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HSC & Company’s human capital includes a team of highly skilled multidisciplinary consultants that focus on delivering client work and an Advisory Board consisting of six professionals based in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Advisory Board
Phil Hayes-St Clair – Chairman | Sandy Blackburn-Wright | Tony Bainbridge | Jacqui Jordan | Karim Nejaim | Melissa Rosenthal | David Swanwick
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David Swanwick - London
Advisor
David is a Regional Director with Dimensional Fund Advisors, based in London.
Before joining Dimensional, David was a Private Client Adviser with Shadforth Financial Group, a leading Australian wealth management firm servicing high net worth families and organisations. David's early career experience was in banking.
David has chaired industry committees and participated on numerous panels regarding advice and investment issues. He has also been invited to speak within the financial planning profession, by universities and by external groups, both within Australia and internationally.
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Jacqui Jordan - Brisbane
Advisor
Jacqui is the Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Suncorp's commercial insurance division. Jacqui joined the Commercial Insurance team just prior to Suncorps merger with the Promina group. Jacqui has spent the last eighteen months supporting the division through the integration process by creating a new vision for commercial insurance.
Prior to her current role, Jacqui was the Senior Manager of Strategy in Business Banking for 4 years and was also Program Manager of Suncorp’s Customer Based Design Program in 2005/2006.
Jacqui is also responsible for the strategic positioning of HSC & Company. Jacqui’s focus at HSC & Company includes developing the research and analysis base employed in client engagements.
“HSC & Company appeals to me for three reasons. Firstly, it’s a commercially sound idea that captures a real opportunity within the market. Secondly, if an organisation like this existed today, I know I would have used them within the context of my current role. Finally, I have known for some time that Phil’s contribution to the world is going to be something quite significant and I’m keen to support him to achieve his goals and ambitions.”
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Karim Nejaim - Sydney
Advisor
Karim is the Director, Converged Services Engineering at Singtel Optus. In this role Karim is responsible for both Optus’ technical network and division business strategy. As a former technical General Manager, Karim was responsible for Optus Business and Optus Wholesale IP (Internet Protocol) products and associated infrastructure. This includes the National IP Networks and Security Infrastructure.
Karim has a diverse background including program management, IT management and business development. He presently sits on several industry advisory committees and advises on several university engineering advisory boards. He provides technical guidance on HSC & Company technology platforms and products.
“HSC & Company provides the opportunity to contribute something meaningful – not just ‘shareholder return’ or ‘business benefit’ but to actually put some more resources in the hands of people who can do some good with it.” |
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Melissa Rosenthal - Melbourne
Advisor
Melissa is the Founder of South View Consulting, an executive coaching and leadership development firm based in Melbourne. The ethos of her company is to drive tangible business improvement through people development. Prior to South View Consulting, Melissa held leadership positions in product development, innovation and marketing for a number of financial institutions in both Australia and the US.
Melissa’s interest in HSC & Company stems from the opportunity to leverage her skills to be part of building something truly worthwhile, with a team of people whose intellect and commitment she finds inspiring.
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Phil Hayes-St Clair - Sydney
Executive Chairman
Phil designed and established HSC & Company.
Phil's entrepreneurial leadership and the expertise of HSC & Company's advisory board has been the driving force behind the firm's growth and reputation as Australia's specialist philanthropy and community investment consultant.
Since 2008 HSC & Company has developed client relationships with Australia’s top businesses and private foundations and helped solve pressing challenges in the fields of corporate community investment and private philanthropy.
Phil has developed two distinct practices at HSC & Company.
The corporate community investment practice the firm brings foresight, knowledge, and a practical approach to helping management make decisions on the design and implementation of authentic corporate community investment strategies. In doing new directions are exposed that match business growth and find the right balance between enhancing reputation and achieving social impact. This unique skill set is leveraged into the private philanthropy practice where expert advice is provided to individuals, families and professional service firms. This includes establishing Private Ancillary Funds and other charitable trusts, providing services in high-quality administration, governance and grant making, and connecting clients with leaders in the social field.
Twice nominated for Australian of the Year for his philanthropic contributions, Phil founded Suncorp’s Ride 4 Research charity bike ride program which delivered over $580 000 in two years for the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Prior to this Phil represented Australia on the men’s triathlon team and has competed at a semi-professional level in road cycling.
Phil has a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and a Graduate Diploma of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management. Phil is a guest lecturer at QUT and provides a twice annual lecture to first-year undergraduate Information Technology students on how technology can better enable philanthropy. Phil is also a passionate private aviator.
Professionally, Phil has consulted to a variety of organisations and currently holds an executive role with Transfield Holdings.
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Tony Bainbridge - Brisbane
Advisor
Tony is the Workforce Services Regional Manager, Asia Pacific for Bechtel. Prior to this appointment Tony managed a number of executive portfolios at Suncorp Metway Limited (Suncorp) as an Executive General Manager.
Tony advises on methodologies employed by HSC & Company and actively contributes to guidance that this practice provides to federal government.
“Interest in HSC & Company stems from belief in Australia as a society distinguished by cultural integration and better equity than our western peers. However things are changing and the gap between ‘have’ and ‘have not’ is inevitably widening. This creates precondition for growth in corporate and personal philanthropy. HSC & Company has potential to improve efficiency and effectiveness of philanthropy as an industry.” |
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Sandy Blackburn-Wright - Brisbane
Advisor
Sandy is the Head of Organisational Mentoring, in Community Engagement at Westpac. Organisational Mentoring is a program that builds the organisational capacity of its not-for-profit and social enterprise partners. Sandy is also a member of the Federal Government's Not-for-Profit Reform Council.
Prior to her current role Sandy was a Human Resources Director at Westpac and PwC and has been coined a successful "intrapreneur", creating new approaches and programs inside a corporate environment. In contrast, Sandy worked in community development in South Africa from 1988 to 2003, during the country's dramatic transition to its first democratic government and the reconstruction program that took place in the years after the elections.
“HSC & Company's work assists corporates to apply a strategic lens over their community investment, in the same way they would over any other part of their business. I'm very excited about the kind of shift that this approach will create as corporates better align their investment to their core strengths and also seek demonstrable social return – better value will be created for the social sector as a result.” |
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Contact Us
OFFICES
Sydney (Head Office)
Level 33 Australia Square
264 George Street
Sydney
New South Wales 2000
Tel: +61 2 8001 6294
Melbourne
Level 33
140 William Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Tel: +61 3 8678 1742
Brisbane
Level 30 Central Plaza 1
345 Queen Street
Brisbane
Queensland 4000
Tel: +61 7 3036 5259
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