Experience

Phase One Ventures

• New Zealand
• Community Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Auckland, New Zealand PhaseOne Ventures is a New Zealand focussed venture firm. We believe that New Zealand founders are world class and with support from "been there done that" advisors can build world changing companies. We commit to founders helping them lay the foundations for truly high growth companies. We do this by helping to get to product market fit, crystallise a vision and identify growth engines. We also help with company building (people strategies) but the focus are those first three steps. We provide… Show more PhaseOne Ventures is a New Zealand focussed venture firm. We believe that New Zealand founders are world class and with support from "been there done that" advisors can build world changing companies. We commit to founders helping them lay the foundations for truly high growth companies. We do this by helping to get to product market fit, crystallise a vision and identify growth engines. We also help with company building (people strategies) but the focus are those first three steps. We provide this support pro bono and will invest into the companies that make good progress on those first three steps. We believe that by helping these companies grow, it creates even more opportunity for all New Zealanders. We have a community first approach. We are an early stage founder community first and foremost. Our vision is an even happier New Zealand. Show less



Simply Wall St

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Eva

• Australia
• Retail Furniture and Home Furnishings
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Greenlake Medical

• Investor / Advisor

  • May 2022 - Present



Telecare

• Australia
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor / Advisor

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Cake Equity

• Australia
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Jun 2021 - Present



New Zealand National Party

• New Zealand
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair - Economy, Infrastructure and Technology Policy Action Group

  • Mar 2022 - Feb 2023

  New Zealand



Startmate

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Mentor and Investor

  • Nov 2020 - Jun 2022

  Auckland, New Zealand Voted one of the most valuable mentors in first cohort.



Simply Wall St

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Nov 2020

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . Contract role to partner with the CEO and worked with the board, setting up for scale . Oversight of all aspects of Operations - People Operations and Finance & Legal . Set up company Operating System - a close loop system to continuously improve People Operations and Finance & Legal . Manager training, feedback training, embedded OKRs into the organisation . Brought on board Head of Engineering, People Lead and Head of Operations - setup leadership team



Airtasker

• Australia
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VP - People Operations

  • Mar 2017 - Mar 2020

  Sydney, Australia . Part of executive leadership team . People strategy at Airtasker . Oversight of all aspects of People Operations - Talent Acquisition, Team Happiness (HR), Vibe (Workplace management) - built global team . Setting up and executing human resource procedures globally . Organisational change management, reorganisation, leadership training, inclusivity training, capital allocation . Led efforts to reach profitability, eventuating in going pubilc . Supporting company and product… Show more . Part of executive leadership team . People strategy at Airtasker . Oversight of all aspects of People Operations - Talent Acquisition, Team Happiness (HR), Vibe (Workplace management) - built global team . Setting up and executing human resource procedures globally . Organisational change management, reorganisation, leadership training, inclusivity training, capital allocation . Led efforts to reach profitability, eventuating in going pubilc . Supporting company and product strategy Show less



Canva

• Australia
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of People Operations

  • Feb 2015 - Mar 2017

  Surry Hills . People and Ops strategy at Canva . Built global TA team for recruitment across all Canva functions and regions . Connecting employee job activity to the voice of the customer . Setting up and leading global People team and executing human resource procedures globally . Supporting founders as part of lead team in critical decisions across the business (product, growth) Make Canva the best place to work at, in the world.



Ureferjobs

• CEO - Co-Founder

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2015

  Sydney Ureferjobs was a bootstrapped startup. Exited post seed funding round. Ureferjobs was a job referral marketplace. Our vision was to create a world where finding talent is effortless. As CEO responsible for: product ideation-development, sales, UX, finance, team, investor relations and taking out the trash. :) A truly wonderful and invaluable learning experience.



Schindler Lifts Australia Pty Limited

• Australia
• Construction
• 300 - 400 Employee

• National Strategy & Quality Manager

  • 2012 - 2014

  Sydney, Australia Responsible for ensuring business processes were aligned with customer satiscation. Reporting directly into the CEO; this involved (1) owning all business processes; nationally within the organisation (2) audits which checked and maintained that processes were consistently optimised (3) board level presentations around business metrics and customer satisfaction surveys (4) working on critical strategy projects



Third Horizon Consulting

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

• Senior Consultant

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

  Sydney, Australia Working on multiple strategy projects inculding: (1) Merger between two of NSW largest public sector entities; this involved creating a PMO office and steering the merger through the change program (2) Benchmarking and optimisation exercise for one of Australia's largest electricity companies (3) A variety of strategic projects across organisational design across the HR landscape in various industries and company sizes



Michael Page

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategic BD Manager (Emerging Markets - India)

  • Jun 2011 - 2012



Xpand Group

• Manager, Corporate Services

  • 2008 - 2009



Robert Walters

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager

  • 2005 - 2008

  Tokyo, Japan



Hudson

• Australia
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Consultant (New Zealand)

  • Jun 2004 - Jul 2005

  Auckland, New Zealand