Global Speakers

Darren Fewster is the Executive Director of Telstra’s Employee Relations & Health, Safety, Wellbeing & Environment team.  Darren is responsible for Employee Relations, Global Case Management, Health, Safety, Wellbeing & Environment, HR Technology and Workplace Analytics.

Darren joined Telstra in 2004 as a Senior Lawyer and was promoted to the role of General Counsel in 2006, leading the Telstra employment law team. He moved from Legal to HR in 2007 and commenced in his current role in 2011.  

Prior to Telstra, Darren worked as a lawyer and also spent 8 years engaged in strategic intelligence roles, leading teams investigating organised and white collar crime across Australia. Darren studied at the University of Western Australia and was awarded degrees in Law (with first class Honours) and Psychology (with Honours).

Interactive Roundtable Discussion: Data-Driven Recruitment: Hiring Talents With Data Analytics

Case Study: How HR Analytics is Transforming Diversity and Inclusion through Data

Interactive Roundtable Discussion: Bringing In Corporate Sets to Broaden The Effectiveness of HR Data

Panel: What Are the Critical Learning Lessons to Ensure Successful Rollout of HR Analytics In Established Organizations

As a global people-centric leader in Reward, Andrew Scales knows first-hand the impact of employee experience on driving better performance. His philosophy of “thinking of your employees like your customers” has been the core of his career and has never been more applicable than in his current role as Head of Employee Rewards and Systems at Domain.

With over 15 years experience and a background in consulting, Andrew has led the charge in Domain's drive for HR innovation and has used their recent technology transformation project as an opportunity to evolve the organisation and promote a more people-centric culture.

Prior to Domain, Andrew has worked at QBE and Westpac where he applied his specialist skills to lead the review of the annual merit review process and oversaw reward governance and risk activities. He has also spent over a decade working in Europe for some of the largest insurance and trading companies where he headed the design and implementation of global reward strategies and frameworks.

Topic: Stability Index  -How HR analytics Can Be Presented to Boards to Inform Attrition Reduction Strategies

Topic:Using HR Sentiment Analytics to Tackle Employee Burnout and Uncover Tensions in Workplace

Topic: Using Analytics To Shape Winning Employee Experience

Panel: What Are the Critical Learning Lessons to Ensure Successful Rollout of HR Analytics In Established Organizations

Topic: How Australia Post Uses HR Analytics to Shape Future HR and Business Strategy

Topic: How Talent Analytics Can Improve Workforce Performance and Profitability

Panel: What Are the Critical Learning Lessons to Ensure Successful Rollout of HR Analytics In Established Organizations

Topic: How successful start-ups are growing their leadership pipeline through Talent Analytics?

Topic: Reinventing Succession Planning and Talent Management with HR Analytics

Topic: How Workforce Analytics Championed Women Leadership, Gender Diversity and Used to Address The Gender Pay Gap

Masterclass A: Building A Business Case For Gender Equality

Topic: Empowering Leaders With Real-Time Data And Analytics To Improve Our People’s Experience

Topic: Do You Know How Schneider Electric Uses Analytics to Ensure Its Employees Are the Happiest and Engagement the Highest?

Topic: How Talent Analytics Can Improve Workforce Performance and Profitability

Panel: What Are the Critical Learning Lessons to Ensure Successful Rollout of HR Analytics In Established Organizations

Topic: Despite Having The Best Data, Why Are HR Analytics Still Failing In Some Companies

Topic: EI Matters In Mastering Digital Transformation

WORKSHOP B: Using HR Analytics to Draw Meaningful Insights From Employee Engagement Surveys

Topic: Importance of Establishing an Effective Centre of Excellence for HR Analytics

Topic: Improving Recruitment And Retention With HR Analytics

Interactive Roundtable Discussion: How to Build a Culture First Performance And Development System

Interactive Roundtable Discussion: How to Build a Culture First Performance And Development System