Anne Evans, Director, Benchmarking PLUS

Tel: +61-3 (03) 9663 6876
E-mail: anne@benchmarkingplus.com.au

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts

• Master of Business Administration

• Fellow, Australian Institute of Management

Highlights of Career History:

• 10 years practice as management consultant, including a brief period with Price Waterhouse, followed by private practice.
• 4 years in Victorian Government Transport Portfolio, including three years as Director of Human Resources in the Road Construction Authority (now Vic Roads).
• 22 years in Australian Public Service, culminating in 3 years as Director of Employment and second-in-charge of Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (now DETYA) in Western Australia.

Highlights of Consulting Experience:

• 10 years in management consulting, owning and running own business.
• International experience including Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand.
• Industry experience including printing, timber, building and construction, tourism and hospitality, education, public administration, land transport, sea transport, local government and the human resources and training professions.
• Specific professional expertise in career development, training and change management.
• General expertise in all aspects of human resource management.
• Has mentored and guided around 50 process benchmarking projects and trained hundreds of people in process benchmarking techniques.
• Developed and presenter of  the proprietary Benchmarking KickStart training modules.
• Created and still maintain the first Australian website devoted exclusively to benchmarking.
• Author of Benchmarking: Taking Your Organisation Towards Best Practice! and a number of other publications relating to benchmarking
• Created and edited the newsletters Benchmarking HR and Best Practice in Australia
• A sought-after speaker at industry conferences on benchmarking.