our people
Our people are an elite group of consultants with extensive experience focused on planning, developing and deploying strategic and operational solutions to human capital organisational issues.

The key members of our team are:
Philip YoungPhilip Young has over 25 years of corporate and operational experience as a senior Human Resource Manager, working extensively in the mining and mineral processing industries and closely with the associated service industries. His knowledge and skills have been continuously upgraded through continuous exposure to regular leading edge international business processes and systems that can assist organisations to achieve a competitive advantage. He has a unique background in Organisational Effectiveness issues and specialises in Performance Management, Talent Management/Succession Planning, H.R. metrics, Team Structures, Organisation Design, Change Management and Employee/Industrial Relations issues that enables an organisation to obtain the best value out of its Human Capital. He has been engaged in consulting activities for a variety of organisations in both the private and public sector. Philip who is qualified in HR Management and a nationally accredited trainer and assessor is also accredited in a range of individual and team profiling instruments.
Don Retallack

Don Retallack is well known and highly respected with over 30 years experience as a senior Human Relations Executive in the mining and mineral processing industries. His leading edge strengths include: Strategic Thinking and Planning, Industrial Relations, Organisational Design, Change Management, Organisational Development, Career/Succession Planning, Performance Management and Employee Relations. Don, who is a multiple tertiary graduate and a registered Psychologist, is experienced in designing and implementing innovative strategies to maximise the potential of organisations. He has been engaged in consulting activities for a variety of organisations in both the private and public sectors, involving cultural development, strategic planning, establishing HR processes and practices, dispute resolution and organisational change for productivity and employee development.

Lisa Gollan has accumulated 15 years of commercial experience with a broad range of organisations across the corporate, small business, government and non-profit sectors. Lisa holds a B.Comm, is a CPA, an Institute of Internal Audit member, and has an MBA through Notre Dame with an International Business focus. Prior to moving into consulting six years ago, Lisa operated at a senior management level in the resources sector with responsibility for multi-million dollar spends. Lisa analyses the finance, procurement, risk & governance functions of a business entity, develops strategies and works with clients in order to manage change and improve top line (sales) and bottom line (profit) performance. Lisa's commercial skill set encompasses top level strategy formulation through to tactical skills such as budgeting & forecasting, cost analysis, capital vs. expense delineation, buy vs. lease analysis, pre-project evaluation and post-project verification, financial statement & ratio analysis, management report development, goods & services purchases and contract tendering, contract renegotiation & performance management, application of tax & legal implications, stores management including union interfaces, assessing risk and developing internal control systems to mitigate risk. Other than being able to provide a refined commercial perspective on business, Lisa is a people person and has a particular interest in developing leaders and key people resources within an organisation. Clients include Alcoa, Iluka Resources and Foster's Group and a select number of small businesses, most with turnovers in excess of a million across a range of industry sectors.
Camilla MilburnCamilla Milburn is a highly qualified educator with some 15 years experience in both the Government and Private Sector. She was born and raised in Hobart and was educated at St Mary’s College before moving interstate for her university education. Camilla is experienced in leading successful teams, developing personnel and designing and implementing innovative strategies to maximise the potential of people within organisations. She has organised and coordinated specialist training courses for National corporate clients (Tennix, Budget, Flight Centre, etc) as well as State and Federal Government clients (WA Tourist Commission, NT Alcohol Rehabilitation Foundation, Health Insurance Commission, etc) and sporting teams, such as the West Coast Eagles. Camilla has a Bachelor of Physical Education (University of Tasmania), Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Edith Cowan University, WA) and is currently completing her MBA with a focus upon Leadership and Organisational Change.
Gary TesterDr Garry Tester brings to JHA Consulting a vast and diversified set of leading edge consultancy skills which has allowed corporate, business, professional, public and sporting people to develop unique skills not offered elsewhere. With some 20 years hands-on experience, combined with his academic work as a Research Fellow of the University of Western Australia, where he lectures part time in the areas of Strategic Planning, Organisational Change and Management Training, his project design and delivery has always been highlighted by innovation, motivation and empowerment. Further, as a Keynote speaker and trainer, both in Australia and Internationally, he has designed and implemented ‘world first’ programs for companies and organisations in the areas of leadership, management training and wellness with successful outcomes since 1992. He was a former National and International track and field athlete and the author of many articles on Personal Development, Mentoring and Leadership.
Glenn WatkinsDr Glenn Watkins experiences include capacity building, strategic thinking and planning, organisational change, organisational design and redesign, job redesign as well as management and leadership education. He has consulted to numerous public and private companies and over fifty government agencies throughout Australia and the World. Dr. Watkins has lectured in philosophy, futures, management, strategic planning, organisational change and organisational design at graduate and post-graduate level. During his tenure at prominent Western Australian universities, he worked with state-owned enterprises in Vietnam, cooperatives in Indonesia and Singapore, and commenced training and degree programs in China, Africa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Bahrain. He is also Chairman of the International Institute for Business and Technology, a London-based institution delivering western degree programs into more than ten tertiary institutions across China.
Bill TaskerBill Tasker has over 30 years experience in Human Resource management and Industrial Relations with major Australian companies, including mining giant CRA (now Rio), Goldsworthy Mining and for the last 19 years in Outplacement during which he has had a close association with government agencies and/or departments. He is a Member of the Australian Human Resources Institute, a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate Member of the Australian Institute of Management. Bill introduced Outplacement Consulting to the Perth market in 1986 when he was Director of HR with KPMG. His exposure to redundancy in industry gives him a sound appreciation of the corporate and personnel problems associated with structural changes in the business world. Bill is acknowledged to be one of the most experienced and highly trained outplacement consultants in Western Australia.
Walter Stanwyck began his career in human resources management with the Victorian State Energy Commission prior to joining a major national consulting group in that State. He moved to Western Australia as Personnel Industrial Relations Manager of the then expanding Bell Group prior to establishing the consulting company Walter Stanwyck & Associates in 1976, which he continues today as a specialist Recruitment Consultancy for both the Public and Private sectors. Apart from his highly recognised work across WA industry including appointments such as Assistant Director Treasury, Director of Public Prosecutions, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and Senior Counsel, Walter's assignments have taken him throughout Australia and overseas to New Zealand, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, South Korea and the United States of America. Walter is a graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Personnel Administration), a Fellow and Past President of the Australian Human Resources Institute, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Justice of the Peace (WA).