Kevin Boyle

Biography

Kevin Boyle is a highly experienced manufacturing professional with a diverse background across many commodities who joined Quickstep Holdings in March 2016 as the Chief Operating Officer. He has 25 years of manufacturing industry experience which has seen him hold Senior General Management positions responsible for operations, engineering, product/process development, commercial management, logistical and materials management in Australia and the Asia pacific region.  He played a key role in regional development across China and Korea for a large multinational Automotive company (Cooper Standard) developing multi-site capabilities, continuous improvement, restructuring and new product launch management.  More recently Kevin was the Director of Manufacturing Advisory for McGrathNicol gaining valuable insight and experience across a number of different industries in Australia and the professional service sector. 

Research Interest

Kevin holds a great passion for manufacturing excellence and driving continuous improvement throughout organisations encompassing people, processes and business practices.  He has a keen understanding of how all the elements of a manufacturing business interact and is experienced in seeing clearly what the network within a business requires to ensure growth and success through to then implementing change to achieve desired results.