SIMON TOWNSEND
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER // ALLEGIS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
With a background in technology and online recruitment, Simon has spent the past eight years specialising in driving Innovation with Allegis Global Solutions and previously Deloitte.
Over the past 20 years Simon has worked closely with technology and the Internet; he is a member of the University of Sydney’s Digital Disruption Research Group, and was a sitting member of the Deloitte Australia Social Media Committee.
Focusing on the human element of innovation and strategy, Simon is a strong believer that everyone can help define and sculpt the future and he works to develop teams using Design Thinking techniques.
His creativity and ability to act as a translator between technology and the wider business enables him to develop user-centric solutions to problems and take a long view of the future of business.
Simon is an internationally recognised speaker and has spoken at events across the United States of America, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and throughout Australia.
He has worked with both the Private and Public sectors and specialises in the future of work and society, and the impact on humanity.
” Simon manages with a light touch, which is so successful, and so inspiring at the same time. Simon loves rolling-up his sleeves with new technology – it could be a new app. or some new phone or tablet – Simon is always at the cutting-edge of technology and he inspires everyone around him with his enthusiasm and passion. Anyone who has the opportunity to work with Simon should count themselves to be very fortunate indeed “
Rebecca Tambs, Knowledge Manager,
Deloitte
