8pC is a business advisory for shareholders who are asking the question - are we; stepping up, stepping back or stepping off
About Us
8pC is a business advisory for shareholders who are asking themselves the question - are we;
Our philosophy follows the eight key success factors for business.
•stepping up?
•stepping back?
•stepping off?
and works alongside the shareholders and business team to achieve excellent outcomes.
8pC culture is based on the values/beliefs that;
everyone has a voice
behaviours and actions are all that count
people are our most valuable resource
ambition succeeds
8pC, identifies the right direction based on a shareholder(s) unique course, and works with the shareholder(s) and business team to hold course based around 8 key success factors for business.
Our Team
Mark Heer, Advisor
The principal of 8pC is Mark Heer.
Mark has 30 years experience in business across Rural and Corporate banking, manufacturing, wholesale and retail SME’s. He has also held governance roles across these sectors both as a shareholding director and an independent director.
His most recent corporate role was as General Manager Rural Banking for ASB. Mark spent 2017/18 working with a medium sized, family owned, manufacturing business in order to facilitate an exit strategy for the current generation of shareholders. This process was completed over a 13 month period with a successful sale to a Private Equity firm.
Mark currently holds a number of governance roles within the rural sector including Independent Director and Advisory Board Chair roles across agriculture and horticulture sector businesses, Chair of the ASB MAGS Farm Advisory Group and Trustee director for Dairy Women’s Network.
Mark holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science Degree from Massey University, is a graduate of the EY University of Virginia Darden School of Business Executive Programme and the Excelerator Leadership Programme run by the NZ Leadership Institute. He has also completed the “Discover Excellence” programme through the Shingo Institute which drives his enthusiasm for Process Improvement.
Contact
027 557 9422
mark@8pointcompass.com
Rachel Haskew, Advisor
Rachel is a Director and Business Manager of her share milking company. Responsible for business strategy and policies, managing finances, human resources, health & safety and rearing calves on farm. Rachel has hand on farming experience in the Waikato, Nelson/Tasman and Bay of Plenty regions.
Rachel has held various roles with Dairy Women’s Network, in 2018 she was elected to the DWN Trust Board as Regional Leader Representative, became the Business Group Director and was appointed as a Trustee Director in 2020.
Prior to that she was Agribusiness advisor to DairyNZ’s DairyBase Farmer Reference Group and National Baseline Project supporting Farmers to build financial literacy and bench marking capability to improve operational efficiency and profitability.
Rachel has worked in the UK as Principal Planning and Development Consultant for Scott Wilson plc, a global integrated design and engineering consultancy and was responsible for the delivery of planning and development projects in the Planning and Infrastructure Unit.
Rachel holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business (Dist.), a Master of Science (1st Class Hons.), Bachelor of Science and Technology. Rachel has 3 published papers in scientific journals.
Contact
021 242 2883
rachel@8pointcompass.com
““I recently attended a Governance to Succession session with Mark and Rachel, the insight and clarity of the message was really valuable and I’ve applied it to dealing with our personal family affairs. I’m one of four children with parents who are still very much fit, healthy and active but you never know when something might happen. I’ve taken the philosophy from Mark and Rachel that starting the conversation early, being open, honest and transparent and understanding what page they’re on, will lead to better outcomes longer term and keep the family strong.””