Chris Hadfield Email & Phone Number

Brisbane

SunWater is a Queensland Government-owned corporation that operates 19 dams and over 1900km of pipelines to store, capture and deliver roughly 40% of the water used commercially in Queensland.As the General Manager of ICT Delivery, I lead delivery of the organisation’s IT project portfolio involving the transformation of core technology platforms and an.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

In 2021, I founded Fox & Mask Pty Ltd, an e-commerce start-up, that develops new brands and products manufactured in Asia and exported to Australia, Europe, and the U.S. for sale via online channels including Shopify and Amazon. This has involved project management, product development, e2e supply chain management, international trade and contract.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

UniSuper is an Australian retirement savings fund with 1,000 employees and 110B AUD funds under management. As the General Manager of Delivery, I led a 200-person team to deliver the organisation’s IT project portfolio comprising network, infrastructure, security, end-user computing and software solutions with an annual investment of ~$40m.

Melbourne

In this role I was accountable for developing and delivering the IT application roadmap for UniSuper’s Operations Business Unit and for the ongoing support and maintenance of UniSuper’s core IT applications.

Melbourne, Australia

Telstra is an Australian telecommunications company with 26,000 employees and an annual operating income of 6.2B AUD. In this role I led the delivery and ongoing operation of network and telecommunication services provided by Telstra to Jetstar, an Australian airline and AGL, an Australian energy retailer, with a combined contract value of $240m. I oversaw.

Melbourne, Australia

As the Head of Programs, I was the single point of accountability for all projects delivered by Telstra for Australia Post, Australia’s national postal service, with an annual value of ~$30m. I oversaw a large, matrixed delivery team to deliver a project portfolio comprising a 4000 endpoint network transformation, data centre relocation and new contact.

Melbourne, Australia

After joining Telstra IT in 2008 and performing various delivery leadership roles, in recognition of my strong performance and significant contribution, in 2012 I was appointed Chief of Staff to the COO. In the role, I supported the COO across a range of strategic initiatives and was accountable for the effective operation of the office of the COO and.

Melbourne, Australia

In this role I led the IT People & Leadership program comprising the implementation of an IT-wide capability model and insourcing 76 key roles, embedding a performance culture and Agile ways of working, establishing competency-based recruitment processes and leading Telstra’s graduate program for IT.

In this role I was responsible for delivery, financial management, resourcing, reporting and governance of strategic projects for Telstra’s IT Infrastructure & Services business unit. I led delivery of key programs including the upgrade of Telstra’s enterprise back-up and recovery platform across 5,000 servers and 4 data centres and the roll-out of a new.