A “Fireside Chat” with LTGEN Natasha Fox – ADF Chief of Personnel
October 24 @ 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM AEDT
Free - $20.00
Lieutenant General Natasha Fox AO CSC is the inaugural Chief of Personnel for the Australian Defence Force. Appointed to this new role in June 2023, LTGEN Fox became the first female Australian military officer to be promoted to a 3-star role following the implementation of one of the key recommendations of the Defence Strategic Review. Prior to this appointment, LTGEN Fox was the first female appointed as a deputy service chief holding the role of Deputy Chief of Army from 2022 to 2023.
The Defence Strategic Review recommended all ADF personnel management be centralised into a single integrated system incorporating the five domains (Sea, Land, Air, Cyber and Space). Reporting to the Chief of the Defence Force, LTGEN Fox has direct accountability for the day-to-day personnel effort from attraction and recruitment through ADF training, personnel management, career management and right through to transition. The distinct aim of the CPERS function is to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and cohesiveness of personnel management to achieve a more integrated Australian Defence Force.
Come along on Thursday 24 October at the end of your work day to hear from the person who holds Australia’s largest and most complex HR job. Hear from LTGEN Fox as she describes her career from when she joined ADFA in 1988 and the challenges she faced and dealt with in a predominately male environment. Following her appointment as the first 3-star, another 2 women have been appointed to this rank, LTGEN Michelle McGuinness CSC as the National Cyber Coordinator and recently LTGEN Susan Coyle AO CSC DSM as Chief of Joint Capabilities.
This event will start with an address from LTGEN Fox, and then a Q&A session allowing attendees to discuss further her career, role and desired outcomes from this critically important role.
All ACT based AHRI members with an interest in how the entire HR function is brought to bear to bring about change and personnel efficiency in a large and complex organisation.
Lieutenant General Natasha Fox entered the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1988 and graduated from the Royal Military College in 1991. Her early foundation appointments were in logistics specialising in combat supplies and logistics planning, and in training positions culminating with her being the Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor at the Australian Defence Force Academy for which she received a Conspicuous Service Cross.
Lieutenant General Natasha Fox has been employed across the Australian Defence Force in Forces Command, Joint Logistics Command, Special Operations Command, Training Command – Army, Defence People Group and Army Headquarters. She has deployed to Lebanon, Syria, and Israel and was the Chief of Staff for Joint Task Force 633 in the Middle East where she was appointed a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service. In 2023, Lieutenant General Fox was appointed an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia for her service as Head People Capability and Deputy Chief of Army.
Lieutenant General Natasha Fox is a graduate of the Australian Command and Staff College, and the Defence and Strategic Studies Course. She has completed numerous degrees including Masters of Business Administration, Master of Politics and Policy, and Masters of Management in Defence Studies. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore), The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), and The Said Business School (Oxford University).
Lieutenant General Natasha Fox was appointed Chief of Personnel on 5th June 2023.
Lieutenant General Natasha Fox is married to Commodore Andrew Willis, MVO, RAN and has 2 teenage boys that keep her busy.
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Registration Information
Registration close: Friday 18 October
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