Forty Winks
Adrian Bongiorno has a diverse work experience with a focus on finance and business partnering. Adrian currently works as the Chief Financial Officer at Forty Winks. Prior to this, they held various roles at David Jones, including Commercial Finance Manager and was responsible for areas such as supply chain, financial services, merchandise, marketing, and VM. Adrian also worked at GSMA as the Head of Finance Business Partnering and at Coles as a Finance Business Partner. In addition, Adrian has experience at Incitec Pivot, AboveNet, Amcor, and BHP Billiton, where they served as a financial analyst and business partner in various capacities.
Adrian Bongiorno obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University between 2018 and 2024. Adrian completed the CPA Australia Program from 2007 to 2010, earning a CPA professional designation in accounting. Adrian also attended Melbourne Business School in 2007-2010 for executive leadership training. Adrian holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce (Bcom) with a major in accounting from La Trobe University, which they earned from 2003 to 2005. Prior to their higher education, Adrian completed their VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) at Penola Catholic College from 1997 to 2002. In addition to their formal education, they obtained a certification in "Excel: Power Pivot for Beginners" from LinkedIn in 2022.
Forty Winks
Forty Winks was established in 1983 by six Victorian bedding retailers. And our franchisees have owned the Forty Winks business as shareholders from 1995. Since then, we’ve grown to 100 stores nationwide and employ more than 600 people. Plus each of our stores are Australian owned and operated. Forty Winks is serious about sleep. Sleep. We all need it, our minds and bodies crave it, and as a society, we largely take it for granted. But sleep science has proven that simply closing your eyes and doing nothing at all is actually doing something incredible. In fact, a lot happens during sleep that helps us live longer, healthier and happier lives. Long term lack of sleep affects the immune system and well as the brains ability to process information and emotions . The short term benefits are better memory and better physical performance. The cost to the economy and strain on health resources has never been higher.