Experience

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  TDG Environmental

  • Greater Melbourne Area

  • Head of Environment, Health, and Safety

    • May 2024 - Present
    • Greater Melbourne Area

    Head of HSEQ leading culture, risk, systems, and support for Australia's largest integrated underground assets and utilities service provider.

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  Active Tree Services

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Chief Risk Officer (CRO)/Head of Safety

    • Sep 2019 - May 2024
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Executive CRO/Head of Safety reporting to the CEO and Board Safety Committee.Leading team of HSEQ Advisors to support cultural change, compliance, risk and provide operational support for Active Tree Services, Australia’s largest vegetation management company.We have more than 800 full-time equivalent team members throughout Australia. We provide specialized services for Power Utilities | Emergency Services/Insurance | Commercial | Rail, Road & Civil | Council & Government.Part of an exciting journey of growth and change.Reducing serious injury and harm from mid-30;s to single-digit Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate.Reducing worker's compensation claims and severity to achieve $M+ annual savings.Awarded industry Safety Leadership award 2022.Redesign internal career training program and safety leadership.

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  ETS

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • General Manager - Safety and Risk

    • Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
    • Melbourne, Australia

    ETS is a leading service provider to the power industry and others who require a safe reliable business partner to maintain vital assets and services. In these dynamic challenging operations we rely on our teams of professionals their skills and underpinning values which make them the best the field. We support them with tailored, flexible safety and risks systems to support their success.

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  Risk Opportunity Management Pty Ltd

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Independent Business Owner

    • Jul 2018 - Nov 2018
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Bespoke risk and governance consulting focusing on high risk industries with an appetite for harnessing risk as a business opportunity to excel and grow.

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  Toxfree

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Head of Governance and Risk Manager

    • Jul 2015 - Jul 2018
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Managing Group governance and risk with responsibility reporting to the Board Audit and Risk Committees and supporting executive leadership in governance and risk. Key responsibilities include: management of group general insurance and workers compensation, management of the group risk management systems culture and appetite, development and direction of the integrated management systems, and compliance. Major achievements include: reduction of the total cost of insured risk, reduction of workers compensation costs, certification and recognition of management systems.

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  Toxfree Solutions

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Health Safety Environment Quality and Risk Manager

    • May 2004 - Jul 2015
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Head of HSEQ responsible for defining and building an integrated HSEQ management system to manage HSEQ across a national integrated waste management business. Key challenges including: development of a safety culture attentive to and responsive to risk, control of significant high risk activities including industrial services, national fleet logistics, hazardous substances. Responsibilities include: building a team (23) of operational HSEQ Advisors, assisting in customer engagement and major business development, regulator liaison, Board and Group reporting, strategic planning. Note: This tenure included prior period of ownership by Programmed Maintenance Services till acquisition by Toxfree.

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  Zeal Management Consulting

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Consultant

    • Feb 2003 - Apr 2004
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Senior Consultant Zeal Consulting providing health and safety consulting services to corporate and government entities. Primary placement with Coles in their safety transition project working with internal brand advisors to assist with the integration and guidance of safety initiatives into key brands including KMart, Target, Coles supermarkets. Other engagements included policy and communication advice to Vic WorkSafe.

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  Australian Army

  • Various

  • Governance and Personnel Manager

    • Jan 1986 - Jan 2003
    • Various

    Broad career providing a range of exposures and skills, including resource management, training, budgeting and leadership. Primary specialisation as a senior leader was focusing in the delivery of safety and governance systems for the Army. This including forming the Army risk management systems, design of safety management systems, interactions with regulators and support of executive risk management decision making.