Experience

Helen performed a variety of general and executive management roles in the aviation and tourism industries where she gained firsthand experience managing within multi-national matrix-based organisations and high-risk operational environments. From 1986-2000 Helen worked in locations including the USA, NZ, Australia and the UK. Her responsibilities included leading teams accountable for the delivery of strategy, finance, marketing, public relations, sales, and call centre operations.

She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with experience both as a board member and reporting to a board.

Over her career Helen developed a passion for assisting others to develop their unique strengths. In 2001 she began a career in executive coaching. Her approach has been influenced by her own corporate experiences, and academic frameworks gained through postgraduate study.

Helen has a particular interest in helping individuals, groups and teams to Improve their performance by enhancing their personal effectiveness This often involves developing leadership strengths, people management capabilities and building effective communication skills. She has successfully worked with individuals transitioning into senior leadership roles, and has helped others move from technical roles into positions where leadership and management skills are important.

Today, Helen combines her executive coaching work with running her own marketing and public relations company promoting tourism to Hawaii. This work helps Helen maintain her general management skills and enables her to stay in touch with the challenges that face executives today

In her spare time Helen enjoys playing golf, working out, cooking, and travel.

 

Coaching & behavioural science qualifications

• Subject Object Interviewing, Jennifer Garvey Berger at University of Sydney, 2008
  
• Masters of Coaching Psychology & Human Resources Management, University of Sydney, 2004
  
• Manager as Coach, AGSM, 2002

Business qualifications and business experience (selected)

• Graduate (Fellow), Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2000
  
• Development Program for General Managers (DPM), Australian
  
• Graduate School of Management, 1999
  
• Marketing Diploma, Australian Institute of Management, 1997
  
• Principal/Managing Director, TM Solutions, Australia
  
• Executive Director, The Mark Travel Corporation, USA
  
• Managing Director/GM, United Airlines, Australia
  
• General Manager, Sales &Marketing, United Airlines, Australia
  
• General Manager, Call Centre Operations, United Airlines, Australia
  
• General Manager, United Vacations, UK

Selected client organisations

Clients include: Apparel Group, AFIG, AstraZeneca, Australian Taxation Office, Bilfinger Berger, Cuscal, Foxtel, Freehills, lAG, Macquarie Group, Marshall Investments, New England Institute, TAFE NSW, NICTA, Roads & Traffic Authority of NSW, Perpetual, Spectrum, Stockland, Sydney Water, Telstra, Unisys, Westpac

Registrations, Memberships and Affiliations

• Member, University of Sydney Coaching & Mentoring Association

Instrument Accreditations

Genos El, Hogan Leadership Inventories, Life Styles Inventory (LSI)