Team Members
JNW is in a growth phase. As such it is active in the market identifying talent which meets our professional standards, experience and skill criteria. Whilst we anticipate our employee numbers to grow, we have assembled a strong, highly specialised team built around industry specialisation that has a proven record on delivering quality outcomes. A brief curriculum vitae of each key member of our delivery team is provided below.
Summary
Jeff is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ experience (12 with the Big 4), who specialises in governance, risk and assurance. As the Managing Director of JNW, he provides Boards, Audit Committees and Executive with risk insights, controls assurance and business governance confidence. He leads JNW’s service delivery, is hands on, passionate and prides himself on quality, personalised, sustainable, value adding outcomes that simplify and clarify.
Jeff has assisted listed companies, councils, regulators, small business and elite sporting organisations with their corporate governance, risk management, procurement, contract and project management, strategy, business continuity, regulatory compliance, acquisitions and internal controls.
Through his experience on Audit Committees and industry engagements, he brings better practice insights and in-depth understanding of industry operations, their risks, opportunities and regulatory challenges to make an immediate impact on an entity’s strategic and operational direction.
- Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
- Fellow of the Institute of Internal Auditors
- Certified Internal Auditor
- Graduate Diploma (ICAA)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting).
Summary
Sean is a senior risk professional with 30+ years managing financial and non-financial risks. Having worked as a senior manager for large financial services institutions in Australia, Singapore and the Pacific, Sean has extensive experience in assurance, internal audit, risk strategy, corporate governance, transformational projects, regulatory compliance, internal controls and merger and acquisition transactions.
With a demonstrated capacity to design and implement risk management and governance solutions, he has the ability to communicate and translate business requirements, analysis data and risks and deliver solutions across multiple stakeholders including boards and senior executives.
Sean has worked across a diverse range of businesses and brings strong experience managing operational risks, business process improvements and ever-changing regulatory challenges. His experience also covers risks associated with an organisations balance sheet both from a financial and non-financial risk impact.
- Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Fellow Governance Institute of Australia
- Graduate Diploma Applied Risk Management and Corporate Governance
- Master of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance).
Joe Carbone
Senior Consultant
Summary
Joe is an experienced Board Director and Chief Executive who has held senior leadership roles across three industry sectors – Local Government, Health Care and Retail/ Manufacturing. With over 35 years as a senior executive leader, he is highly regarded as an inspirational and innovative leader and advisor, with valuable insights into the attainment of key strategic organisational advancements in efficiency, effectiveness and stakeholder management.
Transitioning from his CEO roles (recently with the City of Whittlesea and previously at Manningham City Council and The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital), he has built a portfolio of Non-Executive Director appointments. This enables Joe to provide practical, strategic focused, board governance intelligence.
- Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Professional Health Studies in Business Process Re-engineering
- Bachelor of Health Administration
Peter Wagner
Senior Consultant
Summary
Peter specialises in developing and implementing bespoke safety strategy, leadership, cultural change and employee engagement initiatives.
He is a highly regarded thought leader in Workplace Health and Safety. Peter’s particular expertise includes engaging with executive teams and boards to correctly position and design safety strategy within the context of the overall business vision and values. Given directors personal liability risk, he delivers safety compliance in conjunction with improved people and business outcomes.
He has worked across a range of industries including Government, Water, Mining, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Retail and Hospitality, and has held several general manager roles in Safety, Human Resources, Change Management and Industrial Relations with some of Australia’s best known blue chip organisations.
- Bachelor of Arts
- Certified Member Australian Human Resources Institute
