Dean Griggs

Background

About Dean Griggs

I have built a career working with people and communities for more than 25 years. As a high-profile leader at the CEO and executive level I have led teams and organisations in capital city, inner urban and regional settings. I have lead government and stakeholder relations as a management consultant with my earlier focusing on mental health promotion and community outreach. I have created and led multiple consortia-based initiatives involving complex stakeholder dynamics with significant political complexity often requiring urgent action and a crisis management approach. I am a specialist in multi sector engagement involving government, higher education, emergency services, community and industry. I have developed and delivered innovative and effective strategies across a diverse range of disciplines over the past two decades. These have included emergency management, economic development brand and marketing, children’s services, homelessness, family violence, city safety and multiple strategic advocacy campaigns. Well regarded for my ability to communicate with influence and deliver a range of outcomes, I have provided trusted and credible advice to lord mayors, councillors, parliamentarians, senior government officials and business leaders, providing them the confidence to make sound political decisions. I am a strong communicator always willing to share my experience and knowledge. I have delivered numerous keynote addresses, particularly on emergency management recovery and have facilitated multiple public forums. My board experience includes Destination Southern Tasmania, the Royal Children’s Hospital Board Quality and Population Health Committee and as Southern Tasmanian President of the Local Government Professionals Association. I hold a Masters of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences, a Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion, I am a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Professional Member of the Australian Human Resources Institute.