Career Journeys and Aspirations

Welcome 2024! Our first episode of Career Journeys and Aspirations.  I am delighted share with you, one of the most authentic and genuine leaders in their discipline, in Lewis Olcot.   In terms of his profession, Lewis is a Talent Acquisition specialist with a passion for recruitment processes, team leadership, candidate mentorship, project management and strategy.    A career built on forging sus...

My Guest today is Andrew Bell.   Andrew was the Bank of Queensland’s Head of Technology since BOQ acquired ME Bank in 2021. He was previously ME Bank’s Head of Technology prior to the acquirement. Andrew has over 10+ years of experience as a leader and has worked across a range of disciplines and industries.   Andrew is an experienced IT merger specialist who has experience in consolidation of com...

My Guest today is Laura Jones.  Laura Jones is Chief People Officer for dnata catering - Australia.  Part of the Emirates Group, dnata catering is Australia’s most admired catering and retail partner specialising in inflight catering, buy-on-board catering programs, travel retail technology solutions, and airport lounge operation and management. Laura leads People, Culture, Safety, Wellbeing and I...

I am delighted to welcome Alexis Hill as my guest today. Alexis is the CIO of Brisbane Grammar School. One of the leading schools in Australia for boys where continuous investment is made in creating an environment where boys are able to pursue their talents and realise their potential. By way of background, Alexis is a passionate senior executive with over 13 years’ experience in commercial and g...

My Guest today is Simon Bray.  Simon has had an impressive career holding a number of senior leadership roles. Simon navigates the intersection between strategy and technology in the digital world in order to improve lived experiences. He has a passion for building and creating products and services, learning from experience and helping others to reach their full potential.  Simon has had an exten...

And over to me…  My Guest today is Janice Carey.  Janice is a leader in data, analytics and digital and was named number 3 in the IAPA Top 25 Leaders Awards in 2022. In 2021 and 2022, she led initiatives that won Tealium Digital Velocity Awards for paving the way in digital customer experience innovation.  Janice was also nominated for the 2014 Telstra Business Women’s Awards for her leadership in...

My Guest today is Max Kimber.  Max has had an exceptional career, achieving over 40 years’ as an experienced Barrister and over 30 years as a Mediator.  Max began his career as a Barrister after having completed is postgraduate studies abroad. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 1999, after having focused the first 20 years of his professional work on the resolution of workplace issues through liti...

Welcome to our latest episode of Career Journeys and Aspirations! My Guest today is Andrew Dennis who is the CIO for JBS Australia / New Zealand. Andrew has had an extensive career across a range of senior leadership roles here in Australia as well as overseas. Andrew is a results driven Senior Executive with an impressive track-record of over 20 years’ experience in IT strategic planning, busines...

And over to me…. Welcome to series 2 of Career Journeys and Aspirations! My Guest today is Daryl Kirkhope. Daryl has had an incredible career ranging from the military through to holding senior corporate roles. Daryl helps organisations to understand tomorrow’s problems through bespoke operational project and program improvement opportunities facilitated to deliver end to end business optimisation...

My Guest today is Ben Swindale.  Ben is the General Manager, IT at Icon Group.  Ben is an experienced leader in the technology industry with a focus on delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions for complex business problems. He has extensive experience in mentoring geographically technical teams and has designed and executed large scale and highly flexible solutions during organisations’...

 I have very special guest today in Joanne Jessop.  A leader in the Not-for-Profit sector and someone who has given and continues to give so much to the community.  Jo is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Multicap.  Amongst many roles and responsibilities in her career, she was previously a Director of Brisbane South PHN and currently Director of Bris Housing and Ability First Australia. Jo...

My Guest today is Nathan Johnston.  Nathan is the Chief Technology Officer at Collection House. He has over 25 years experience in the Information Technology industry with a particular passion for programming. Nathan’s career has been diverse, and he has gained an abundance of experience in the industry.  Throughout his career, Nathan has worked for a range of companies of varying sizes, from star...

