder value creation.
Appointed to the board to drive growth and product diversification. Stepped into the CEO role during a critical leadership transition, stabilising operations and driving shareholder value through decisive turnaround actions.
Led an ACMA-licensed telecommunications carrier for over seven years, delivering connectivity to remote and regional Australia. Managed network infrastructure, regulatory compliance, commercial strategy, procurement, and team performance across a complex operational landscape.
Built a broad commercial foundation across multiple industries including automotive, manufacturing, retail, and professional services — developing expertise in operational excellence, cash flow management, team building, and strategic execution.
Credentials
Cash, Profit & Growth
Negotiation & Structuring
Investor & Banking Relations
KPIs & Governance
Infrastructure & Design
Capability & Efficiency
Facilitation & Alignment
Oversight & Compliance
Control & Optimisation
Our Team

Managing Director
CEO, director and strategic advisor. Business turnaround, telecommunications infrastructure and investment.

Director of Operations
Finance, administration and business services. Degree qualified.

Executive Assistant & Analyst
Executive support to the directors. Research, analysis and stakeholder coordination.
Advisory
Whether you are looking to turn a business around, sharpen your strategy, build a governance framework or work out what AI can actually do for your operations — we would welcome the conversation.
No obligation. A candid discussion about where you are and where you want to be.
Investment
We invest our own capital, across industries, in people we believe can execute. We are selective, and we read everything that arrives properly — which is why we ask you to do the work first.
We review every submission and will come back to you if there is a fit. Please don't chase it by phone — if it is right for us, you will hear from us.