Paul has enjoyed a lengthy career in HR Consulting with a focus on remuneration and salary systems analysis. Paul joined TPF&C (now part of Watson Towers) when it entered Australia in 1982 and developed the HR consultancy business over the next ten years. Paul joined NAB in 1992 as General Manager, HR Resources and Development where he spent six years before moving to become a Principal in Mercer HR Consulting.

Since 2008 Paul has primarily operated in boutique consulting roles, bringing his extensive experience to various consulting projects for selected clients. Paul has extensive knowledge of remuneration and incentives, HR management/analysis, best practice, and how to assist clients to create effective change in organisations using these tools.

Mark is a senior Remuneration professional with 20 years of experience in major Australian companies, notably Telstra and Medibank Private. He is committed to supporting high performance organisations through the attraction, development and rewarding of talented people.

Mark approaches the remuneration discipline with a strategic and “total reward” view, looking to design systems that support the short, medium and long term goals of organisations.

Mark now manages insightpay; a boutique remuneration consulting and salary survey data-management company in Melbourne, Australia.

Ilona Charles is a Board Director of:

• LaunchVic (Chair of the People Committee)
• Director of the Hugh Victor Mackay Fund (Member of the Audit & Risk Committee)

She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Certified member of the Australian Human Resources Institute and a graduate of the VC Catalyst Program from the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship.

Ilona is the CEO and co-founder of shilo.TM, a leading Australian provider of end-to-end HR services. She is the author of HR for Impact and is an experienced executive with an extensive career in human resources, transformation and change across multiple industries.

Ilona has worked in global and complex organisations ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to large-scale multi-national corporations. Industries include digital and technology, financial services, health, telecommunications, and government. Ilona has held executive roles with CSIRO, Aconex, Telstra, Medibank and NAB. She has a Master of Business Administration.