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With 25 years of experience living and working across five continents, I’ve spent my career solving complex Global HR Technology and Data challenges. After 15 years building increasingly large and complex global HRIS systems, I became frustrated by the disconnect between the data HR was collecting and the business’s need to drive revenue, engagement, and performance.

That frustration led me to dedicate the past 11 years to People Analytics — creating solutions that help HR, business leaders, and employees make informed decisions based on accurate, relevant, and timely data. Whether developing a world leading Organisational Network Analytics product, leading Deloitte Australia's People Analytics capability or now at Rio Tinto, my focus has remained the same: enabling sustained and measurable business impact.

At Rio Tinto, I bring passionate HR professionals together with our super-smart analytics team, helping ideas spark and grow. What drives me is showing the real impact of that connection — turning energy and expertise into stories leaders can act on, and proving the value it creates for people and the business.

With 25 years of experience living and working across five continents, I’ve spent my career solving complex Global HR Technology and Data challenges. After 15 years building increasingly large and complex global HRIS systems, I became frustrated by the disconnect between the data HR was collecting and the business’s need to drive revenue, engagement, and performance.

That frustration led me to dedicate the past 11 years to People Analytics — creating solutions that help HR, business leaders, and employees make informed decisions based on accurate, relevant, and timely data. Whether developing a world leading Organisational Network Analytics product, leading Deloitte Australia's People Analytics capability or now at Rio Tinto, my focus has remained the same: enabling sustained and measurable business impact.

At Rio Tinto, I bring passionate HR professionals together with our super-smart analytics team, helping ideas spark and grow. What drives me is showing the real impact of that connection — turning energy and expertise into stories leaders can act on, and proving the value it creates for people and the business.

With 25 years of experience living and working across five continents, I’ve spent my career solving complex Global HR Technology and Data challenges. After 15 years building increasingly large and complex global HRIS systems, I became frustrated by the disconnect between the data HR was collecting and the business’s need to drive revenue, engagement, and performance.

That frustration led me to dedicate the past 11 years to People Analytics — creating solutions that help HR, business leaders, and employees make informed decisions based on accurate, relevant, and timely data. Whether developing a world leading Organisational Network Analytics product, leading Deloitte Australia's People Analytics capability or now at Rio Tinto, my focus has remained the same: enabling sustained and measurable business impact.

At Rio Tinto, I bring passionate HR professionals together with our super-smart analytics team, helping ideas spark and grow. What drives me is showing the real impact of that connection — turning energy and expertise into stories leaders can act on, and proving the value it creates for people and the business.

Katrina Dawson is a senior People and Culture leader, Director of a boutique fitness and wellbeing business, and mother to two boys.

With over 18 years’ experience across People & Culture, Katrina has held senior leadership roles spanning HR partnering, talent, careers, performance and leadership development within large, publicly listed and private multinational organisations. She currently works at Aurecon, a global design, engineering and advisory firm, where she leads the Talent, Careers & Performance Centre of Excellence.

Katrina is recognised for shaping and delivering enterprise-wide people strategies that enable sustainable performance, build leadership capability and strengthen organisational effectiveness. She partners closely with executive leaders to design and implement talent, career and performance frameworks that support growth, accountability and a high-performance culture. Her work is grounded in pragmatic strategy design, systems thinking and disciplined execution, whilst leveraging AI and technology to enable a clear focus on creating long-term talent advantage.

Steve Ivanovski is a People and Culture Director at Lion and leader of the Performance and Reward, Payroll and People Data teams.

Prior to joining Lion, Steve worked at the Arnott’s Group, Coca-Cola Amatil and SunRice. Over the last two years, Steve has partnered Lion’s CEO and Risk and Audit Director and leading key transformation and change initiatives as a member of the Transformation Office.

Steve’s background in P&C spans across performance and reward, payroll, digital and technology, talent and succession and analytics.

Steve has a passion for board and executive remuneration, serving as an advisor to Boards spanning across ASX listed, private equity and subsidiary Boards on Remuneration, Talent, Succession and Engagement.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of New South Wales and is a proud husband and father to three boys, living in Sydney.

Claudia has been a Professional Adviser with JobAccess since 2021 and has worked extensively across the disability sector. They were Australia’s first blind Orientation and Mobility Specialist before moving into roles supporting young people with disability to navigate the NDIS and assisting people with complex disabilities to transition out of nursing homes. Claudia is also an avid marathon runner and is on track to complete their fifth of six World Marathon Majors in 2026.

Kellie has been an NDRC Professional Adviser for three and a half years, working closely with employers to build confidence in disability recruitment. She has experience across multiple Government employment contracts and, as a parent of children with disability, is deeply passionate about inclusive workplaces and improving employment opportunities for people with disability. Her work centres on practical strategies that empower organisations to embrace diversity.

Rob has over 15 years of experience in diversity and inclusion, with a strong focus on improving employment outcomes for people with disability. He previously led the Abilities Program at ANZ before joining JobAccess six years ago. Rob works with employers to strengthen their recruitment practices through tailored advice and training, bringing both professional expertise and lived experience to his work.

Rebecca Sheridan is a senior talent acquisition leader with over 18 years’ experience . As Talent Acquisition Manager, Australia at Aurecon, she drives strategies aligned to future workforce needs—embedding AI, automation, and process optimisation to deliver smarter, faster, and more human-centred recruitment outcomes.

A 2025 SEEK Talent Awards finalist for TA Manager of the Year, Rebecca is recognised for her innovative approach to redesigning recruitment workflows, elevating candidate experience, and supporting hiring managers with data-driven insights. She has played a pivotal role in shaping Aurecon’s award-winning graduate programs and building diverse, high-quality talent pipelines.

Passionate about the future of AI in recruitment, Rebecca champions technology that removes friction, enhances decision-making, and ensures stakeholders and candidates receive the best possible experience.

Selina brings 25 years of experience in global mobility, specialising in mobility transformation and income tax advisory. She works closely with organisations to develop and implement practical mobility strategies, policies and processes that support the movement of talent across international borders and within Australia.

Her experience spans global mobility program management, expatriate tax, salary packaging, cross-border employee share schemes, and a wide range of employment tax and regulatory considerations. Selina is based in Sydney.

Stacey specialises in immigration, business travel, international remote work and the global movement of talent. With over 20 years of experience in corporate global immigration specializing in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, she provides advice to clients on global workforce management, and support individuals and companies on all aspects of business travel and international relocation. Stacey is devoted to creating streamlined travel programs and delivering practical solutions for clients.

Stacey works with clients across an array of industries including transport, engineering, IT, media and finance. She has managed large scale, cross border immigration programs and is a strategic immigration advisor. Stacey is actively involved in government relations’ efforts. In recent years, she has been involved in the preparation of strategic advice for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on regional migration issues.

Ben is the APAC Lead for Remote Work and the Singapore team leader at Vialto Partners, where he works with organisations across the region in relation to enabling global work and the strategic alignment of talent and mobility.

With more than 25 years of experience, Ben has advised multinational clients on cross-border workforce solutions, remote work policies and implementation and cross border tax optimisation with particular speciality in Australia, US and Singporean taxes. He has for many years also assisted foreign entertainers, sportspeople and the organisations that employer in relation to the tax and immigration considerations of their international operations.

Tim is a Senior Manager at Vialto and specialises in cross-border taxation issues, and assists clients to manage employment tax, payroll and equity scheme obligations. His clients include local, national and multinational companies as well as individual expats, athletes, sporting teams and associations. Tim has a focus on understanding different perspectives and developing practical solutions, with a particular interest in tax planning and compliance for individuals travelling to and from Australia.