South Brisbane Area, Australia
- Current
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- Chief Executive Officer at Sentis
- Non-executive Director at SunWater Limited
- Past
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- General Manager - Asia Pacific & Africa at Sentis
- Chief Operating Officer & Director of Corporate Services at Deacons
- Administration Officer at Royal Australian Air Force
- Education
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- Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Queensland University of Technology
- Australian Defence Force Academy
- SCEGGS Darlinghurst
- Connections
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connections
- Industry
- Management Consulting
Kirstin Ferguson’s Experience
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Chief Executive Officer
Sentis
(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
April 2009 — Present (9 months)
Sentis is a global organisation that provides ZIP (Zero Incident Process) to the utilities, mining and resources industry and is a world leader its field.
ZIP is a cognitive based safety training process which achieves attitudinal change at an individual level leading to safety culture change within an organisation.
Sentis has 3 offices (Brisbane, Perth and Denver) and 70 professionals working with clients in locations including USA, Canada, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ghana, Norway and the UK, amongst others.
Please visit www.sentis.net for further information. -
Non-executive Director
SunWater Limited
(Utilities industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
I am on the board of directors of SunWater Ltd which is an unlisted public company and a statutory Queensland Government Owned Corporation. SunWater Ltd is Queensland’s largest bulk water service provider; owning and managing approximately $7 billion in water infrastructure assets and supplying 40% of all water used commercially in Queensland via 23 water supply schemes and 3 subsidiary companies.
I am a member of the Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee. I am also a non-executive director of two subsidiary companies - Eungella Water Pipeline Pty Ltd and North West Queensland Water Pipeline Pty Ltd. -
General Manager - Asia Pacific & Africa
Sentis
(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
October 2006 — April 2009 (2 years 7 months)
Sentis is a global organisation that provides cognitive based safety training programs to the utilities, mining and resources industry and is a world leader its field.
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Chief Operating Officer & Director of Corporate Services
Deacons
(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)
January 1998 — October 2006 (8 years 10 months)
During my time with Deacons I held a number of positions including Director of Corporate Services, Chief Operating Officer to the Business Unit Leaders and Operations Officer.
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Administration Officer
Royal Australian Air Force
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
January 1991 — January 1998 (7 years 1 month)
During my time in the RAAF I held a number of roles at RAAF Base Amberley including as the Administration Officer for 6 Squadron.
Kirstin Ferguson’s Education
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Australian Institute of Company Directors
Company Directors Course 2009 — 2009
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Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) , Law , 1996 — 2001
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Australian Defence Force Academy
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) , University of New South Wales , 1991 — 1994
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SCEGGS Darlinghurst
1987 — 1990
Additional Information
Kirstin Ferguson’s Honors:
Brisbane Young Manager of the Year (2005) - Australian Institute of Management
Churchill Fellowship (2003)
Publication - "2025 : A Retrospective for the Legal Profession" in A Woman's Place : 100 years of Queensland Women Lawyers", 2005
