Michael Walz

Background

About Michael Walz

As a highly experienced and accomplished Executive, I have significant success in key leadership roles. With strong commercial and financial acumen, I have developed and executed long-term business strategy, managed transformational business change, achieved high levels of employee engagement, and realised optimum organisational productivity, efficiency and profitability. I have provided strategic and influential leadership through periods of change, transformation and market volatility; and have also conceived and proposed a range of innovative growth and diversification strategies. I am a confident and articulate communicator with a consultative leadership approach who consistently achieves high levels of team engagement, commitment and enthusiasm to attain a positive and collaborative people culture. I have extensive experience managing the safe and efficient utilisation of personnel, plant and facilities and an unwavering commitment to Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ)- with achievement of external accreditation standards. Areas of speciality include: Influential and strategic negotiation and influencing skills Performance / financial accountability (including full P&L responsibility) Working as part of senior leadership teams in challenging, fast-paced and complex markets Company Director responsibilities to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and governance Working with and reporting to Boards Leadership of high-performing teams and Human Resources – inc. coaching and mentoring Business strategy and planning with the achievement of commercial outcomes Business process improvement Rigorous financial and corporate governance Project management (multi-disciplined, complex and high-value) SHEQ management, including accreditation to ISO 9001 and ISO45001 (replaces AS4801) Tender and proposal development Mergers & acquisitions Complex change management