Toby Israel Email & Phone Number

Walsh Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Beecroft, New South Wales, Au

With the other Councillors, I'm responsible for the governance of Arden Anglican School, including developing, implementing and monitoring policies that enable the School to carry out its work.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney Airport, Nsw, Au

+ designed, specified, and in the process of delivering the EPMO process framework including driving its enterprise-wide implementation. This includes ongoing development of project management tools, processes, procedures, and providing support and guidance to drive project delivery efficiency metrics, and working with various supporting functions (incl. Finance, Technology, HR, etc.) to interface with and integrate related project management processes.+ developed and maintained the Project Delivery Management System (PDMS) suite of applications (SharePoint, Project Online, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate). This included working with developer resources to specify, design, build, implement, test, and support, specific apps - Project Initiation, Project Gating, Project Change. The role includes specification of new functionality, continual improvement, and engagement with the enterprise to understand and resolve lessons learned and ongoing development of project management applications.+ day-to-day subject matter expert, developing and delivering training, and providing guidance and advice to Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers on Sydney Airport Project Management activities.

Parramatta, Nsw, Au

I work on initiatives that have a real and lasting beneficial impact on our customers, including:+ Close support to Manager Strategy & Transformation in development of five-year corporate plan.+ Developed Work Force Planning tool in close collaboration with SMEs and Executive to support HR strategic planning, and provided key WFP inputs into five-year corporate plan.+ Transformation Coach in Transformation team employing McKinsey RTS methodology, advising Work Stream Leads and Initiative Owners to progress State of Play diagnostic through the detailed Bottom Up Planning phase to generate a bankable plan worth over ~$135m in annual external spend savings.+ Project management of diagnostic State of Play engagement with McKinsey (external spend reduction) & BCG (operational efficiency and workforce planning) to develop options to exceed cost reduction targets set by new owners.+ SME guidance and strategic direction to financial (EY), technical (WorleyParsons), and business optimisation (BCG) advisors during both Vendor and Bidder Due Diligence phases of industry privatisation+ Support to executive leadership in design and development, and governance and support to program directors in implementation of Endeavour 2020, a five-year $400m cost-reduction plan to capitalise on the opportunities emerging in the energy sector+ Provided support and advice to external diagnostic consultancy engagement+ Program managed Network Reform Program, mandated by the NSW Government – target: deliver $149m in cash savings over 4 years; result: all initiatives complete and closed-out, delivered >$135m after three years, on track to deliver over $180m, reduced headcount by >200+ Designed key governance processes for savings identification and benefits validation for reform programs+ Input into embedding benefits of reform programs into 10-year business plan, and into annual corporate strategy and divisional planning process

Parramatta, Nsw, Au

+ Provided implementation advice and analytical support to Program Directors and project leaders in delivery of a three-year $48m budget reduction initiative+ Provided analytical support and advice to external diagnostic and detailed design consultancy engagements+ Provided information in support of NSW Government's Network Reform Program during the data gathering and initiative prioritisation phases+ Delivered argument and analysis in support of initiatives to market test peripheral business processes, enhance field force scheduling processes and standardise field force work practices+ Co-ordinated project teams and directly managed graduate engineers and summer vacation students

Parramatta, Nsw, Au

+ co-ordinated company-wide productivity initiatives that delivered over $56m in cash savings over three years;+ co-ordinated business-wide benchmarking strategy, including facilitation of specific pieces of benchmarking work;+ undertook reviews of core/non-core business activities;+ extensive ad hoc executive level corporate and operational analysis and briefing.

I took a year off from work, during which I spent the first 3 1/2 months travelling around Europe in a van with my wife and two kids. We then headed back to Australia and spent the first half of the year at home with my family, reuniting myself with the beauty of Sydney after 3 years abroad.

London, England, Gb

+ provided reliable arguments and analysis to enhance understanding of the aerospace industry, the key players, and the opportunities and risks, with a direct impact on senior management’s understanding of the strategic choices+ managed longer-term projects including communication of results at executive level+ maintained a watching brief on potential impacts from legislation and policy relating to aviation+ established key models (both financial and non-financial) used in the construction and development of Civil Aerospace strategy+ prepared and facilitated future global trends customer engagement workshops+ developed generic engine upgrade feasibility financial model+ co-ordinated and prepared Africa country strategies+ competitor intelligence research – OEM & aftermarket/services+ undertook extensive aviation industry economic, environmental, and financial research and analysis

London, England, Gb

+ Quality (Compressor Rotor Facility - specialist blisk manufacture)+ Cost Reduction (Turbine Systems Engineering)+ Strategic Research Centre (researched and prototyped novel manufacturing method)+ Civil Aerospace Marketing (strategic marketing - 150 Seat Sector)+ Engineering Design (Trent1000 Transmissions, Structures & Drives component design)

+ research, analysis, and preparation of documentation for development approval of a large sand and clay quarry, including DCF modelling - approval granted;+ research, analysis, and preparation of business model for potential new pulp mill in southern NSW, Australia;+ feasibility analysis of several engineering upgrade options for major irrigation canal system in southern NSW, Australia;+ feasibility analysis of several engineering upgrade options and co-ordination of engineering sub-contractors preparing for potential bids to upgrade a major irrigation storage and supply system in western NSW, Australia;+ data collection and analysis in support of investigation into potential privatisation of NSW State Forests;

Ba, History

Pgcert, Aerospace

Be (Hons), Mechanical Engineering

Hsc, English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, German, Economics