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Adam Thorp

Pioneer · DISC type Dsi
Senior Partner - Practice Head, Commercial Effectiveness | Sales Transformation at Korn Ferry
📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia

Adam Thorp is a Senior Partner at Korn Ferry, leading the APAC Commercial Effectiveness practice. With over 20 years of global experience, he specializes in sales transformation, go-to-market strategy, and revenue acceleration to drive sustained growth. Colleagues and clients describe him as pragmatic, professional, and results-focused.

There is no publicly available information about his personal life.

While CEO of his prior firm, he helped clients generate $4. 8 billion in revenue and transformed the capabilities of over 5, 000 sales professionals.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Senior Partner - Practice Head, Commercial Effectiveness | Sales Transformation
Location
Greater Sydney Area, Australia
Personality Overview

How Adam shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Driven But Considerate
Friendly But Fast

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed

Priorities

Topics Adam cares about

Sales Transformation
Leads Korn Ferry's sales effectiveness practice, designing and executing programs that drive sustained growth and create value for B2B and B2C clients.
AI in Sales
Discusses how AI is transforming sales by boosting win rates, saving time, and creating competitive advantages. He emphasizes starting with the customer's problem when implementing AI tools.
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Career

Work history

2-2023
Senior Partner - Practice Head, Commercial Effectiveness | Sales Transformation
Korn Ferry
8-2019 - 2-2023
Executive Director
Julian Midwinter & Associates Pty Ltd
8-2019 - 2-2023
Chief Executive Officer
Julian Midwinter & Associates Pty Ltd
10-2017 - 7-2019
Strategic Advisor - Consultant
Julian Midwinter & Associates Pty Ltd
12-2013 - 6-2019
Managing Director
TRED International
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2-1987 - 11-1989
Associate's Degree Hospitality Administration / Management
The Northern Sydney Institute
1980 - 1985
HSC
St Ignatius College, Riverview
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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