Co-founder and Director, John Mazengarb created GSD Advisors in 2015 with his partner Kerrie, with the aim of supporting the Tasmanian community and consulting professionals.  Under the GSD banner John has assisted with high impact, local projects including the implementation of an Emergency Services Computer Aided Dispatch system which integrated critical emergency services in Tasmania into a shared system for greater emergency response capability and community safety.  

John is a highly regarded consultant with over 30 years experience in project delivery and business transformation across various industries, and as an independent advisor; assisting public and private sector organisations in Tasmania, interstate and overseas. John describes himself as:

He is a former board member and National president of the Governance Institute of Australia and currently holds non-executive director roles with Spirit Super and the Public Trustee, Tasmania.