Dave Wainwright

Background

About Dave Wainwright

David is a proven people-orientated leader and engaging senior executive who can embrace complex environments, think and act strategically, and apply proven analytical skills. An astute decision-maker and proven problem solver, with excellent interpersonal, stakeholder engagement, team building, and communication skills drawn from over 30 years of distinguished service in the Australian Defence Force. Widely renowned for his integrity and ability to develop values-based approaches that are contemporary, founded on strong mutual respect, the promotion of wellbeing, the investment in people, families and community, David is able to deliver outcomes and ensure success through enduring, tailored and ethical people-oriented solutions that embrace broad cultural requirements. Key Competencies: • Superior Leader who achieves essential organisational outcomes through outstanding organisational engagement, oversight, and an approach that empowers and genuinely invests in people. • Engaging change agent and communicator able to effectively tailor approaches across every level and dynamic of an organisation, including cross-cultural environments where competing interests prevail. • Commercially savvy, with a proven capacity to deliver grounded and enduring strategic solutions that meet organisational needs through strong integration of risk, strategy and culture initiatives. • An experienced Strategic Planner and Project Director, able to apply systems logic, embrace change, challenge organisation biases and, where applicable, leverage technology, with the proven ability to develop and deliver strategies on time and within budget, including highly sensitive programs of in-excess of $1.5B.