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Robyn is an experienced coach, ASX-200 Board Director, and chair of Women on Boards SX, with over 25 years in senior leadership roles across various sectors, driving business success and personal growth.
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Expertise
20+ years experience
Master of Coaching Psychology
AICD Graduate
Assessment-accredited Coach
Experience and background
Robyn is an experienced coach, mentor, and active ASX-200 Board Director, currently serving on the Boards of Brickworks Limited and HomeCo Daily Needs REIT. She is a Director on the Board of Ranfurlie Asset Management also chairs Women on Boards SX – a peer support program to assist women in securing ASX-listed Board roles. The program has been over-subscribed since its launch in 2018.
An experienced People, Culture and Remuneration Committee chair, Robyn has contributed to successful CEO succession and transition strategies for a number of companies – one of the most important decisions that Boards make. She helps her coaching and mentoring clients deliver business success while enhancing their professional development and personal growth. She brings a fresh and diverse perspective, drawing on a successful 25+ year executive career.
Prior to establishing her Board portfolio, Robyn’s career spanned senior leadership roles in the property, media and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. Working with blue-chip organisations including Unilever, Lend-Lease and Fairfax, her last executive role was as General Manager, Retail Leasing at Stockland, an ASX-50 company. Running one of the largest businesses in the group, Robyn repositioned the Stockland brand and consistently delivered solid revenue growth in a flat market. The portfolio, valued at more than $5.7 billion, included more than 3200 tenants generating more than $6.3 billion in retail sales per annum.
Robyn’s commercial track-record of delivering profitable growth and building high performing teams attracted her to executive coaching. Since 2015 she has worked successfully with clients across the financial services, property, professional services, telco, healthcare, retail, FMCG, tertiary education, infrastructure, government, not-for-profit and legal sectors.
Robyn's approach
Robyn is particularly interested in helping leaders build and galvanise their teams to perform at their best and to develop and execute strategy successfully. Effective engagement across a range of stakeholders including Boards, proxy advisors and investors has also been a focus.
Qualifications and memberships
- Bachelor of Business degree (and university medal) from UTS
- Master of Science in Coaching Psychology from the University of Sydney
- Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- She is accredited in the Hogan Personality Inventory, The Leadership Circle Profile (TLC) and GLWS wellbeing instruments.
Personal insights
Away from work, Robyn enjoys good music, food and wine in the company of her friends, husband and adult son. To help balance these hedonistic pursuits, she is also a regular beachgoer, bush walker and spin class devotee.
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