Todd, raised and schooled in Armidale, recently relocated to the region to raise and school his young family after a 30-year international career.
His career began as a chef in various parts of the world, then cookery teacher at Tamworth TAFE before moving into the corporate world two decades ago.
Returning to Sydney as a management systems consultant, trainer and auditor he was next approached to resuscitate the Australian Dental Association NSW, Centre for Professional Dental Development as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.
Most recently, and for close to a decade, he’s worked for The British Standards Institution (BSI), a Royal Charter, not for distributed profit, standards, business improvement and organisational resilience leader. His current Global Director role – which pre-COVID required him to travel extensively – now enables him to work from home in Armidale and lead his team around the world.
Todd is an agile leader, improvement specialist, team builder and inclusive collaborator who is committed to creating a prosperous and sustainable regional centre, attractive to new families and businesses and facilitated by a progressive council. As a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, he is cognisant of the fiduciary duties of councillors as directors of an organisation.
He’s committed to ensuring our community of tomorrow will provide his daughters and their peers the same opportunities he had, while attracting them to remain in – or return to – the region with their own families.