Experience

Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator Manager

  • Dec 2019 - Present

• Curator Manager

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  Acting Curator Manager responsible for horticulture at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. In this role I have responsibility for up to 60 horticulturists, apprentices and labourers maintaining one of the most significant botanical collections in Australia.



Centennial Parklands

• Australia
• Recreational Facilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supervisor

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  In my current role I supervise the in-house horticulture team with responsibilities for the Ian Potter Children’s Wild-Play Garden and formal display gardens at Centennial Parklands. In my role I also supervise the Arboriculture department at Centennial Parklands with responsibility for 15,000 trees on 3 sites with visitation of more than 30 million per year. I have recently taken into my area of responsibility the administration of the open space contract covering equestrian facility maintenance, elite sports field maintenance, playground maintenance and grass cutting across more than 300 ha of highly visited public Parklands. My role reports directly the the Director of Horticultural Operations.



Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supervisor horticultural operations

  • Oct 2015 - Jul 2017

  Supervisor of Horticulture at Sydneys Domain and Centennial Parklands. In this role I supervised the horticultural operation across 2 of Sydneys most historically significant parks. Both the Domain and Centennial Parklands play a very important role in the cultural life of Sydney hosting events such as the Sydney festival, New Years Eve fireworks and Trop fest film festival.

• Supervisor Botanic Horticulture

  • May 2012 - Oct 2015

  As Supervisor Botanic Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney I was responsible for the curation of a large historically and scientifically significant landscape. I supervised a team of 17 team members including Senior Horticulturists, Horticulturists labourers, and Apprentices who maintain high quality plant collections in the Lower Gardens Precinct of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. I also supervised the horticultural team who maintain the gardens at Government House in Sydney.



University of Sydney

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Campus Assist team leader

  • Jun 2011 - May 2012

  Facilities management. Customer service to students, staff and visitors to the university.

• Senior Grounds Officer

  • May 2008 - May 2011

  I was responsible for a team of Horticulturists and Apprentices who maintained a large section of the Camperdown Campus. My area of responsibility included the main quadrangle which is used for graduations, media events and wedding photography.