Credentials

Work history (prior to formation of more of me in late 2016)

(most recent at top)

(selected items only)

Bachelor of Business Studies, Massey University (Palmerston Nth)
Unilever Senior General Managers Programme (London)
Unilever Strategic Planning Workshop (Amsterdam)
Unilever Corporate Relations Programme (London)
Targeted Selection Workshop - Behavioural Based Interviewing (Singapore)
Unilever HR Directors Programme (London)
Unilever HR Directors Workshops (various HR themes) (Singapore, Bangkok, Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney)
Personal Development Methods – Train The Trainer (Singapore)
Governance in Not-For-Profit Sector Workshop (Auckland)
Gallup’s Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 ® Top 5 Coaching (Christchurch)
Gallup’s Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 ® Top 5 Coaching accreditation
Omega Mentors Programme (Auckland)
Public speaking courses (Hastings, Auckland)
Media interview & spokesperson training (Singapore, Auckland, London)
Integrated learning & coaching workshops (Manila)

Coaching and mentoring support to youth leaders (CanTeen NZ)
Managed and co-ordinated the Unilever expatriate and short term international secondments programme for South East Asia region.
Coordinated the regional internship programme (South East Asia)
Volunteer mentor, Omega programme for new migrants (former City of Auckland initiative)
I’ve managed the personal goal setting and performance review / appraisal process for staff reporting directly to me over the last 35 years. That’s a lot of people and over 250 personal development & career discussions for my own people, not including the many others I coached.

Recruitment interviewing and selection board panellist for graduate intake, salaried specialist roles, middle, senior, executive management roles. In excess of 1,000 interviews and 500 appointments. (NZ, S.E.A, UK, Netherlands)
Graduate recruitment programmes (NZ, Philippines)
Team Leader, Unilever Global mid-career recruitment project (London, New York)
Research and work in employee engagement & retention (NZ, UK)

Personal performance development and planning (Asia and UK)
Strategic planning (London, NZ)
Internal communication (local, national and international programmes)
Communication for change (London, Netherlands)
Leadership development (various South East Asia, NZ)
Youth leadership development workshops (various feature themes, NZ)
Target setting and strategic plan deployment (UK and NZ)
Leadership workshops with numerous themes (UK, S.E.A, NZ)
International professional skills development workshops in HR and internal communication disciplines:
HR Directors group (S.E.A)
HR Managers group (S.E.A) Singapore, Bali, other
HR Graduate group (S.E.A & N.E.A) Shanghai
International – national heads of internal communication group (London, Paris, Rome, Brussels)
Staff workshops; local, national and transnational teams (numerous instances, numerous countries)
Team building workshops, local, national and transnational teams (numerous instances & countries)
Designed and produced CEOs of large, multi-national firms with the development and execution of the global senior leadership conferences, Strategic Plan roll outs,
Incentive schemes to drive performance

NZ Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Services Review
NZ Paediatric Oncology Steering Group
HR Member within large NZ dairy industry merger project (Auckland, National)
Project Lead and Co-facilitator, Fonterra Global employee engagement survey
Co-leader Unilever Global corporate branding project (London)
Team Leader Unilever Global mid-career recruitment project (London, New York)
Project Leader, Unilever S.EA. regional roll out of personal development planning processes
Unilever Communication member on US $20.3b merger within the FMCG industry (London, New Jersey, New York, Rotterdam)
Internal Communication Lead for Unilever’s ‘Enterprise Culture’ global culture change programme (London, Rotterdam)
Internal Communication Lead for Unilever’s ‘Path to Growth’ global strategic plan deployment (London, Rotterdam, global)
Project team member – Unilever employee engagement survey
Project team Leader – Chairman’s Review and Annual Global Roadshow events* This included the European based launch events and subsequent roll our over 8 regional hub cities (Europe, East Malaysia, Cairo, Istanbul, Mumbai, Sao Paolo, and others)