Management Team

Ann King – Chief Executive Officer

Ann joined the Angus Knight Group in 2012. Ann is an experienced, motivated and versatile executive with a diverse range of private and public sector experience, both in Australia and internationally. Before joining Angus Knight, Ann held a number of Director positions within organisations such as the New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services, Nokia, Vodafone and NIB. Ann is considered a strong people leader who successfully combines a customer focus with strategic thinking and results orientated commercial acumen. She leads the Group to believe in the realisation of its boundless potential and creates an environment where its people can make a meaningful and sustainable difference.

Stuart Pauly – Finance Director

Stuart Pauly holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia. Stuart joined Angus Knight in March 2010 as Finance Director. Stuart has over ten years’ financial management experience, having held a number of senior financial roles. During this time there was a focus on a number of disciplines including corporate reporting, treasury, mergers and acquisitions, strategy and audit. Most recently Stuart held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Babcock and Brown Residential Land Partners. Prior to that Stuart was General Manager Finance for AGL Energy Limited.

Michael Hughes – Executive Director, Jobfind Centres Australia

Michael Hughes joined the Angus Knight Group in 2006. Michael has extensive sales and marketing experience both here in Australia and the United States. Prior to joining Angus Knight, he was National Sales Manager for over 10 years with Cordell Information Services, a subsidiary of the multinational publishing group Reed Elsevier. He has extensive experience in recruitment, training, strategic planning, marketing and product development and, after initially commencing with Jobfind to drive greater employer engagement, Michael was appointed as Executive Director in May, 2007. He is currently responsible for implementing and managing both operational and strategic objectives for all of Jobfind’s contracts with government and private enterprise. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts with High Honours in Literature from the University of California, San Diego.

Katherine Purcell – Group HR Manager

Katherine joined the Angus Knight Group in 2005. Katherine has over 18 years experience in HR management working within leading professional services organisations in both the private and not-for-profit sectors. Her HR experience includes working with a national law firm, Anderson Consulting and The Royal Blind Society of NSW. Katherine has extensive experience in managing change in mergers and acquisitions. Katherine holds a Bachelor of Education (Adult) majoring in Human Resources Development.

Natalie Turmine – Executive General Manager, Jobfind Centres Australia

Natalie Turmine joined the Angus Knight Group in 1998 and has worked in the training and employment industry for over 15 years. Natalie has held various senior manager roles within Jobfind over the last 13 years including National Operations Manger, General Manager NSW/TAS and in 2011 was appointed the Executive General Manager of Jobfind. Natalie leads a team of 5 General Managers responsible for over 500 staff in territories that service 128 locations throughout New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland and the Northern Territory in the successful delivery of a variety of Federal and State Government contracts.

Simon Rodgers – General Manager CDEP

A long-term Angus Knight stalwart since 1996, Simon has been across multiple disciplines from Trainer to Compliance Manager, Centre Manager and, in recent years, Regional Manager of our high-profile Regional Services Unit in Far North Queensland. In 2011 Simon was appointed as General Manager, Community Development Employment Programs (CDEP) that delivers services in Hope Vale, Pormpuraaw, Lockhart River and Coen in Cape York and Wadeye, Palumpa and Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory. He he has remain committed to his own professional development, achieving two Graduate Diplomas – one in Counseling and another in Group Facilitation and Family Counseling. Simon’s area of passion and influence has been the delivery of meaningful programs that address multiple non-vocational barriers to employment. For the past 6 years he has narrowed his focus more specifically to remote Indigenous Employment Services, working within the core Jobfind business to influence and support our staff with either multiple-barrier clients or Indigenous people.

David Rossiter – National General Manager Education Services

David Rossiter joined the Angus Knight Group as General Manager, Click2Learn in 2003. David has worked in Government and private sector companies with experience covering technology recruitment and training. Prior to joining AK he was IT Director for Spherion Asia Pacific with responsibility for over 3,000 users. Before that he was General Manager of MTE, the corporate Education and Training arm of the Computer Power Group. He has a wealth of experience in management, planning, sales, marketing, and implementation. David was initially employed by AK in the eLearning space but has broadened his role to include education and training services for Jobfind’s clients. He is also responsible for OmniAP, a content-development company within the Group and SumTotal Australia & New Zealand, an eLearning technology company within the Group.

Roy Thomson – National Services Development Manager, Jobfind

Roy joined Jobfind Centres Australia in 2003 and was appointed the National Risk and Contract Compliance Manager in 2006. Following the merger of the Risk and Contract Compliance Team with the National Operations Team in 2011, Roy was appointed as Jobfind's National Services Development Manager. In this role, Roy manages a team of 16 individuals responsible for staff training and contract compliance across the business. Roy has extensive business experience having worked for the multinational consumer goods company, Unilever, for 30 years before joining Jobfind. Roy’s experience includes Quality Assurance, Factory Management, Human Resources Management and Change Management. In recent years, Roy has focused on implementing a stringent and comprehensive Quality Management Process that ensures Jobfind meets all of its Government contractual compliance requirements.

Brad Hogg – Market Development Manager

Brad Hogg joined Jobfind Centres Australia in 2000, contributing to the company’s success and growth in Darwin, Sydney, Launceston, Alice Springs, Mt. Isa and Townsville, to name but a few. He was appointed Regional Manager for our Central Queensland operations in 2009 with a continual focus on improving our competitive performance. In 2011 Brad was appointed as Market Development Manager responsible for identifying and securing new business opportunities for the AK Group as a whole. Brad has extensive experience across the Employment Services Sector, working within both the Government and private sectors around employment and training solutions. Prior to commencing with Jobfind, Brad worked for the Federal Government for 7 years in Human Resources, Payroll and Compliance.

Derek Welsh – Group IT Services Manager

Derek joined Angus Knight in 2004, working as the Professional Services Manager for SumTotal since 2007. With over 10 years experience in delivering and supporting business-focused learning solutions, Derek has managed the hosting, support and service delivery teams for SumTotal across Sydney and Melbourne for some of Australia’s and New Zealand’s largest organisations including Coles, Target, Schweppes, Officeworks, Kmart, Telecom New Zealand, St George Bank, Nokia, St John Ambulance, Australian Red Cross, Air New Zealand and Rio Tinto. More recently, Derek has also taken on the responsibility of managing the Group’s IT Shared Services team that supports all of the Group’s business units including well over 500 users within Jobfind. Derek holds a Bachelor of Arts in Pure Mathematics and a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Management from Smurfit Business School, Dublin.