Mangement For Design

The essential business
partner enhancing your performance

Our financial and business management skills can maximise the potential of architects, designers, engineers, planners and other creative professionals.

We believe everybody should focus on excelling at what they do best.

By helping you to run your practice efficiently, and enabling you to plan effectively, we free up your time to focus on what you do best — building your business and creating great work.

Freeing you up to focus on what you do best

We understand all the fundamentals that need to be in place to run an efficient and highly productive practice.

strategy

Refocussing your way of working means you’ll spend less time micro-managing, while the key decision making will always remain firmly in your hands

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financial control

We can help your firm cohesively manage and improve its bottom line; freeing you up to take the lead with the knowledge that finances are under expert control

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business systems

Now, more than ever, it’s important to ensure that your business systems are right for your business, work effectively and are embraced by all your team

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technology

As new tools and technologies are developed, they leave a wake of change behind them with the potential to revolutionise the way the industry works

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assessment

We uncover the fundamentals of your business, identify areas for improvement and enable sound, evidence-based decisions, to move your business forward

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leadership

We provide innovative solutions that are designed specifically to meet design business needs. Our mission is for your leaders to be the best they can be

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communications

In business, the ability to communicate the value of your services is just as important as delivering successful projects

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personnel

We'll partner with your business to increase efficiencies, accuracy and reporting standards, while decreasing overall costs and risk associated with maintaining these functions

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Management for Design provides strategic, financial and business management services that maximise the potential of architects, designers, engineers, planners, and other design professionals.

Our team can take care of your everyday business management functions, from finance and accounting to systems, technology, and human resources. Over and above that, we provide strategic insights and leadership development; covering issues like succession, training, benchmarking, and branding.

Refocusing your way of working means you spend less time micro-managing, while still maintaining ownership of all key decision-making.

Your partner in business

The way we see it is that our people are your people. Led by our executive team, they are expert and experienced in their specialised roles.

Robert Peake

Co-founder and Principal

Robert is a strategic thinker with a proven ability to deliver specialist expertise in strategic direction, financial and business management, systems, operations, and business performance. His work with Architects, Engineers and Designers has enabled them to more effectively control and manage their businesses and to build sustained financial performance, business sustainability, growth and improvement. His focus is on:
  • Strategic Direction and Execution
  • Business Management and Operations
  • Financial Management and Performance
  • Benchmarking
  • Leadership Development and capability
  • Business Management Systems.
He is actively involved with the leadership team to facilitate decision making, counsel clients and to bring a broader perspective to the discussion based on 30 years’ experience in the industry.
Your goals will be our goals. It's in our interests to help you achieve them, so we can succeed and grow together.

Gordana Milosevska

Co-founder and Director

Gordana devotes her valued skills as a CPA to enhancing the business efficiency and performance of our clients. Her expertise is built on broad experience in accounting and financial management in a range of industries, including design, hospitality, retail, security and investigation, and fashion. Gordana has been instrumental in enabling businesses to attain financial stability and sustainable growth.
This could be the change you need to really unleash the professional expertise and creative spirit in your business.

Dinesh Rajalingam

Technology and Innovation Director

Dinesh has extensive experience across the professional services, business and IT consulting industries. He develops and delivers innovative strategies for Architects, Engineers and Consultants that utilise current and emerging technologies. Dinesh ensures our clients have an effective and efficient IT infrastructure and an IT platform that delivers a competitive advantage into the future.
Dinesh is a highly competent business partner, strategist and collaborator with excellent cross functional and project management skills. He interacts with people at all levels and has transformed IT teams into high performing groups.

Callum Bruce

Business Systems Director

Callum has worked in business systems consulting for 11 years and has an exceptional range of experience working within the AEC space. In this time Callum has worked with firms of 5–400 employees to implement new business systems, drive change and increase staff knowledge of fundamental project management practices.
Ensuring our Business Systems are at the leading edge of the industry.

Carla Dexheimer

Finance Director

Carla has worked in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong for 12 years in the Multimedia, Advertising and Software industries. She is an ACMA qualified commercially driven business partner. Carla strives to provide businesses with the finance rigour, information, skills and commercial acumen to deliver increased profits and efficiencies. Cultural awareness is one of her key strengths gained through working internationally and managing teams spread globally. Carla is responsible for:
  • Co-ordinating and managing all aspects of accounting, financial reporting and tax reconciliation
  • Developing and maintaining trusted relationships with clients
  • Developing and mentoring the finance team
  • Continuously enhancing the financial processes to deliver exceptional services to our clients
Carla strives to provide businesses with the finance rigour, information, skills and commercial acumen to deliver increased profits and efficiencies.

Cornelius Moller

Accounting Manager

Cornelius is a multi-skilled finance professional, with the talent needed to capture, summarise and analyse large amounts of financial information across multiple business layers and work with business leaders to make more informed decisions. He is recognised as a business partner to management, providing comprehensive analysis and support on P and Ls, budgets, KPIs and reporting. Cornelius has a keen eye for identifying, streamlining and leading business improvement and is a pro-active communicator with excellent skills in developing relationships both internally and externally.
Data analytics streamline workflows and drive business growth.

Rana Blair

Business Systems Analyst

Rana brings over 20 years’ experience working to bridge the divide between potential and actual business performance, utilising proven methodologies and systems. Rana is an expert in how to best streamline and improve operations, by combining the power of business systems and behaviour change. Her extensive background working with the top performing architecture and engineering businesses in the US and across the globe provides her with a unique ability to provide project-based professional practices with firm guidance and expertise. She provides consulting services for clients looking to increase efficiency, utilising automation, documented processes, and effective communication.

David Clark

Communications Director

With over ten years’ experience, working in design, communications and marketing, David offers our clients strategic advice and implementation of communications campaigns across all possible channels. David also oversees all M4D content and communications. helping to shape the future of our dialogue with the architecture, engineering and design community, while building on our strong foundation of surveys, reports, journals, articles, and newsletters.
Marketing is no longer about the stuff you make, but about the stories you tell
Our team can take care of your business management functions, from finance and accounting to technology and business systems.

The interaction between our team and your people can be as much or as little as it needs to be—and we don’t take up any space in your office. We meet with you on a regular basis to report on how things are tracking, and refine the way we work together so it’s a seamless process.

Relationships to build business success

Relationships built on trust are key to enjoying success in business. We have experience working with several high profile businesses across the design industry.

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Insightful content and resources

Our content and resources include blogs, videos, white papers and industry-wide studies. These tools are developed to provoke discussion and actions for business success.

M4D launches partnership with ACA UK at London Build 2019

Spring Release 2019

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CPA Congress 2019

Spring Release 2019

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Business Conditions Survey 2019 Results

Spring Release 2019

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Presenting 2030: An uncertain future for our industry?

Spring Release 2019

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What Can Your Business Financials Tell You?

Finance Assessment

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Effective Design Management

Business Journal 122

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Managed Technology Solutions That Deliver Superior Results

Winter Release 2019

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Get More Out of Deltek

Winter Release 2019

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Join Our TeamWe’re always searching for talented professionals. If you’re passionate about helping businesses to succeed, we’d love to hear from you.

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