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Kevin Hardy
Kevin is the Chief Executive of HardyGroup International. With training in finance and the social sciences, Kevin spent 20 years in Public Service positions before establishing a consultancy service devoted to leadership development and corporate direction setting in 1988.
The success of this venture led Kevin to establish HardyGroup International in 2000, and build one of the leading Search, Recruitment and Executive Development agencies in its field.
Kevin believes that there are two core requirements for consulting: meeting client expectations and building relationships of trust and respect. His passion is to develop highly skilled executives who drive success within their organisations.
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Jean Fagan
Jean is Executive Director, Business Development for HardyGroup International and Senior Executive Search Consultant.
Jean’s background spans 20 years in public and private sector organisations in the UK, South Africa and Australia, initially as a clinician and then in management and policy development.
Jean’s leadership highlights a rigorous approach to systems thinking and new business development. Her focus on client and candidate relationships, has earned HGI a reputation for thoroughness and professionalism.
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Sue Belsham
Sue Belsham is a Senior Consultant with HardyGroup International, responsible for executive search assignments for top tier executives, facilitating executive strategy and problem solving groups, and providing executive coaching services.
Sue has formerly held chief executive positions in two health organisations in Australia and New Zealand, during which time she was responsible for major organisational change, strategic thinking and direction setting, restructuring, organisation development, budget realignment and culture change. Her educational background is in nursing, which she complemented with qualifications in Arts, Business Studies and Health Administration.
Sue has exceptionally well developed people skills, which, when coupled with her results-driven approach, ensures she delivers the best outcomes for HGI’s clients and candidates.
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John Mollett
John Mollett is HGI’s Executive Director, Search and Senior Consultant, Leadership.
As Senior Consultant, Leadership, John is responsible for the design and delivery of a suite of leadership initiatives including executive learning sets, coaching and mentoring services, and leadership development.
In his role as the Executive Director, Search, John manages search assignments for top tier executives in Australia and New Zealand.
John has an extensive executive leadership background in both Australia and New Zealand, including general manager positions in three major tertiary hospitals, Chief Operating Officer for two large Health Boards in New Zealand and a Regional Director with Human Services in Victoria. John’s rich experience in the Health industry enables him to work with individuals, organisations and groups to take thinking and action from the ‘theoretical’ to the ‘achievable’.
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Geoff Lavender
Executive
Director, Leadership
& Learning
Geoff Lavender is Executive Director, Leadership & Learning. Geoff is
responsible for the design and delivery of HGI's leadership initiatives
including executive learning sets, coaching and mentoring services, and leadership development.
With over 30 years public sector experience in education, the health
sector and working with central government, Geoff has an extensive
executive leadership background. He has held senior manager positions including policy advising to ministers, strategy development,
commissioning and service development, operational management of key human services direct delivery functions as well as directing major projects. Prior to joining HGI, Geoff was Director Programs in the Victorian State Government Department of Health.
His career began as a primary school teacher in urban South London and tropical Queensland. He has also worked as a ministerial adviser to a former Victorian State Attorney-General. Geoff has a background in social policy and research, originally in education and, since the late 1980s, in health and social services. A philosophy graduate of the
University of Lancaster, he also holds a master of policy & law from La
Trobe University.
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Dr Tom Stubbs
Dr Tom Stubbs has over 30 years of public sector experience. He was Chief Executive of the SA Government Reform Commission from July 2006 through to the completion of its work at the end of 2008. He reported to former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss as Commission Chair. Immediately prior to that appointment he was Acting Chief Executive of the SA Department of Health. His previous experience included numerous Executive positions in Health, Human Services, Premier and Cabinet, Housing and Urban Development, Environment and Planning and the Environment Protection Authority.
He has tertiary qualifications in science, education and music and started his career as a physicist in a teaching and research role at the University of Adelaide. He now runs his own business advising Government and the private sector in areas such as health system management and public sector management more generally. He is also involved in Executive recruitment and development. He has extensive coaching and mentoring experience and his current contracts include metropolitan and country health Executives in South Australia.
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