Executive General Manager - HR and Talent - Liberty Primary Metals & GFG Alliance - Australia

• May 2023 - Present

Executive General Manager - People and Culture

• Nov 2021 - May 2023

Reporting to the CIMIC Group CHRO, this role is responsible for a range of strategic people initiatives within the CIMIC Group of Companies. With a direct workforce in excess of 17,000 employees CIMIC is a diversified provider to the construction, mining and services sectors through its entities CPB Contractors, Broad, Leighton Asia, UGL, Sedgman and investments in Ventia and Thiess. Reporting to the CIMIC Group CHRO, this role is responsible for a range of strategic people initiatives within the CIMIC Group of Companies. With a direct workforce in excess of 17,000 employees CIMIC is a diversified provider to the construction, mining and services sectors through its entities CPB Contractors, Broad, Leighton Asia, UGL, Sedgman and investments in Ventia and Thiess.

Executive General Manager - People, Capability and Communication

• Apr 2020 - Oct 2021

Reporting to the CEO and a member of the Thiess Executive team, this role was responsible for leading the people, capability and communications teams across Thiess. Thiess is a fully integrated mining services provider across multiple commodities and operates 21 mine sites across Asia, Australia and South America. Thiess employs circa 12,500 direct personnel, with operating revenue of AUD$3.5B- $4B. With a multi disciplined team of 10 direct reports and an extended team in excess of 100 employees, core deliverables included developing the people strategy for the wider Thiess business and coaching/developing a team to successfully deliver business outcomes. This included establishing initiatives to ensure continuity of labour to projects and safely deploy personnel to projects across the company’s regions, ensuring that governance and compliance requirement were met.Key Achievements• Full “top to bottom” review of operational People and Capability teams, with particular focus on the skills required to successfully secure growth in new markets and integrate any future acquisitions. • As a key member of the COVID Executive Working Group, led the people team through the two-year period of operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Successful business outcomes included minimal business disruptions, secured priority vaccine delivery to employees in Asia and a significant increase in employee engagement initiatives including regular pulse check ins, group wide employee/family well-being support programs and increased mental health day initiatives. • Led all people aspects of the 50% divestment of Thiess and associated due diligence to enable the successful realisation of sale process Show less

General Manager - People and Capability - Global Operations

• Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

Reporting to the Executive General Manager – People, Capability and Communication, this role was accountable for people activities within all global operating projects. Whilst based in Australia, a key requirement was to spend significant time working closely in other regions to improve the capability of our human resources teams in Asia and South America. While performing this role, a secondary assignment included working as part of a small team to perform the dual task of due diligence activities for the 50% divestment of Thiess, coupled with strategic acquisition due diligence to enable growth within Thiess' Australian operations. Show less

General Manager - Human Resources - Australia and Pacific

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2019

Reporting to the Executive General Manager - APAC, this role led delivery of people and capability across Thiess’ Australia and Pacific operations. Scope included up to 14 operational mine sites across Australia and New Zealand, with between 3500-4500 direct employees and with responsibility for high level coordination of all human resources activities in Thiess’ Australia and Pacific operations. Working closely with both functional and operational stakeholders, key deliverables included ensuring the business was able to quickly adjust its cost base to ensure overhead and project labour was consistent with revenue forecast. This included restructuring Thiess’ Australia and Pacific operations to meet market conditions and reshaping the industrial relations environment across the company’s projects.Key Achievements• Led people strategies to support significant organizational growth (2017 – 2020 revenue increased from circa $2.8B to $3.6B). This included the securing of new contracts at the key regions in NSW, Western Australia, along fleet expansions at projects in Queensland. • Led significant transformational change management surrounding the integration of Leighton Contractors mining projects to Thiess. This workforce integration involved the transition of circa 2500 employees to Thiess, with zero operational or industrial disruption. Show less

Senior People and Capability Manager - Leighton Mining

• Feb 2011 - Dec 2014

This role was responsible for developing and implementing the Mining Division’s operational plan, outlining strategic and business objectives for the people & capability team. The role was the lead liaison between centralised functional support and the Mining Division, ensuring consistency of HR services delivery across projects within Australia, New Zealand and Africa. This role was also responsible for coordinating all HR/IR activities across Leighton Mining and the metalliferous operations of Henry Walker Eltin (HWE).Key Achievements• Concluded complex industrial negotiations for Rotowaro coal mine in New Zealand which included resolution of the industrial agreement within client approved parameters. This resulted in improved work practices and cost efficiencies for the project.• Led the pilot program of a new HRIS system (Oracle) into the Leighton Mining Coal business – working with third party vendors and operational leaders. Critical success factors included on time and on budget pilot, zero pay integration failures and improved payroll management for projects. Show less

Employee Services Manager - Metalliferous and International Mining

• Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

Human Resource Manager - Operations (etal)

• Nov 2008 - Dec 2010

This role oversaw operational HR and IR services across the business and was the primary contact for the General Manager and Operations Managers. Core responsibilities included leading a team who provided business partnering support to projects, as well as successfully managing a number of complex Enterprise Agreement negotiations. This period in the coal market was notable for significant labour market pressures and focus was on the continuity of labour to projects, balanced with managing wage escalation under fixed commercial contracts. Show less

National Employee Relations Manager

• Aug 2007 - Nov 2008

This role was responsible for the strategic employee relations initiatives and policy across both Australia and New Zealand. ABC Developmental Learning was an ASX listed provider of early childhood education, with an Australian workforce in excess of 12,000 employees and over 1,000 early childhood centres. Responsibilities included coordinating communications to employees, government and unions in a highly difficult situation where the Company was placed into Administration. This involved working alongside a number of external stakeholders to ensure that stability was provided to employees and customers. Key Achievements • Successfully managed the transition of over 12,000 employees to different employing entities as part of a major organisational restructure. This included the consideration and resolution of a number of complex workplace relations issues and the management of company, government, union and employee concerns. • Managed the communications and concerns of employees, government and unions through a period where the Company was placed into Administration and worked alongside these external bodies to ensure that stability was provided to employees Show less

Employee Relations Advisor

• Jul 2006 - Aug 2007

Responsibilities also included principal accountability including management of industrial negotiations in NSW, QLD and Western Australia, in both metalliferous and black coal mining (open cut and underground), as well as blasting, mining services, minerals processing and construction divisions. Responsibilities also included principal accountability including management of industrial negotiations in NSW, QLD and Western Australia, in both metalliferous and black coal mining (open cut and underground), as well as blasting, mining services, minerals processing and construction divisions.

Industrial Relations Consultant

• Jan 2005 - Jul 2006

This role provided external consulting advice to a range of operational and human resource professionals. Key accountabilities included providing workplace relations advice to major clients within the power generation industry, including CS Energy, Intergen, Tarong and Gladstone Power Station (NRG). This role provided external consulting advice to a range of operational and human resource professionals. Key accountabilities included providing workplace relations advice to major clients within the power generation industry, including CS Energy, Intergen, Tarong and Gladstone Power Station (NRG).

Contact Officer

• Nov 2003 - Jan 2005

This was a compliance based role within the Department of Employment, Training and Industrial Relations as a Contact Officer. The key accountability of this role was to provide high level advice on both state and federal legislative issues to a diverse range of clients and stakeholders, primarily the general public. This was a compliance based role within the Department of Employment, Training and Industrial Relations as a Contact Officer. The key accountability of this role was to provide high level advice on both state and federal legislative issues to a diverse range of clients and stakeholders, primarily the general public.