Experience

Ora Advisory

• Australia
• Professional Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Cordelta

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Executive

  • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

• Executive

  • Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

• Principal Consultant

  • Oct 2020 - Apr 2021



Noetic Group

• Director

  • Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

  Currently engaged as Director with this highly regarded strategic business planning, enterprise risk management, and investment/benefits management consultancy where I lead and expand key contracts including via high-quality delivery management, client engagement, and team leadership. Currently engaged as Director with this highly regarded strategic business planning, enterprise risk management, and investment/benefits management consultancy where I lead and expand key contracts including via high-quality delivery management, client engagement, and team leadership.



Australian Electoral Commission

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, National Training & Education Unit and International Services Section

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

  Led the creation of the AEC Learning and Development Strategy 2030, International Engagement Strategy 2030, and other key governance and infrastructure documents that will underpin the foundational base of the AEC’s future workforce. Led the development of the AEC’s Induction Program and Senior Leadership Programs and review of other operational training programs.

• Assistant Commissioner - Operations Branch

  • Dec 2018 - Aug 2019

  Led the Operations Branch through the 2019 Federal Election which entailed management and successful operation of business systems and the Operations Service Desk and multiple new developments and implementations. Key activities included development and delivery of an Incident Management Framework for the AEC; developing operational dashboards for the Executive Leadership team; and developing the ‘Business Intelligence and Analytics Strategy’ and accompanying architecture documents to ensure long term sustainability of this capability.



Australian Border Force

• Law Enforcement
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chief Superintendent, Enforcement Command

  • Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

  Second appointment to this SES role placement as the Chief of Staff Australia Border Force (ABF), in which I successfully led the business transformation of the Enforcement Command predicated upon meetings with high level stakeholders to understand Enforcement functions and preparing briefings for Senior Executive committees. Core activities included: redesigning the ‘Operating Model’ to improve standards, including workforce design and strategy, realignment of operational priorities, and development of training and a Diversity Strategy; and developing a 'career pathway' for officers within the Command and then led development of an ‘Attraction and Recruitment Strategy’ to support the same.

• Commander, ABF College and Workforce Capability Unit

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

  SES role which incorporated managing and continuously improving a national program for ABF College trainees and also, guiding the ABF Alignment Taskforce that was driving changes to organisational culture, values and behaviours, governance and integrity arrangements, assurance mechanisms, training, and systems. Core activities included establishing a consistent operating model for the ABF College training program including design and implementation of the new APS 2-4 Work Levels and Structures; and providing an improved ‘Recruit and Attraction Strategy’ that targeted diversity groups such as the indigenous and female populations.

• Chief Superintendent, Enforcement Command

  • Sep 2016 - Oct 2017

  In this SES role placement as the Chief of Staff Australia Border Force (ABF), I successfully led the business transformation of the Enforcement Command predicated upon meetings with high level stakeholders to understand Enforcement functions and preparing briefings for Senior Executive committees. Core activities included: leading the design/implementation of the ‘Enforcement Command Business Transformation’; and developing the frameworks and strategies to raise professional standards across the Enforcement Command unit.

• Assistant Secretary, Ministerial Parliamentary & Communications Branch

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  SES role responsible for managing sections that coordinate all ministerial and provide executive support, including the issuance of guidance on ministerial, Parliamentary, and cabinet processes. Core activities included: managing the delivery of internal and external communication strategies and communication materials across the Department via a new ‘Communication Account Management Model’; and providing advice and guidance to senior officers and Ministerial offices on caretaker conventions during the 2016 Federal Election and led development of the ‘2016 Incoming Government Briefs’.

• Director, Compliance Practice Management

  • Jun 2015 - May 2016

  In this role, I operationalised compliance and trade policy to enable national consistency within a dispersed regional workforce and managed complex compliance cases that required expertise and engagement. This included development of the 'ABF Compliance Strategy' for the China FTA.

• Director, International Strategy Branch

  • Oct 2014 - May 2015

  Led change in and supported staff through the difficult integration of the International division and initiated improvement strategies to realign functions, responsibilities, and staff to improve services and meet both budget and efficiency targets (resulting in significant increases in stakeholder satisfaction, service standards, and quality of outputs).



Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

• Executive Level 2

  • 2007 - 2014

  Performed a range of roles at the Executive Level 2 with Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (now Australian Border Force) in the fields of National Security, Trade, Customs and Immigration Regulatory Compliance, International Engagement, and Enforcement Operations. Performed a range of roles at the Executive Level 2 with Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (now Australian Border Force) in the fields of National Security, Trade, Customs and Immigration Regulatory Compliance, International Engagement, and Enforcement Operations.



Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate - Executive Level 2

  • 1996 - 2007

  Appointed to various Executive Level 2 positions with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (now Australian Border Force) in the fields of Counter Terrorism, National Security, Regulatory Visa Compliance, International Engagement, and Ministerial and Executive Support. Appointed to various Executive Level 2 positions with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (now Australian Border Force) in the fields of Counter Terrorism, National Security, Regulatory Visa Compliance, International Engagement, and Ministerial and Executive Support.