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Shelley Willsmore
Shelley Willsmore is the Chief People Officer at Nova Systems an international technology and engineering company. She has held senior leadership positions throughout defence industry and the public sector across her career.
Her previous roles included Chief People Officer at the Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector employment where she was responsible for modernising HR for the public sector and Chief People Officer at BAE Systems Australia where she was instrumental in driving the organisation ‘s transformation from one of year-on-year consolidation to significant growth.
Shelley has a wealth of national and international experience, having worked in the UK, US and Australia. Her career has spanned multiple functions including HR, legislative affairs, communications, media and marketing.
Shelley is passionate about unlocking the potential of people and organisations and does so by connecting people to strategy, enhancing diversity and inclusion and focusing on key levers that will improve organisational performance. She has proven success in organisation transformation, strategic workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, organisation design and cultural evolution.