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Jennifer at Galvin Rowley Executive is delighted to have once again worked with Compac to place Andrew O’Brien as Global Field Service Director with Compac. Compac provides integrated post-harvest solutions and services to the global fresh produce industry and is part of the TOMRA Group – a Norwegian multinational corporation active in the manufacturing of advanced collectio...

Jennifer Galvin Rowley of Galvin-Rowley Executive is delighted to have placed Belinda Beltz as the new Chief Executive Officer of Westgate Health Co-Operative. Westgate Health is a not-for-profit, member-owned co-operative that provides affordable medical and healthcare services to the communities where it operates. The Board of Westgate Health Ltd is pleased to announce the...

I adore working on regional roles, whether it be in the country or on the coast. It was no exception when we were recently invited to partner with Searoad Ferries for the newly created role of General Manager, Operations based in the beautiful town of Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula. Working with Searoad Ferries CEO, Matt McDonald, this exciting opportunity generated ...

Galvin-Rowley Executive is pleased to have partnered with T2 in the appointment of Mario Suminovic, as Head of Sales UK/US based in London. Mario is an accomplished retail leader with over 15 years of experience across both volume and luxury apparel. His innovative and courageous leadership style, coupled with extensive experience across retail operations, buying/planning an...

We are delighted to have partnered with T2 in the appointment of Amy Smith as the new Global Director, Brand. Amy will report to Nicky Sparshott, Global Chief Executive Officer and be responsible for driving profitable growth through strategic ownership and implementation of a customer first, omni channel, global lens. Amy's career spans over 15 years’ experience with a prov...

There has been a large volume of reporting on the Royal Commission, but less about the implications for executive management teams who work with boards. While the Royal Commission focused only on the financial services sector, all good boards are seeking to apply the lessons learned from it. One of the ‘unintended consequences’ of the last nine months of Royal Commission act...

Purpose seems to be the raison d’etre for organisations today. Thanks to Simon Sinek our ‘why’ has gained almost obsessive evangelism in business. It’s touted as the way to recruit talent, inspire employees, build profits, contribute to society and even solve problems our governments can’t address.The thing is, it all starts to sound terribly confusing amongst all the other ...

The royal commission revealed unethical practices and behaviours in the financial sector that are associated with the culture of the specific organisations. These practices are indeed part of the organisational culture, but culture should not be blamed. Culture is not an entity, nor an act of misconduct by individuals who find a loophole in the system. Culture and ethics are...

When it comes to success, it’s easy to think that people blessed with brains are inevitably going to leave the rest of us in the dust. But new research from Stanford University will change your mind (and your attitude). Psychologist Carol Dweck has spent her entire career studying attitude and performance, and her latest study shows that your attitude is a better predictor o...

As HSC students receive their results this week it’s that moment where they think, “This is it. Everyone is watching me”. But I urge students and parents to remember – the HSC doesn’t define you. I bombed out in my HSC but am now the new CEO of youth organisation YMCA NSW. After school, my journey took me from being a waitress to running hospitality at the Opera House at the...