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Kerry Skellern

 Non-Executive Director

I am a Chair, Non Executive Director, Business Adviser and Mentor with over fifteen years of board level experience across the public, commercial & not for profit sectors. I have particular experience in the industrial infrastructure, healthcare, building, technology and chemical industries. At board level, some highlights include being Chair of Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community Transport, Chair of Compass Housing Services and Chair of The Whiddon Group Governance Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Committee. In an executive capacity, I am a Business Adviser and Mentor providing advice to small and medium sized business with a focus on business growth, leadership team development and new product commercialisation. Prior to this I was the Growth Initiatives Leader in the General Electric Global Growth & Operations team, working across the company’s Australian and New Zealand industrial infrastructure businesses (Energy, Mining, Transportation, Aviation, Healthcare). I hold a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Science, a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and am a Graduate and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.


Expertise

  • ASX 100 Company
  • Small to Medium Enterprise - SME (10 -199 employees) - listed
  • Not-for-profit organisation Small (200+ employees)
  • Building Materials
  • Chemicals
  • Hospital & Health Care
  • Marketing
  • Risk
  • Strategic Thinking

Experience

  • Chair
  • Non Executive
  • Committee Chair
  • GM/MD
  • Senior Manager
  • Consultant

Board or Committee Experience

Title Sub Committee Company Name Industry
Board ChairFinance, Audit & Risk; Nominations & Governance; RemunerationCompass Communit HousingSocial Services
Non-Executive DirectorGovernance; Audit & Risk; HR & NominationsThe Whiddon GroupAged Care
Board ChairHornsby Kuringai Community TransportCommunity Services

Executive Career Summary

Title Company Name Industry
Business Adviser & MentorVarious SME'sDistribution & Manufacturing
Growth Initiatives LeaderGEIndustrial Infrastructure
GM, Healthcare ServicesGEHealthcare
GM, NSW & ACTFletcher InsulationBuilding Materials
GM, NSW mySTEELCSRBuilding Materials
Business Improvement Manager, AsiaCSRBuilding Materials