Industry areas:
- Resources Sector
- Engineering & Construction
- Banking & Finance
- Professional Services (legal & accounting)
- Media/Telecommunications/IT
Educational Background:
Bachelor of Arts (Modern Languages & Dramatic Arts)
Graduate Diploma Journalism
Bachelor of Psychology
Master of Organisational Psychology
PhD Candidate
Professional Experience:
Vanessa Franzen is an executive level organisational psychologist with over 12 years of international consulting experience. Vanessa brings innovative, global solutions to both public and private sector clients across industry sectors. Vanessa has written published articles on topics relating to strategic human resource management, leadership, culture and organisational psychology. She was the Deputy National Chair of the Australian College of Organisational Psychology and now holds the role of National Media Co-ordinator. Previous roles saw her as Principal in a WA organisational development firm, State Manager for an organisational research firm and as Vice-President and National Practice Lead for a number of Canada's leading human capital solutions firms. She also spent several years as Managing Partner of her own organisational development firm in Australia.
As an executive level practitioner, Vanessa has successfully managed both leadership and organisational development initiatives with executives, teams and companies around the globe in such areas as: culture change, executive development and coaching, high performance team development, talent management and strategic planning and facilitation.
Vanessa's industry experience encompasses the resources sector, engineering and construction, healthcare, federal government, professional services, banking and finance, telecommunications, media and IT.
Professional Affiliations:
- Psychologists Registration Board of Western Australia.
- Australian Human Resources Institute (Member).
Download a PDF version of Vanessa's profile here
