Recent HR Market Moves supplied by The Next Step
Vaughan Paul has been formally promoted to the role of HR
Director for Optus. Vaughan has been with Optus since 2005 acting in the HR Director role and before that as divisional General Manager HR. Prior to joining Optus Vaughn was with CSC and Westpac in senior HR roles.
Josephine Simeone has accepted the role of HR Director,
Pacific with LexisNexis. Josephine has a wealth of experience gained within organisations such as Campbell Arnott’s and Lucent Technologies. Sydney Ports Corporation has recently appointed Ian Grey as Executive General Manager HR. Previously Ian was with Donaldson Coal as General Manager HR and the lead HR roles with Australian Customs, Sydney Water and P&O Ports. AMP has appointed Cara Reil as Director, Talent and Leadership. Cara’s most recent role was Regional Head, Organisation Effectiveness for Royal Bank of Scotland based in Singapore for 18 months and prior to this with UTC for 10 years. United Group Ltd has appointed Michelle Seddon in the role of Executive General Manager, HR Asia Pac & Middle East for their Services division. Michelle previously held the role of Global Head of HR with Babcock and Brown and prior to that, senior HR roles with Lend Lease.
Innvocare has appointed Lyndall Jones as Head of Human Resources. Lyndall is an experienced practitioner, with her career spanning senior roles including Westpac, AOL and Veda Advantage.
Tammy Connelly has commenced as a Senior HR Manager
with the Coles Group. Tammy has extensive experience gained within organisations such as The Perfumania Group and The My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse Retail Group.
Tony Weston has accepted the role of Global Head of HR with
Aristocrat. Previously Tony has held executive HR positions with K-Mart and the Foster’s Group.
Sean Curtain has accepted the role of Vice President of Human Resources with AIA. Prior to this recent appointment Sean was with Sensis for over 6 years in lead HR roles.
Robyn Djelassi has joined Crown Entertainment as the
Recruitment & Employment Brand Manager. Prior to this Robyn was with Suncorp in the role of Executive Manager, Recruitment. Origin Energy has recently appointed Keith Wilkinson as National Remuneration and Benefits Manager based in Adelaide. Keith’s previous roles have been with AMP and Oil Search.
Helene Gordon has commenced as Head of People &
Performance with Foodworks. Previously Helene was with Coles Group in various roles and most recently with Stocklands.
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