- Hamiton Gallery- Hamilton Performing Arts Centre- Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange- Hamilton Indoor Leisure & Aquatic Centre

Approximately 25 kms from Melbourne’s Central Business District, Knox is a major hub of cultural, commercial, business and innovative activity in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The area boasts a green, leafy image extending to the foothills of the picturesque Dandenong Ranges. The city comprises suburbs including The Basin, Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Lysterfield, Rowville, Scoresby, Upper Ferntree Gully, Wantirna, Wantirna South and Sassafras.The Knox area is the traditional land of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people. Knox is now one of Victoria’s most populous municipalities, with approximately 155,000 residents. Over one quarter of Knox’s residents were born overseas and approximately 20% of the Knox population were born in countries where English is not the first language. The organisation has: • Head count of 1097 and FTE of 672• Operating Income totaling $156.8m• Total Assets of $1.59bn

Hindmarsh Shire Council is a local government council that represents a caring and passionate community in central North West Victoria, strategically located half way between Melbourne and Adelaide. Hindmarsh Shire Council is one of the largest municipalities in Victoria in area. It is a significant grain based agricultural community possessing tremendous tourism potential having substantial areas of national park and significant lakes and wetlands. Hindmarsh Shire Council is known as an innovative and progressive organisation that is redefining value for its community through transforming operational efficiency. It is also a diversity champion, role modeling gender equity and being active in the settlement of migrants and refugees.

Leadership of the Council's Corporate & Community Services Departments. This includes responsibilities for financial management and reporting, risk management,economic development, aged & disability services, community engagement, IT, records management, local laws, environmental health, human resources, governance, statutory compliance and municipal emergency recovery. Part of the Council's Executive Management Team with broader organisational responsibility for strategic planning.

Small Business Mentoring Service (SBMS) (www.sbms.org.au) is an incorporated not-for-profit association which provides mentoring services to small businesses and has supported in excess of 20,000 businesses in its 25 years. SBMS has also played a lead role in helping business in Victoria recover from natural disasters such as bush fire and flood. SBMS also runs programs for Aboriginal communities and is a key component of the State Governments economic development strategy. Board member with responsibilities for organisational governance, financial performance, grant funding and advocacy/government relations. I am also Chairman of SBMS’s Marketing Committee, carrying responsibility for the organisations growth and market presence.

Lead Small & Emerging Business within Victoria & Tasmania, including:• Achieving targeted financial outcomes including asset, liability and revenue growth, as well as sound expense management. Build return to shareholders. • Improve customer experience by developing operational plans across the state that ensure consistent and quality engagement of customers to maximise customer retention and satisfaction. • Develop and implement sales plans including banker activity that focused on understanding customers businesses and identifying needs, as well as connecting with other businesses and key business groups to acquire new customers. • Drive a strong compliance and quality agenda within the states across all aspects of the business. • Develop and implement a robust people plan, including development and acquisition of talent, and employee engagement and retention.• Build strong links with community groups through sponsorship, use of volunteer leave, and application of skills embedded within the team.

Responsible for branch performance and operational efficiency in the largest “Local Area Market” in nab Retail. Responsibilities included:• Development and implementation of sales strategy across the network including changing branch operations to better align service model with customer needs and expectations, developing third party relationships, networking within the community, and robust sales plans. • Improvement of customer experience through having a potent branch sales & service strategy, where team work is integral and all bankers are focused on the foot traffic in the branch with the aim of deepening existing customer relations, and acquiring new customers.• Development of key external relationships that provide growth opportunities, as well as supporting key community groups and where appropriate, alignment of branches to key demographic groups. • Drive a strong compliance and quality agenda within the branch network. • Deliver targeted financial outcomes, including asset, liability and revenue growth. Ensure home loan growth supports acquisition of market share, and sales productivity is strong measured by “sales per sales person”. • Develop and acquire talent, and foster employee engagement and retention.

Senior credit and risk role within nab business Victoria. The role covered 14 Business Banking Centres in Melbourne and led a team of 16 Credit Managers. Responsibilities included: • Holding and exercising the senior delegated lending authority.• Support, coach and mentor the Credit Managers embedded within the Business Banking Centres. Act as a readily available reference point.• Develop and improve the standard of the lending and credit skills of all lenders within the business. Establish and develop training sessions and development plans to maximise individual’s career development and meet ongoing credit resource needs of the region and the Bank as a whole.• Maintain standard of credit risk assessment that will ensure the quality of the lending portfolio meets the required standards• Provide a quality of service for the business and its people that enhances their capacity to achieve the businesses objectives. This will include early involvement in the credit process, client visitations, participation in professional seminars and frequent daily interaction with key leaders in the business. • Cross functional leadership responsibility within the region working with the “Head of Business” to improve performance across all measures.

Lead nab’s business banking presence within Tasmania including:• Growing the bank’s profile through consistent and active networking, as well as being a key and being a key participant in the community.• Achieving key metrics including asset, liability, and revenue growth. Grow market share.• Developing and implementing a state wide marketing strategy that delivered the goal of being the leading financial services provider to the Tasmanian business community. • Connect with businesses and play a key role in helping them achieve their goals by understanding their aspirations, being trusted, and applying financial services expertise and business acumen. • Develop a business banking team with the capability and acumen to drive strong growth and deliver a great customer experience. • Implement a robust compliance operating plan within the state