Jun 2020 – Present · 6 yrs

• Value Creation From Entry to Exit
• Foundational HR leader across the full private equity lifecycle, supporting the initial PE investment in 2020 through successful strategic exit in 2024
• Built and executed the people, leadership, and operating strategy underpinning ~5x growth in revenue, EBITDA, and global workforce over four years
• Core member of the executive team supporting organic growth and 5 accretive acquisitions, aligning workforce strategy, leadership capacity, and organizational design to deal theses and integration milestones
• Scaled the business to 11+ regional entities and 1,000+ global employees, establishing repeatable, institutional grade people infrastructure to support sustained expansion
• Led the people strategy through a successful PE backed exit, ensuring workforce scalability, leadership depth, and organizational readiness supported transaction outcomes
• Executive Leadership & Deal Execution
• Played a central role in initial PE diligence and post investment value creation planning, including workforce strategy, leadership structure, and incentive alignment
• Built and led a global, high performance HR function, tightly integrated with Finance, IT, and Legal to support transaction execution and operational scale
• Designed and implemented scalable people operating models, KPIs, and governance frameworks aligned to PE performance expectations and audit readiness
• Partnered directly with Private Equity sponsors and the Board on diligence, workforce analytics, executive compensation, and succession planning
• Embedded a performance oriented, engagement driven culture, contributing to high retention and productivity at scale and earning four consecutive “Best Place to Work” awards

Apr 2018 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Led HR due diligence for a successful private equity acquisition, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Spearheaded global recruitment efforts, growing the team from 40 to 500 over four years and scaling HR operations for rapid expansion.
• Built out the HR function from the ground up including processes, procedures, and systems to support year on year expansion.

Oct 2011 – Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Canberra Area, Australia

• Talent International is a progressive and highly-innovative global IT&T Recruitment and Technology Services specialist supplying thousands of contract and permanent technology professionals across all the IT, Telco and Digital sectors.
• As an Account Manager, I was responsible for end to end recruitment covering: business development, account management, and candidate sourcing and screening. I specialised in both contract and permanent IT recruitment services across government and private sector clients.
• In this position, I demonstrated success in building professional client relationships and placing IT professionals across a diverse range of skills including:
• Software Development
• Systems Engineering
• Network, Security and Storage Engineering
• Project Management
• Business Analysis
• IT Service Management (ITSM) Professionals