With a workforce of over 115,000 people, revenues of more than AUD33 billion and a national footprint, Coles Group Limited is one of Australia’s largest retailers and provides fresh food, groceries, general merchandise, financial and online services and liquor through more than 21 million customer transactions on average, each week across the business network.Key Achievements• Rebalanced the design of the Executive Leadership Team to deliver against the revised Coles strategy as a listed company, with a focus on shifting organisational resources toward the growing on-line share of spend.• Simplification of the People & Culture function to enable a leaner more agile workforce through the implementation of a new HCM, including re-prioritisation of HR initiatives and a full review of ways of working to understand impacts on core operating systems and ROI.• Operate as a business partner and coach to the CEO to effect strategic people decisions • Successful implementation of the inaugural Remuneration Committee and cadence as a listed company, including design of the Executive Remuneration Framework for FY20 and beyond.

GSK is one of the world’s largest Healthcare companies. Operating in over 160 countries, the Pharmaceutical business is the commercial end of the medicine discovery and development process, employing 29,000 people globally with an annual turnover of £16bn.Key achievements• Operate as a business partner and coach to the Commercial President and his leadership team on the delivery of business plans. • Developed and executed the first truly global talent management strategy for the business with a specific focus on succession planning for the top 50 General Management roles and key development positions. • Significant experience navigating complex ABAC investigations and leading the implementation of recommendations in the Middle East, India and China. • Led a 2-year change programme for a geographically spread HR team of over 800 people. The change saw a move from providing hosted HR Shared Services in each country for all the GSK businesses, to a centralised HR Operations structure.

Key achievements• Inducted and worked with the two European Area Heads and the Finance SVP to turn around the performance of the EU business, returning it to growth and reliable profitability following the Eurozone financial crisis. • Led a restructuring programme, downsizing the headcount in market by 20% over 18 months. Worked with the European Works Council and the local unions to ensure no disruption to the ambitious implementation timetable and no industrial action. This initiative revitalised the culture of the business, bringing focus to core activities and led to a change in the service delivery model in market.• Led the European HR team of approximately 220 people and created a talent strategy and succession plans for all key roles, replacing several, long serving leaders across Europe. Created a robust emerging talent pipeline and talent exchange programme, while also bringing focus to the diversity agenda.

In 2009, GSK and Pfizer formed an independent joint venture company, combining their marketed and pipeline HIV medicines. This test case for big pharma proved to be an outstanding success, quickly becoming an industry leader in terms of medicine development, access issues in the developed and developing world and ultimately, profitability.Key achievements• Created and implemented a complex, multi-country plan which led to the successful launch of the new company simultaneously in 16 countries, simultaneously transferring 400 employees from both parent companies on day one.• Established the culture, values and operating practices of the new company, taking the best of the parent companies and creating a truly independent esprit de corps.• Partnered with, challenged and coached the CEO in the delivery of the corporate agenda and on his role as a leader. Simultaneously provided challenge and support to the Executive team to ensure the best possible operating model was in place and to ensure accountability for delivery on the ambitious talent development agenda.• Led a virtual, global HR team to ensure timely and accurate HR services for all ViiV Healthcare markets.

Key achievements• Led the Pharmaceuticals HR team and repositioned the role of the function, enabling a proactive business partnering model.• Delivered HR Shared Services to the six GSK businesses in Australia and New Zealand.