My Guest today is Michael Power.  Michael recently retired from MOQdigital as the General Manager of Business Services.  He has accumulated an impressive 20 years of demonstrated success in developing and executing strategies for clients as an accomplished executive manager.   Michael has a focus on promoting innovation and growth through the optimization and utilisation of smart technologies with...

Hello,  My Guest today is Brendan Klasen.  Brendan is the Executive General Manager Information & Communications Technology at Endeavour Foundation. He is a qualified technology executive with Board, Leadership and Technical Experience developed over 25 years in various industries including mining, manufacturing, systems integration, education, aged care and community services.   Recognised as...

My Guest today is Nick Underhill. Nick is currently the HR Lead for Dragonfly Shipping. Nick is an experienced, dedicated people professional who believes that HR as a function can provide added value to all aspects of a business.  A true HR generalist, with expertise in employee engagement, cultural development, industrial and employment relations, training and development, recruitment and select...

And over to me… My guest today is Chris Dougherty. Chris is the Chief Executive Officer of Epilepsy Queensland Inc. Chris is an executive leader with 15 years’ experience in both commercial and non-government / NFP organisations. Chris has been successful in leading transformation,  operational excellence programs and breathing new life and energy into team across industries and sectors.     Curre...

A very special episode to share today.   On the eve of the sporting / charity event of the year for Queensland - All for the Kids - Charity Boxing Event  (ok, I am a little biased here), I am delighted to share my interview with the great Dundee Kim! In the world of Boxing, Sport and Fitness, Dundee Kim is a household name. Notably, he was the trainer for world champion, Jeff Horn and was part of...

My Guest today is Linda Caroll. Linda is the Head of People & Culture at Affinity Education Group. By way of background, Linda has a diverse career to date working across a variety of Industries including Education, Consulting, Property, Telecommunications and Recruitment. Highly proficient in HR Consulting, Coaching, Workplace Safety, and Learning Outcomes.  Acknowledged as one of the leading...

And over to me.. My guest today is Bec Munn. Bec is the Group Executive – People & Culture for Queensland Rail. An amazing career to date with extensive national and global experience, operating in complex and large organisations.  Bec is acknowledged for leading huge change projects, system implementations, large scale recruitment, complex IR and EA negotiations, organisational restructures a...

Today’s guest is Gayle Job.  Gayle is the Chief People & Property Officer at Auswide Bank. An incredible career to date ,spanning over 4 decades across all aspects of human resources, recruitment, property portfolio management, branch operations, product development, documentation of policies and procedures, learning and development, regulatory licencing and compliance and management of produc...

My Guest today is Rhian Greenway. Rhian is the CIO of City Beach. A name most of us will be familiar with as they re one of the most prominent and successful retailers in Australia today . Rhian is a very successful ICT leader, with over 20 years of experience. Accomplished across a diverse range of technology disciplines  and is regarded as one of the most authoritative specialists in the retail...

And over to me... My guest today is Lynne Cawley.  Lynne is the Group Executive, People & Operations at Canstar Pty Limited. Lynne has spent more than 20 years experience in the Financial Industry. My current role encompasses management of the People & Culture, Research and Product Data teams for the Canstar Group. For over 15 years,  Lynne has seen the growth from a research and rating bu...

And over to me...  Hello Everyone and welcome to the latest episode of Career Journeys and Aspirations! My guest today is Stephen Wilkinson who is the State Services Manager for NTT Ltd. Stephen has built an extensive career in Australia and overseas specialising in Client Service, Transformation, Project Management plus so much more. What is very engaging about our interview is the diverse career...

And over to me….welcome to 2021. Our guest today is Peter Ward. Peter who is the Chief Solutions Officer for MOQ Digital. I have known Peter for some time and really appreciate his ‘can do and direct style’ which is the approach to his incredible success. Most of our audience will know Peter as ‘Wardy IT’.  I took a excerpt of how Peter views himself and he states the following when describing his...

Kirsty Dwyer is the Chief People Officer at Griffith University. Kirsty has had a tremendous career Journey having occupied senior roles in Public and Private Enterprise. Her driving passion and interest is summed up in her own words – ‘It is all about the people, the ideas, the value of education and research being a life changing link to a better world. I am surrounded by opportunities to innova...