MARKET MOVES / RADAR
Recent HR Market Moves Lyn Haffenden has been appointed as the HR Director for Blue Care in Brisbane. Recently with Queensland Health, Lyn has also held senior roles at Hamilton Island Enterprises, Queensland Rail and Sydney Water. Diageo has welcomed Mark Lush as Head of Talent, Leadership and Capability. Mark has a broad OD skill set, particularly in the areas of employment branding, organisational effectiveness, culture and engagement. He joins from Unilever where he was Head of Leadership and Organisation Development. Grant Whyte has recently been appointed as the National People Operations Manager at Altus Traffic. Altus Traffic is a specialist in traffic management reducing risk to the public. Grant was previously National Manager of Resourcing, Development and Employee Relations at Service Stream. Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Michael Hickton as Compensation & Benefits Manager for Australia. Michael joins the business with over 15 years of experience in payroll and compensation & benefits management, as well as bringing strong subject matter expertise, having working in the commercial real estate sector at Knight Frank. Mike Cormack has joined ESSSuper as their General Manager Human Resources. Mike’s early career line management financial services roles were a strong attraction to ESSSuper. He has also held a number of transformational HR roles in Australian organisations; more recently he was General Manager Human Resources at the MS Society. Service NSW recently appointed Nicole Ashe as Director, People & Culture. Nicole has extensive HR generalist experience with a focus on improving organisational capability, and was most recently HR Manager, Retail Operations and Private Label, at the Apparel Group.
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Dallas Wilson has recently joined Navitas, the education services provider, as Head of HR – University Pathways. Dallas recently relocated to Sydney from Melbourne and will head up a global HR team. She was previously HR Business Partner – Sales at Carlton United Breweries, SABMiller.
David has a reputation for successfully leading L&D teams that enable organisations to achieve amazing results and improve ROI.
NSW Trade & Investment has appointed Richard Ganter as Executive Director, People, Learning and Culture. Richard recently returned to Australia from Singapore and brings with him substantial senior HR management experience gained both internationally and locally. He was previously Senior Regional HR Director – Asia Pacific at CH2M Hill.
Phil Jordan joins Challenger Limited as Senior HR Business Partner, bringing with him a wealth of HR experience from small to medium-sized enterprises to global multibillion-dollar businesses. Most recently, Phil has enjoyed over three years with Telco giant Singtel Optus and now embarks on his next career challenge in the investment banking sector.
Ian Price has joined Valspar as HSE Manager (ANZ). Ian is a highly experienced HSE professional, having worked within government, corporate and consulting roles, most recently with a focus on risk management and business improvement. He has strong technical knowledge from his management roles at WorkCover NSW and as OHS Academic Director at the University of Wollongong.
Global cloud-based ERP software company NetSuite recently appointed Rod Ko as Asia Pacific Talent Acquisition Manager. Rod has spent over 12 years in the technology sector recruiting talent from around the world and was previously Talent Acquisition Manager at Dell. Rod joins NetSuite at an exciting time as the company continues to break ground in the ERP space.
David Dowe has joined the Australian Graduate School of Management as their Senior Client Relationship Manager. David brings a wealth of knowledge to this role, having worked in senior learning roles in some of Australia’s largest blue chips.
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