As the lead consultant and Managing Director of
Orijen, Jennifer's focus is on providing human resource strategies to
Boards, senior executives and managers.
After
20 years in general HR consulting Jennifer now specialises in mentoring
as a strategy to stem the loss of talent in general, and women in
particlar, from organisations. Orijen’s women’s mentoring programs have
been introduced into companies such as Hewlett Packard, Qantas, Orica
and Freehills in Australia and internationally into Singapore, Hong
Kong, Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan.
Jennifer
admits to a vested interest in creating workplace cultures that are
friendly and healthy for women…… She has 3 daughters, a granddaughter
…and a female dog. She has recently been described as a corporate
matchmaker - bringing together mentors and mentees and watching the
magic as both parties blossom and grow.
Before establishing
her Human Resource consultancy in 1986, Jennifer practised as a
psychologist in both the public and private education systems. Jennifer
is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Holding a
Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University and a Master of Arts from
Macquarie University, she is a registered psychologist and was on the
faculty of the University of New South Wales' Management Development
Programs from 1995 to 2002. In recent years she has appeared as a guest
speaker on Sydney radio and ABC TV and has delivered papers at state,
national and international conferences.