eKourier Oct 2016

WHO’S WHO

10 Questions... With David Morgan - Assistant Manager Ultimo

on the island Santorini in Greece. That was an opportunity to fulfil my boyhood dream of seeing the ancient sights, such as the Giza Pyramids in Egypt and the Roman ruins in Pompeii. It was my first big overseas trip and a wonderful experience. Since then I’ve done a lot more overseas travel. Mary and I have been to Spain twice and to Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong, Macau, Borneo, Solomon Islands, East Timor and Provence in France. My interest in wine comes from living in Mt Gambier which is close to the Coonawarra wine region. I consider this to be one of the best wine growing regions in Australia and the World. Good wines are also produced in other areas that I’ve visited like the Barossa Valley, Hunter Valley, Margaret River Cotes Du Rhone, Châteauneuf Du Pape, Rioja. What’s on the Bucket List? Parts of Spain I have not yet seen along with that of Portugal. Also England, then especially Ireland and Wales. Walking one of the Spanish or French Camino’s and Hadrian’s Wall in England. I will start with some of the great walks in Australia first. But for now I feel I have a lot more to contribute at KSS and I hope to do so for some years. To sum up KSS in one word? It’s hard to find just one word so I’ll use a number of one words: Evolution, Experience, Direction, Positivity.

which at the time was much smaller and we managed it with a team of two. I have now been at Ultimo for about three years. Moving between the centres has been easy because of the KSS standard procedures in place. How does it feel to be acknowledged this year for 10 Years’ Service? I almost can’t believe it’s been 10 years. It was terrific to attend the Awards Night and be recognised. In addition the gift of the 10 Year Berghaus Jacket is very much appreciated. What are the highlights for you and what major changes have you seen at KSS in these 10 years? When I commenced with KSS in 2006 it was not long after the Millers Storage acquisition took place. The biggest change has been the evolution of the business particularly with it’s operating procedures. The move to establish operations in New Zealand was also significant. Highlights personally was playing a role in taking Moore Park through to $3 million income for the first time. Attending the wine training at the Hunter Valley was also beneficial and a highlight because not only did it improve my skills for selling wine storage, it allowed me to study a little about wine and I came to understand more about my personal collection.

When did you start with KSS? 22nd June, 2006 and after a one week orientation at the Caringbah centre I went to the Moore Park centre. Have you always worked in customer service? I have had a variety of jobs. I was in manufacturing early in my career and became an Industrial Trainer before branching out into various customer service roles. Prior to joining KSS, I operated my own business as a painter. Tell us about your current position at Ultimo? Ultimo is close to the Sydney CBD, so we get interesting customers. It’s an historic part of Sydney and we operate in two heritage listed buildings. Managing the two buildings has an added challenge because both are treated as separate centres. Our daily routine requires two sets of dailies and banking and we also produce two vacancy lists. The advantage for customers is that we offer a wider choice of storage solutions. Have you worked at any other KSS centres and what was that like in comparison to Ultimo? This is the fourth Kennards location I have worked at. After a few years at Moore Park I moved to Waterloo which is the biggest centre so there was quite a large Team. Then I moved to Rozelle

Tell us about your family? I am married to

Mary whom I met in 2008. My two sons, Jason and Ben, live in Adelaide and I have five grandchil- dren. Jason is a Manager with a large freight company and Ben a Flight Sergeant in the RAAF.

We hear you are a world traveller and have a love of wine? My son Jason, decided to get married

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