Experience
Helen is the National Assistant Secretary at the SDA, the Union for workers in retail, fast food and warehousing. Helen has been a policy, strategy and governance adviser in state and federal governments on the topics of early childhood, school education and workplace relations, and for a group-of-eight Australian university in the private office of the Vice- Chancellor and President.
She put the theory into practice for a decade as a President and CEO in the community sector serving expectant and new mothers and ran a private practice as a coach of strategy and governance professionals.
Current Directorships
- Director of Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd
- Freedom & Social Action Group Limited
Current Appointments
- National Assistant Secretary, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association
- Executive Member, Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Member, Personal Services Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG)
Rest Committee Membership
- People, Culture and Remuneration Committee
- Member and Employer Services Committee
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons)
- Master of Government and Commercial Law (MGCL)
- Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
- Graduate of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (GAIST)
- Super Members Council of Australia Trustee Director Course – Advanced
- Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coaching Federation
