Our Story

Serving Melbourne CBD and Suburbs since 1994

Alex Teregonis, CEO of Corporate Document Destruction was born to Greek migrant parents in the late 1960’s. He grew up in Northcote and in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

In 1984, at the end of my HSC year I worked as a salesman in a picture framing store in Northcote where I cut my “customer service teeth” and learned great customer service skills that I still use each and every day.

Technology was changing rapidly, so a few years later I approached an electrical retailer in my neighbourhood for a sales position because I wanted to sell more technically challenging, higher ticket items. About 4 years into that role I sold a color television to a medical equipment sales representative who had an installation problem when it was delivered. Much to his and his wife's delight, I resolved his issue swiftly and he encouraged me to meet a colleague of his who was the General Manager of a medical equipment manufacturing company who subsequently offered me a sales representative position.

I successfully sold medical equipment as I climbed the corporate ladder for the next 12 years. My ultimate dream however was to work for myself, so in 2001 I put down all my savings, plus a little more and purchased Corporate Document Destruction from a family member who was responsible for its establishment in 1994.

I felt that I could bring a corporate approach to confidential paper destruction and offer responsible solutions to an environmental issue that was within my reach, whilst keeping the business in the family.

Today, the greatest pleasure and reward comes from the people's voices I recognise when I answer the phone who are calling back year after year because they trust us to securely manage and destroy their sensitive documents, products or electronic media. 

Thank you for recognising our efforts and our passion and respect for the environment!

Keeping your business, your business.®

If you want an obligation-free quote call 03 9460 9800, enquire about our services or book a collection.

The team at Corporate Document Destruction (CDD) are fantastic. We have used their confidential bin service for over 5 years! They are always reliable and very accommodating with special deliveries of extra bins and special pick-ups. Alex is very professional and a pleasure to deal with. It's nice to be able to pick up the phone and speak to the team and trust your request will be sorted. Great service and team! Thanks.

Angela, HR, The University of Melbourne

I haven’t had a chance until now to say thank you very much for all your years of service to our office.  Nothing was ever too much trouble for you.

Anna Bencic, Worksafe Victoria

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your assistance with this project. It was quite demanding and required a fairly big effort from yourself the rest of your team.

I believe I will be contacting you again in perhaps 2-4 weeks with a view to destroying additional tapes. As the previous task was fairly large, I will endeavour to reduce the quantity per day of destruction, so we may have another 2 trips to plan. Nonetheless, as soon as we are ready, I’ll be in touch.

Consignment Security Manager, Note Printing Australia Ltd

Cannot believe the response time - called Alex and he was in my office with his trolley within two minutes. TALK ABOUT EFFICIENT!!! Can't ask for better service than that :)

Lisa Caines

We have been using the secure shredding services of CDD for over 8 years and have at all times found such services to be times, efficient, courteous and competitive.

Managing Partner, Melbourne CBD Legal Services Firm

Thank you Alex!

We had a huge amount of document destruction to be undertaken and imagined it would take days but in fact it was completed in a matter of hours! The process was so easy and Alex is a pleasure to deal with. Very reliable, efficient and trustworthy with sensitive documents. Your service is absolutely fantastic- thank you again

Melbourne Spine Institute

Thank you for the quick and friendly service from the team at Corporate Document Destruction. I was very impressed with the fact that when I called I spoke directly to a human being (no call centre!), and they made my pick up their highest priority. Thanks again!

Meri H., CEO, Digital Marketing Company, Melbourne CBD

Thanks to Alex and the team at Corporate Document Destruction for their excellent and efficient service. We have a home office and had accumulated a few plastic tubs of documents that were too sensitive and personal to be thrown in the recycle bin. After talking with Alex he organised a bin to be delivered, the driver helped us load all our documents into the secure bin and took it right away. I never realised this would be so easy.

Michael S., Creative Director, Web Design Agency