Des Heaney Principal ............................................................ Gary Champion Senior Consultant ............................................................ Ken Titheradge Senior Consultant ............................................................ Chris Duffy Senior Consultant ............................................................ Jan Byers Senior Consultant ............................................................ Max Gillard Senior Consultant ............................................................ Les Bell Senior Consultant ............................................................ Anne Laisk Senior Consultant ............................................................ Ashley Stanley Senior Consultant

DES HEANEY
In 1995 Des co-founded HBA Consulting as a specialist workplace relations company. Since this time he has been involved in assisting employers in enterprise bargaining, covering such areas as claims development, negotiations, staff consultation, workplace change, document preparation, facilitation and mediation. Additionally, he has been called upon to create new awards, provide industrial/employee relations training courses and develop industrial strategies for enterprise bargaining negotiations and implementation, as well as major organizational and workplace change projects. He has a proven track record of successful negotiation at the peak level.

Prior to establishing HBA, Des spent eighteen years in senior industrial relations positions with the Australian Theatrical Amusement Employees Association, ACT Secretary of the Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees and then ACT Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union. During that time, Des held positions on the board of the ACT Vocational Training Authority as its Deputy Chairman, the Industrial Relations Advisory Council and various industry training committees. Des was also a trustee of the CAN PLAN Superannuation Fund and executive member of the ACT Trades and Labour Council.

Des is the past President of the ACT Industrial Relations Society. The Society actively promotes awareness, understanding and training across the industrial relations community of the Territory and maintains links between government, employer and union representatives as well as academia and members of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

Through his wide experience, Des assists clients with:

Strategic, practical advice and assistance in the development and implementation of enterprise         bargaining agreements aligned to corporate plans;

The development of innovative, business oriented, enterprise bargaining agreements;

Strategic advice on the effective role of industrial relations in large, complex organizations;

The development of workplace policies and practices within the framework of prevailing industrial legislation;

Expertise in managing large scale industrial disputation and developing successful resolution strategies.

Industries in which Des has practiced include federal and Territory public sectors, power, health, higher education, information technology, media and entertainment, manufacturing and the general private sector.
Des holds a post graduate diploma in human resource management.

Contact Details:

Des Heaney
Principal
HBA Consulting - Workplace Relations Specialists
Phone No.  : 02 6247 4490
Fax No. :02 6247 2135
Email : des.heaney@hbaconsulting.com.au
Website : www.hbaconsulting.com.au