Tuesday 29 October, 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Presentation Topic - The New Building Act
Tom has extensive experience in leading major policy reform, overseeing program delivery and in leading high performing teams working for NSW, Commonwealth and Canadian Government agencies. He brings significant knowledge of planning and assessment, as well as strong networks across and outside government.
Tom has recently returned to the Department of Customer Service after close to 4 years working for the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. During most of that time Tom was Executive Director of the Planning Delivery Unit (PDU). Under his leadership the PDU helped finalise over four hundred complex, high public value planning matters that were not progressing through the planning system, unlocking thousands of homes and billions of dollars in capital investment.
Prior to joining DPHI, Tom held a number of senior executive positions in NSW Government agencies including Service NSW, the NSW Environment Protection Authority and the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Tom is Sydney based, he has a young family and enjoys running and coaching junior soccer.