About GMD

Your bridge into the Australian market.

GMD exists for one reason: to help ambitious businesses enter the Australian market with clarity, not guesswork. Whether you're an executive or an entrepreneur based in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, or anywhere else, breaking into a new market from thousands of kilometres away is difficult to say the least...

GMD is based in Australia and works directly with international companies to assess Australian opportunities, understand regulation, map the competitive landscape, and build a real path to market.

From your first market entry assessment through to on-the-ground execution, our job is simple: give you the intelligence and local capability to make confident decisions about Australia.

GMD Personel
Michael Patane, founder of GMD

Michael Patane

Founder, GMD

LLB · BBus

As a consultant focused on helping organisations solve complex business challenges and improve the way they operate. Michael brings a multidisciplinary perspective across strategy, technology, customer experience, legal and commercial matters, providing practical advice and solutions aligned to business objectives.

By applying thorough market analysis Michael is able to provide international busineses the support and guidance they need in order to enter the Australian market.