Executive Consequence Management (ECM) in Victoria

Event Details

Leaders, are you ready to elevate your strategic and consequence focused leadership skills in navigating concurrent, consecutive and compounding emergencies?

Held over three intensive days, the program brings together industry leaders and key subject matter experts in an immersive and innovative learning environment. ECM® proudly supports Victoria to 'work as one' in creating safer and more resilient communities, whilst maintaining effective business continuity and staff wellbeing.

For further information, please open Program Outline below.

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2024 VIC Executive Consequence Management (ECM) - Program Outline.pdf

Executive Consequence Management (ECM) Program

September VIC Program

Standard PriceA$3,950

Speakers

Rhonda Andrews

Managing Director of Barrington Centre

Justin Dunlop ASM CStJ

Manager Emergency Management at Ambulance Victoria

Tony Pearce MAICD

Executive Consultant at Barrington Centre

Phil Ross

District Manager, North East Melbourne at Parks Victoria

Greg Leach AFSM

Chief Executive Officer at VIC State Emergency Service

Dr Mark Crosweller AFSM

Founder and Director, Ethical Intelligence of Ethical Intelligence

Jemima Richards

Tony Thompson

Founder of RecoveryWise

Leigh Wilson

Rochester Community Member

Dawn Hartog

Senior Manager, Water Emergency Management | Sector Resilience and Emergency at Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Liz Coles

Senior Emergency Management Officer at City of Greater Geelong

Tyson Whelan

Emergency Broadcast Coordinator VIC/TAS at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News

Rhonda Andrews is the Founder, Principle Psychologist and Managing Director of the National Consultancy and Psychological Practice, Barrington Centre, with 30 years of experience in leading training, crisis management, team development and consequence management. Rhonda works extensively with Australia’s leading and largest private and public corporations as well as Local, State, and Federal Government Bodies and Agencies.

Rhonda’s insights incorporate a deep understanding of human nature, alongside evidence-driven methodologies. Her focus uses proven techniques to help leaders and decision-makers develop confidence in skills in a myriad of environments and challenges, including:

• Dealing with issues, crisis, and stress in workplaces
• Fostering strong leadership skills in themselves and their teams
• Navigating complex workplace cultures
• Learning how to use decision-making frameworks to achieve better outcomes
• Improving communication styles and understanding team dynamics

With an engaging, direct and always refreshing speaking style, Rhonda has a unique ability to tap into the issues of the day and deliver insight-driven, solution-focused presentations.

Justin Dunlop leads Ambulance Victoria’s response to public crises as the Director of the Emergency Management Unit. Since 2004, he’s been involved in managing their response to major public events including the 2009 Black Saturday Fires, 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu, 2010/11 Victorian Floods, 2014 Heatwave, 2015 Ebola, 2016 Thunderstorm Asthma, 2019 Victorian Bushfires, and the current COVID-19 pandemic.
As a paramedic for more than 24 years, Justin is also the secretariat for the Emergency Management Forum of the Australasian Council of Ambulance Authorities.
His passion to serve the community is evident in his lengthy history as a former board director and volunteer for St John Ambulance Australia. In 2015, Justin was awarded the Ambulance Service Medal for his work in emergency management and virtual reality simulation.

Tony was appointed Victoria’s first Inspector-General for Emergency Management in 2014, an
independent Governor in Council Statutory Appointment, working closely with emergency
management sector partners and the community to strengthen Victoria's emergency
management arrangements and enhance community safety. He stepped down from the role after
a decade to establish his own business, Tony Pearce Advisory in February 2024.
For nearly 44 years he has worked in intelligence, national security and emergency/crisis
management spending 9 years in the Royal Australian Air Force before moving into the
emergency services/management sector. He has performed senior operational roles in a number
of Victorian emergency service organisations before moving to senior crisis coordination and
policy positions. Tony has held a number of senior roles in both state and federal government
including 4 years in the national role of Director-General, Emergency Management Australia.
He holds Graduate and Post-Graduate qualifications in Management, Health Science, Emergency
Management, and Public Administration and is a graduate of the Australia and New Zealand
School of Government, Victorian Leadership Development Centre, and Victorian Leadership
Academy.
Tony was founding President and Patron of the Oceania Council of the International Association
of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and a Global Board Member of the IAEM. He is the current Chair
of the Emergency Services Foundation, current Blue Ribbon Day Council Board Member, current
Advisory Board Member to the Australian Research Council project on ‘Collective Action and
Collaborative Governance in Crisis Situations’, former Chair of the International Advisory
Committee of the Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety at Melbourne University,
former Advisory Board Member to the Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative, and a
Fellow of the Centre for Emergency and Disaster Management at Queensland University of
Technology.
Tony has dedicated his professional career to improving community safety outcomes and
through his role as Chair of the Emergency Services Foundation is a passionate advocate for
improving the mental health and well-being of emergency workers both volunteer and paid.

Since 1998, Philip has held various operational management roles in Parks Victoria across diverse areas including Wilsons Promontory National Park and Albert Park.
As Grand Prix Manager, he managed the relationship between the Australian Grand Prix Corporation and Parks Victoria and participated in detailed planning for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2007 World Swimming Championship events at Albert Park and major developments such as the State Athletics Centre.
He has held several senior management positions, including Manager Albert Park and Acting Director Regional Operations (Melbourne), Acting Regional Director, Marine and Maritime-Melbourne and is currently District Manager-North East Melbourne. He brings a wide range of operational and strategic relations experience.
Working as a senior manager in large-scale hospitality operations prior to Parks Victoria has given Philip an appreciation for tourism and commercial operations and dealing with high volume short time frame operational management.

