PSTA Professional Services Training Australia

Managing Partner
Dates Employed: Oct 2014 – Present
Employment Duration: 5 yrs 3 mos
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Learning & development and training solutions for professional services firms, incorporating innovative, workplace-based tools.

 Projects include:



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• Coaching and mentoring program design, implementation and review
Leadership program design and delivery
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• Positive psychology and psychometric tools to increase the effectiveness of learning
Technical learning programs incorporating 70:20:10 principles.

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Conference design and delivery 
Organisational development 
Instructional design and curriculum development.

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Employee engagement and culture 
Technical and non-technical learning frameworks 
Training Needs Analysis.
  
   

Grant Thornton Australia

National Technical Training Manager
Dates Employed: Sep 2010 – Oct 2014
Employment Duration: 4 yrs 2 mos

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• Managing the training and development across 5 offices nationally.

• Technical and soft skills training - graduate level to management level, in house as well as external providers.


• Facilitation of all training programs as well as conferences nationally.

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Head of Learning and Development
Dates Employed: Jan 1999 – Aug 2010
Employment Duration: 11 yrs 8 mos
Locations: Australia and Europe

• Managed international training and consulting company with offices in Australia, Asia and Europe. Offices in Singapore, Shanghai, London and Athens.
Managed a team of 100 staff and worked with large employers (international and national) to manage their Development function.


• Involved in accreditation of training organisations internationally in several markets to be able to issue qualifications in markets and take over L&D function of large organisations.


• Worked with investors and educational authorities to gain accreditation and establish private universities in the Middle East and Europe - offering business and management qualifications, undergraduate and postgraduate.


• Involved in Qualifications Framework and industry associations to establish competencies and frameworks for national vocational qualifications.


• Corporate client projects included L&D strategies internationally, curriculum development, succession planning, establishing L&D and career milestone frameworks.