Gary Murphy Email & Phone Number

Quirindi, New South Wales, Au

Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Statewide Mutual is Australia's largest local government self-insurance pool with over two decade's experience working with NSW Regional and Metropolitan councils. Their focus is on partnering with councils to maximise the benefits of using a self-insurance mutual supporting members through a robust risk management program. The mutual provides comprehensive products, services and industry leading scheme management.

Wyong, New South Wales, Au

𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝟸,𝟻𝟶𝟶 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑠 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙’𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑, 𝐶𝐸𝑂 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝘩𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒: ► Recognised by the Council for leading with integrity and having community vision, thereby creating a high-performance culture, and promoting positive staff morale, in line with Council values and the annual plan. ► Improved the health and wellbeing of the community by ensuring beach lifeguards, childcare and aged care service personnel, and staff in aquatic and leisure centres all delivered services in a client-focused manner. ► Created a safe space where the community can be entertained, including theatres, an art gallery, and a 20,000-seat stadium. ► Integrated 2 former Council’s policies, procedures, and systems with minimal impact on business as usual. ► Secured over $200M in state and federal grants over 2 years, thereby exceeding targets and increasing funding by more than 50% on previous periods. ► Guided the organisation through several crises, such as bushfires, floods, COVID-19, and coastal erosion, by inspiring resilience, community togetherness, and leading with strength and integrity. ► Uncovered significant financial deficiencies and initiated a 100 Day Recovery Action Plan, including reducing expenditure, raising additional income and sale of assets to bring the Council back to a more sustainable position.

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝘩𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒. 𝐴𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑: ► Developed quality business strategies to ensure short and long-term alignment with Council plan objectives, while overseeing the $130M budget, $1.2B in total assets and leadership of 550 staff. ► Recognised as the first Council on the Northern Rivers to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan, including setting a bold goal of the Council becoming self-sufficient in electricity from renewable sources by 2023. ► Transformed a command and control organisation into a consultative, inclusive workplace by encouraging decision making at the lowest level, inspiring performance excellence, and increasing team morale. ► Secured the Council’s future sustainability by implementing the Renewable Energy Master Plan, the Lismore Community Solar Farm, Biodiversity Management Strategy, and the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). ► Rolled out a customised in-house Frontline Leaders training program for over 50 leaders, thereby improving the internal culture and productivity, with improvements in lost time injury incidents and reduced overtime. ► Improved councillor relationships, community engagement, and customer satisfaction by implementing strategic marketing and public connection initiatives such as through the use of community panel and enquiry by design. ► Developed a health precinct to leverage a $280M hospital upgrade, including successfully advocating for a multi-level car park to be constructed by Health Infrastructure. ► Drove, designed, and implemented efficiencies through a service review project and business excellence framework.

𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝟻𝟸 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝘩𝑖𝑔𝘩 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑: ► Facilitated Council's first Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP), leading the delivery of significant infrastructure projects such as 2 wastewater treatment plants, an alternative water supply, introduction of recycling, airport upgrade, a new sport and leisure complex, and a performing arts complex. ► Managed financial obligations, including a $28M budget and $265M in total assets, while effectively planning, forecasting, and tracking operations and implementing cost-effective processes. ► Championed a unique fundraising program that resulted in a 50/50 public/private capital raising for community projects, thereby generating $10m which were directed towards a leisure centre, theatre, town revitalisation and upgraded visitor information centre. ► Initiated the establishment of a holding company to manage the Council’s commercial activities more effectively, thereby increasing efficiency and streamlining processes to deliver quality community outcomes. ► Developed a culture change within the organisation towards more customer-focused service delivery, thereby improving customer satisfaction and increasing community support and appreciation.

Company Directors Course

Advanced Management Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Bsceng, Civil