Greg Leach brings considerable emergency management expertise to the role, with a career spanning more than three decades working across multiple emergency services agencies in both Victoria and Queensland.
Since December 2019, Greg Leach has served as the Commissioner of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES), where he championed emergency services reform and provided exceptional leadership across Queensland’s State Emergency Service (SES), Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) and Rural Fire Service (RFS).
He led the QFES through significant operational challenges, including two severe bushfire seasons, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and severe flooding in February and March 2022.
Greg has worked extensively in emergency services throughout Victoria with a career that began in 1986 at the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Bendigo.
His commitment to community safety led him to several senior operational roles during his time at CFA, before serving in executive positions with Ambulance Victoria for eight years.
Greg Leach joined the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade (now Fire Rescue Victoria) in 2014 as Deputy Chief Officer and Executive Director, Organisational Learning and Development, where he helped lead the implementation of fire services reform. He also served as the Acting Chief Officer and Chief Executive during his tenure with MFB.
Greg commences in the role on Monday 4 December 2023. He succeeds Stephen Griffin who has served as VICSES CEO since 2014, overseeing some of the largest changes and emergencies in VICSES’ history.

Dr Mark Crosweller has 40 years of experience in crisis, disaster management and national security leadership. During this time, he has led organisations through significant crises and transformational change while simultaneously navigating his own personal life challenges. Mark profoundly and pragmatically understands the challenges of sustainable leadership practice. He draws upon his own lived experiences as well as insights from some of the world's most influential philosophers.

Together, Mark's experiences and insights have helped many leaders sustain themselves through the best and worst of times.

"Mark is a fantastic present who allows for an open and authentic discussion of the very large and difficult concepts. Sharing personal stories and reflections was helpful for grounding these concepts in the real world and lived experiences..."

Along with her husband David, Jemima moved to Kinglake Ranges in 2007. Following the Black Saturday fires, Jemima set up and ran the only private relief centre from her 50 acre property.
This relief centre engaged and serviced hundreds of community members in the initial weeks and months after Black Saturday. It introduced her to many in the community and Australia wide.
The sense of mateship and community she witnessed since black Saturday has only enhanced her forever positive attitude and belief that anything is possible.
Some of Jemima’s work and volunteer roles includes the operation of the expanding Firefoxes organisation, Ambassador for Horses for Hope, and was a board member of the Kinglake Ranges foundation.
Jemima now spends time in disaster prone and affected communities across Australia, sharing the grass roots stories and learnings of community preparedness, recovery, resilience, Firefoxes and more to kick start people into action. Jemima’s career transition from the wellness industry to now a transformational speaker, educator, facilitator and connector on varied topics.
Her work in and for the community has seen her nominated for the Pride of Australia medal and Victorian honour Roll of Women. She is the recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow and Pride of Australia medal. She has presented to many groups including community, industry and government. Some of their audiences have included Westpac, Insurance Australia Group, Lend Lease, Victoria Police, Salvation Army and more.

Tony Thompson is the Chairperson, Marysville & Triangle Community Foundation.
As the owner and operator of Marysville Bed & Breakfast, Tony was Chair of the Marysville and Triangle Community Recovery Committee following the devastating Black Saturday Bushfires of 2009, as well as a member of the Community Advisory Committee of the Victoria Bushfire Appeal Fund.
While Tony’s focus was, and remains, developing the Marysville and North Eastern Victoria region into a notable and sustainable tourist destination, his involvement with the Community Recovery Committee has also seen his significant involvement in community recovery, and in developing strong, self-sufficient communities with accessible and reliable support networks.
Tony is well versed in the governance requirements of running finance Boards, as well as community funds for bushfire recovery projects. He has significant, firsthand experience in managing and balancing the needs of different interests of various community groups.
Tony is currently Chair of the Marysville & Triangle Community Foundation and is a Board member of Regional Development Australia and Board member of Lake Mountain and Mt Baw-Baw Alpine Resorts.

Dawn is an experienced senior manager with a demonstrated history of working in the public safety and emergency services sectors. Skilled in Emergency Management, Emergency Planning, Emergency Services, Management, and Community Engagement.
From her earliest days at university studying education, the Captain of Toolangi Fire Brigade Dawn Hartog knew she wanted to be on the ground, working with communities. She didn’t want to just be desk-bound. Then, in the way of all things, on the ski slopes in America, she met an Aussie ‘bloke’ and found herself at CFA as a Community Development Coordinator. Today, Dawn is a member of the CFA Board, works full time for DEECA as the Senior Manager, Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery, as well as working at the State Control Centre during incidents and emergencies, on CFA’s District 12 Planning Committee and captaining her home CFA brigade at Toolangi.

Liz Coles is currently working as the Emergency Management Officer at the City of Greater Geelong, a city of 252,000 covering 1,248 km2.
Over the last 26 years, Liz has worked in a number of jobs across the City including Community Development and Social Infrastructure Planning. She has facilitated the delivery of various projects in partnership with other departments, external agencies and community groups, all with the add-on job of emergency planning, relief and recovery.
Liz is passionate about Consequence Planning. She believes the role of emergency managers is to minimise the consequences of an emergency on residents, and to do this you need to be able to identify and manage those consequences!
Liz will talk through Consequence Management using the example of the Broderick Road Recycling Centre, as well as others she has been involved in — Asian Tsunami, Gas Crisis, Drysdale Explosion, East Gippsland fires, and of course reference to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Liz holds Diplomas of Teaching Early Childhood, Project Management, Community Development, and Public safety – Emergency Management.

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