Governance Bio
Arabella Brawn
Appoint Professional

Arabella Brawn

Location
Auckland
Experience
4 Years
Remuneration
Paid or Unpaid Roles

Interested In:

Organisations

Private company
Listed company
Trust
Incorporated Entity
Charity
Community Group
Government Sector Org
Non Governmental Organisation
Sport & Physical Recreation Orgs
Council Controlled Organisation
Iwi Organisation
Other

Roles

Director
Advisor / Advisory Board
Trustee
Board Member
Committee Member
Other
“I work with organisations to achieve successful outcomes for all stakeholders. I pride myself on building relationships that value partnerships and collaboration. My areas of specialty cover governance and leadership in IT projects, Digital Transformation and Change. I am passionate about sport, particularly sailing, which I competed in internationally.”
Experience
Memberships

Special Interest Groups

Women In Sports
Governance Roles

Board Member

Yachting New Zealand

July 2018 - Present (1 years)

Appointed Board Member of Yachting New Zealand, a National Sporting Organisation for the sport of sailing at all levels. A not-for-profit organisation of approximately 25 employees around the country and more than 200 member clubs, classes and affiliated organisations.

Member

Hawkes Bay Regional Council

May 2017 - Present (2 years)

Member of Project Governance / Steering Group for a large IRIS ERP Implementation project for Hawkes Bay Regional Council.

Member

Regional Software Holdings (RSHL) Advisory Group

March 2014 - Present (5 years)

A not for profit Council Controlled Organisation (CCO), which has 6 shareholding councils who have ownership of a Datacom developed Regional Council ERP called IRIS. Member of the Advisory Group providing governance and planning for the product enhancement programme and roadmap.

Executive Roles

General Manager – Professional Services

Datacom Solutions

January 2018 - Present (1 years)

Responsible for 4 teams delivering Professional Services / Project Services for our suite of cloud products for the Local Government Sector, includes Business Development, Profit and Loss, People Management and Mentoring, along with Practice and Portfolio Management and Continuous Improvement.

General Manager – Integrated Solutions

Datacom Solutions

May 2017 - December 2017 (7 months)

PMO Practice and Process Improvements for Datacom Solutions. Business Development, Profit and Loss, People Management and Mentoring, Programme Management.

Business Manager

Datacom Solutions

March 2014 - April 2017 (3 years)

Business Development, Profit and Loss, People Management, Mentoring and Programme Management. IRIS Product Enhancement Programme Management working with RSHL. I have successfully implemented initiatives to speed up delivery (from requirements gathering to release) mostly based on the SCRUM framework.

Programme / Project Manager

Datacom Systems

March 2007 - March 2014 (7 years)

Lead several successful large projects and programmes across some of Datacom’s large Telecommunications and Health Customers. In particular, managed the eProgesa Technology upgrade programme for New Zealand Blood Services. This was a very successful multi-million dollar technology transformation programme to enable the upgrade to NZ Blood’s mission critical Blood Management System. At its peak I had 5 project managers and 25 project consultants working under my leadership.

Education

Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM)

Datacom Leadership Programme, Leadership, Change, Strategy

2015 - 2016

SCRUM.ORG

Professional SCRUM Master 1 Certification , Agile Methodology

2014 - 2014

Project Management Institute

Project Management Professional (Certification Still Current), Project Management

2007 - 2009

University of Auckland

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

1991 - 1994