My Connection Statement

I support working women to tap into their inner fierce and renegotiation their pay and conditions and prepare for new career opportunities and leave their Boss impressed that they asked.

I do think through online workshops, practice groups and a Women’s Negotiating resources hub.

About Me - My Biography

Alex has a background in corporate services, cultural change, construction and digital technology.

Alex was responsible for delivering a $1.2bn earthquake recovery at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was in this work that her passions for building constructive high performing workplace culture, solving complex problems and the opportunity of technology collided.

Prior to her time at the University of Canterbury, Alex spent 20 years in a variety of roles including; strategic business planning and finance, procurement and contracting, policy and research.

Alex brings an interest in disruptive technology and considerable experience in technological transformation and people change management.

Outside of property and tertiary education, Alex is the Co-Chair of Reconciliation Queensland, and an Independent Board Member on NZ Child Cancer Foundation. She has previously served on the boards of  the NZ Green building Council and the Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association.

She graduated with a degree in political science from the University of New South Wales and is a Resolution Institute Accredited Mediator, a member of the NZ and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Digital Health.

Born in Adelaide, raised in Sydney and recently returned from Aotearoa New Zealand, Alex is daughter to Sandra and Chris, mum to three man-cubs, wife to Sean and staff to a west highland white terrier named Dango.

My Expertise

Over the course of my career I have negotiated a bunch of interesting outcomes. I have negotiated group statements for a United Nations conference and I negotiated agreements that ended up in legislation in NSW.

I have negotiated contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars in construction and technology fields. I have negotiated multiple significant six figure salaries and unusual employment conditions for myself and for others. I have been the lead negotiator on contract dispute mediations worth tens of millions of dollars.

In all these settings I have frequently been the only woman in the room and I know that women need different strategies to negotiate successfully.

My Passions

I am all about smashing the gender wage gap one negotiation at a time.

Why I Became a HerBusiness Member

I came to this network to connect with and learn from other women business owners and entrepreneurs.