The NSWICC Board of Directors

As a business owner, he has built relationships with government and corporate clients, driving partnerships that facilitate opportunity for Indigenous people and a deep belief that government and private sector partnerships will play a bigger role in delivering social and financial outcomes to the community as a whole. It is a perfect environment for strong leaders and change adapters to deliver sustainable outcomes that benefit Indigenous people – Indigenous health in Indigenous hands.

Integrity Health & Safety is an Indigenous owned company that works closely with clients to offer the best of Health and Safety innovation. Through partnership with market leaders, IH&S supports Indigenous education, employment and career progression in health.

Integrity Health & Safety works with a number of Federal, State and Local Governments, Other Government Agencies, Non-Government Agencies, Not-for-profits and ASX listed Companies. Integrity is a member of Supply Nation, the New South Wales Indigenous Chamber of Commerce and the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce.

As founder and CEO, he has led the company from a community-based start-up to a long-term success story and best practice example. Liam has also provided significant input into future Indigenous health policies and Indigenous procurement policies at a federal, state and local level.

A major part of Kate’s working life consisted of a long-standing career in the public sector, working up through the ranks to serve as a Regional Manager in Australia’s social security system for six years in two states. This was followed by twelve years in the private sector as a practitioner in the International Education Export Industry. Kate has interfaced with overseas students and stakeholders from across the Globe, involving on and off-shore experiences and extensive travel throughout the Asian-Pacific region. Drawing on the diversity and richness of these experiences, Kate demonstrates a firm understanding of workplace challenges. She has a unique ability to relate to people from all walks of life bringing a richness of connection with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, resulting in a highly valued skill set in cross-cultural intelligence.

Experience:

Interim CEO at NACCHO; Cultural safety facilitator conducting forums and workshops around the nation on behalf of Lowitja Institute and Menzies; Evaluation of Toronto (NSW) Aboriginal Child & Family Centre (Nikinba); Regional Manager in what was the Department of Social Security responsible for implementation of Government programs, policies and procedures; Director of the International Student Program in a private school for 12 years where responsible for overseas student recruitment and support, marketing, and community integration; Contractor to Symmetra International & Diversity Inclusion.

John was a joint member of the first Indigenous employment panel tender provided by the Commonwealth to select and assess organisations for selection on the “preferred list” of providers to deliver Indigenous employment and training programs.

He has an extensive network amongst the Indigenous organisations and communities. This network also includes significant networks across both the Commonwealth and State Governments.

Other achievements: James is Founder and Director of multiple business enterprises and has achieved double University master’s degrees, which include a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of International Business (MIB). James is a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders (FIML) and Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

James is committed to Australia’s First Peoples ongoing economic advancement and capacity building. He believes social impact investment, entrepreneurial leadership and stewardship of community are integral to the development of strong and sustainable communities, both now and future.

James specialises in strategy and negotiation.

Greg had a very successful 20-year history in coaching Softball teams, during this period of coaching Club, Representative, Academy, Men’s NSW State teams, and A/C Open Men Australian team coaching. Combined with Greg’s 45 years as a Mechanical Engineer Cert & Fitter & Turner Tradesman, is indicative of his business in-depth industry knowledge. Greg’s professional story is one just like a farmer’s son (where he has learnt his knowledge from the floor up to the top of the business), progressing through a number of other companies and finally settling in with the family business in 1983, Greg spent many years still working through the workshop full filling different positions to finally taking up the position as the Managing Director of the DCL Group for since 1992.

Greg has worked closely with his brother learning the hard art of this very technical industry from a very young age. During these years of building the DCL Group he and his expert team/employees have provided breakdown solutions and services within the transmission industry for clients in the mining, steel, lift, ski fields, fibrous cement and cement industries. These clients now recognize DCL Group as a leading company supplying them with reliable answers and solutions on the East coast of Australia. DCL now has 3 factories in Sydney & Wollongong combined with offices in Newcastle and Hungary, in Eastern Europe. Greg’s frequent travelling to Europe over the last 35 years has enabled him to build a very extensive supplier support with some of the largest manufacturers in the world of industrial transmission equipment and current product/service insight. Through Greg’s direction the DCL Group, have taken the bar upwards in Gearbox reliability and service longevity.

DCL are now advising & consulting their services to the Transmission industries on methods of total reliability in their Mechanical equipment, which will return savings to these companies going forward. DCL Engineering is a company forging into the future holding the same respective and honest values the company was founded with in 1960.

In the 5 years that he has been in business, he has achieved great success and his Aboriginal business has gained National recognition as a corporate supplier of gourmet bush food flavoured products which embody Aboriginal Australia’s rich cultural traditions.

In March 2016, He created history with QANTAS, one of the largest Corporate companies in Australia and an icon in the World Aviation Industry, when he became the first 100% owned Aboriginal business to become a ‘Supplier’ in their Food Category. Herb has an Aboriginal flavoured food product on both Domestic and Regional Link flights right across Australia and in QANTAS Lounges in several Capital Cities. In 2018, he also became the first Aboriginal owned company to supply NSW Rail Link with a food product. He currently supplies them with 8 of his products on trains across New South Wales.

He has since built business relationships with Federal and NSW State Government Departments, and high profile companies such as, Gate Gourmet, BP Australia, ACCOR Hotels, WESTPAC GROUP, Compass Group of Australia, THIESS Pty Ltd Mining Services, Australia Post, National Broadband Network, WINC, MIRVAC, Aurecon Group, and Barangaroo Authority amongst many others.

Locally Herb is seen as synonymous with business, community and leadership in Wellington and indeed across the Orana Region. He relishes taking an active role in fostering partnerships between regional businesses and community organisations as a way to identify opportunities, open avenues of communication and facilitate regional growth. His passion for the economic development of the Orana region has been further exercised with his appointment as a Board Member at Regional Development of Australia – Orana. He is also a member of the Wellington Business Chamber, a Director of the Soldier’s memorial Club and a member of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, previously holding the position of Chairperson.

He is a strong advocate for Aboriginal Education, Training, Business and Employment and is passionate about creating ‘real’ job opportunities and developing effective pathways into ongoing sustainable employment. Herb’s vision is to use the success of DREAMTIME TUKA as a ‘platform’ to assist with this passion and has developed a program called, ‘The Dreamtime Tuka Pathway to Employment’ which he has implemented through his company DREAMTIME TUKA.