Dualis Advisory

We've stood where you stand.

Now we sit
in the passenger seat.

Practical experience. Fresh perspective. Clear direction.

You stay in the driver's seat. We bring the experience, perspective and questions to help you see what's next.

The best advice isn't about having all the answers.
It's about asking the right questions.

The Dualis Difference

We don't begin with answers.
We begin with understanding.

Before we challenge strategy, we understand the business. We spend time where the work happens. We ask better questions. We listen carefully. We challenge respectfully. Only then do we help leaders decide what comes next.

We begin by... So you can...
Walk the business.
Understand what matters most.
Listen before advising.
Move forward with confidence.
Challenge respectfully.
Create momentum.
We sit in the passenger seat.
Work alongside you. Help turn decisions into action.

Better advice doesn't begin with expertise.
It begins by listening.

Our Approach

Our Way of Working

Every engagement follows the same disciplined approach. Not because every business is the same. Because understanding always comes before action.

01

Walk.

We spend time inside the business — on the floor, in meetings, alongside the team.

02

Understand.

We connect the dots between people, customers and operations before drawing conclusions.

03

Advise.

Every recommendation is grounded in real experience, tailored to the business in front of us.

04

Deliver.

We stay involved beyond the plan, turning ideas into practical, measurable outcomes.

Who We Partner With

Different businesses. One common mindset.

We don't define our clients by industry, size or turnover. We partner with founders, business owners, leadership teams and boards — from owner-led businesses to project work with larger businesses — who value practical experience, honest conversations and the discipline to build what's next.

01
Founders & Business Owners
Building the next stage with confidence.
You've built something worth protecting and growing. We bring practical experience, fresh perspective and disciplined thinking to the decisions that shape what's next.
02
Leadership Teams
Better alignment. Better execution.
When leaders move together, businesses move faster. We help leadership teams create clarity, accountability and consistent execution.
03
Growing Businesses
Growing without losing momentum.
Growth creates complexity. We help businesses scale while staying connected to their people, customers and purpose.
04
Boards & Advisory Committees
Independent thinking. Practical perspective.
An experienced external viewpoint that strengthens governance, challenges assumptions and supports better strategic decisions.
05
Businesses in Transition
Navigating change with confidence.
Growth, succession, transformation or operational change all demand clear thinking. We help leaders move forward with confidence and practical experience.
06
Emerging Leaders
Building confident future leaders.
Developing capable leaders who can make better decisions, build stronger teams and lead with confidence.

If you're leading people, making important decisions or preparing for what's next, we'd love to start a conversation.

Our Experience

Built across many businesses. Applied one business at a time.

Over the years we've worked alongside businesses of many different sizes, structures and stages. Our experience includes family-owned businesses, growing private companies, retailers, supermarkets, hardware and garden centres, education providers, not-for-profits, local government, transport and logistics, professional services and wholesale businesses.

While every business is different, the challenges are often remarkably similar. Leadership. Alignment. Growth. Execution. Momentum. That's why we never begin with assumptions — we begin by understanding how your business actually works.

Industries change.
Good businesses still rely on good leadership.
That's where we begin.

About Us

We've carried the weight of the decisions.

Before we were advisors, we were operators — owners and leaders responsible for making the decisions that moved businesses forward. We've stood in the room when decisions couldn't wait and lived with what came after. That's the experience we bring to every conversation: not theory, but years spent leading from the front.

Decades of Combined Leadership Experience

Together, Jason and Tony bring decades of leadership experience earned across large organisations, growing businesses, family-owned enterprises and purpose-driven organisations. We've built businesses from the ground up, led large teams, developed leaders and guided organisations through growth, transformation, succession and change. Every conversation is shaped by practical experience—not theory.

Experience That Shapes Our Perspective

Our advice isn't built on theory. It's shaped by decades of leading businesses, building teams, navigating change and living with the outcomes of our own decisions.

Jason Banks

Jason's leadership spans large multi-site retail operations, national strategy and workforce development — including roles across Coles and Bunnings, co-founding a personal training business and CrossFit gym, and serving as Co-CEO of not-for-profit TIACS. He is currently National Project Lead for National Apprenticeship Week Australia.

That experience runs from store manager through to national strategy and development — building businesses from the ground up, leading health, safety and wellbeing at a national level, and developing the leadership teams behind it all.

Tony Manzone

Tony's leadership runs through Kmart, Hardware House and Bunnings — from store manager through to state manager and national operations support. But his impact reached well beyond operations: reviewing and supporting the wider business to make initiatives work — simpler and faster — for both team members and customers.

His experience spans culture reviews, operating model improvement and helping strategy translate into consistent execution at scale. Tony wasn't simply leading stores — he was helping shape how one of Australia's largest retailers operated.

Jason Banks
Jason Banks
Co-Founder

Known for bringing clarity to complexity, aligning strategy with execution, developing leaders and helping businesses navigate growth, change and transformation.

Tony Manzone
Tony Manzone
Co-Founder

Known for simplifying operations, improving customer experience, building capable teams and helping businesses execute consistently at scale.

Two perspectives, One shared purpose.
The Story Behind the Name

Why Dualis?

Across decades of leading businesses, building teams and making difficult decisions, we learnt the same lesson time and again: the strongest decisions were never made from a single perspective.

They were shaped through conversation. Strengthened by different perspectives. Improved through respectful challenge. Grounded in understanding before action. That's the idea behind Dualis.

The name reflects our belief that better decisions happen when different perspectives come together with a shared purpose. It's not simply the story of two founders — it's the philosophy that guides every conversation, every recommendation and every partnership we build.

Different perspectives. Shared purpose.
Better decisions.

What Clients Say

Trusted by the people who work with us.

"Tony and Banksy have been great support over the years and even more so recently, reconnecting on a professional level. Their ability to apply their knowledge and expertise but deliver it to me on a level playing field is an invaluable skill. I look forward to what our future working together looks like."

"Tony and Jason spent two days on site understanding our business and talking with our team. Their practical insights and recommendations gave us renewed clarity, confidence and direction."

Let's Start the Conversation

Ready to see your business differently?

Let's begin by walking your business together — sometimes the greatest opportunities are already there, waiting for fresh eyes to find them.

Drop Us a Message

No forms, no gatekeepers — just send us an email and tell us a little about your business. A real person will read it and reply personally.

or call 0438 910 552

We typically reply within one business day, then arrange a video call or face-to-face conversation to talk through your business. We work with businesses across Australia, New Zealand and around the globe, bringing experienced perspectives wherever they're needed.