Meet the Team Behind Your Growth
Horizon Shift is led by a team of experienced executives and advisors who bring deep operational, strategic, and commercial expertise. Each director contributes specialised capability across our five operating pillars, ensuring integrated, executive-level support from strategy through to execution.
Michael Flanderka
Founder & Executive Director · Technology, Automation & AI Strategy
Michael founded Horizon Shift to help organisations bridge the gap between strategy, technology, and operational execution. With extensive experience as a technology executive and business leader, he specialises in integrating automation, AI, and advanced data systems into operational environments to drive performance and scale.
Michael plays a central role in connecting technology strategy with organisational transformation — helping leadership teams design digital operating models, implement scalable technology infrastructure, and embed automation and AI capabilities that improve efficiency and unlock new growth opportunities.
Benjamin Corbin
Executive Director & Principal Advisor · Leadership & Organisational Development
Benjamin specialises in leadership capability, organisational design, and performance culture. He works with executive teams to strengthen governance structures, accountability frameworks, and leadership alignment across growing organisations.
His work focuses on developing leadership systems that support clarity, accountability, and effective decision-making — helping organisations build high-performing cultures where strategy, leadership behaviour, and organisational capability are fully aligned.
Tony Manzone
Executive Director & Principal Advisor · Operations & Commercial Strategy
Tony brings deep operational leadership and commercial experience across complex business environments. He supports organisations in strengthening operational performance, improving commercial strategy, and embedding execution systems that enable sustainable growth.
Tony translates strategy into practical operational capability — establishing clear operating structures, performance rhythms, and accountability systems that improve execution and support consistent business performance.
Jason Banks
Executive Director & Principal Advisor · Strategy & Business Transformation
Jason works with founders, boards, and executive teams to guide strategic transformation and organisational growth. He focuses on helping leadership teams clarify strategic direction, align leadership capability, and build operational structures that support disciplined execution.
His experience spans strategic planning, organisational transformation, and leadership alignment — translating high-level strategy into practical execution frameworks, governance structures, and decision-making processes that drive measurable results.
Fractional C-suite capability deployed directly into client organisations. Our embedded executives operate as part of your leadership team — driving execution, building operational capability, and delivering measurable outcomes on the ground.
George Latter
Embedded Executive · Operational Leadership & Transformation
George brings broad operational and commercial leadership experience across large-scale Australian businesses, including senior roles spanning sales, operations, and business development within major national enterprises. He works directly within client organisations to embed execution discipline, strengthen team capability, and build scalable systems that support sustainable performance.
Grant Galvin
Embedded Executive · Governance, Growth & Executive Performance
Grant brings substantial CEO and senior executive experience across complex, member-driven and commercially focused organisations — including almost a decade as CEO of Master Builders Queensland, along with senior leadership roles at News Corp Australia, Goodman Fielder, and other nationally recognised businesses. A Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), Grant brings strong governance and board-level capability to every client engagement.
The HS Collective
Best-in-Class Subject Matter Experts
Beyond our core leadership team, Horizon Shift is building a growing network of experienced executives and proven service providers — the HS Collective. These are best-in-class specialists across key disciplines, carefully selected to extend our delivery capability and provide clients with access to deep, domain-specific expertise when their engagement requires it.