Les Pickett

Les Pickett is Chief Executive of Pacific Rim Consulting Group, Director of Human Resource Practice for Talent 2 Consult and a member of the executive team of Talent Partners BoardSearch conducting independent reviews to optimise board effectiveness.

Les is a past international president of the Institute of Business Administration and former chairman of the National Advisory Panel on Human Resources Productivity Council of Australia. He is a member of the international board of advisors to the International Public Management Association for Human Resources and represents Adelaide Graduate School of Business on Standards Australia International’s Knowledge Management Committee.

Over the years Les has held senior general management, information technology, marketing management and human resources/people management positions in leading companies including Coles Myer, Olex Cables, Australian Retail Financial Network and the GN Raymond Group of Companies. He also spent some years with Shell Australia and Colonial in a number of different capacities and was a member of the board of directors of Vision Australia Foundation.

Senior Advisor to the United Nations Staff College for nearly five years, he participated as a member of a small international review team established by the UN Secretary General to conduct an independent global review and evaluation of learning and management development needs and future directions for United Nations staff.

His professional career has taken him to some twenty countries and he has conducted numerous assignments in the fields of managerial and professional competencies, organisational effectiveness, performance improvement, leadership development, human resource management and human capital capability.