Toni Demetriou
Woodside, Greytown,
Summary
Experienced people leader and manager who thinks strategically with an outcomes focussed approach. Skilled in identifying and driving service improvements by successfully aligning business capabilities, people skills and technology to organisational requirements and stakeholder needs.
Demonstrated success in building high performing and collaborative teams delivering meaningful outcomes. Strong interpersonal skills focussed on cultivating mutually beneficial relationships to fully achieve an organisations vision and strategic outcomes.
A leadership style underpinned by strong emotional intelligence that fosters and promotes diversity, inclusiveness, enthusiasm and collaboration.
An experienced risk practitioner working within the corporate Governance, Risk and Assurance team and having a key 'navigational role'. Providing enterprise wide impartial and trusted risk and assurance advice and support ensuring appropriate systems are in place to monitor and evaluate performance and control risks.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Advisor Organisational Risk
Department Of Internal Affairs
2021.12 - Current
- Provide strategic advice and professional thought leadership to support the Executive to appropriately assess risks in relation to setting and successfully implementing strategy.
- Provide expert advice on processes to ensure responses to risks are effectively implemented.
- Provide strategic advice on operational performance and processes to ensure readiness and responses to organisational risks are effectively implemented.
- Build and maintain relationships with DCEs and SLTs, proactively engage with them to enhance organisational performance and build capabilities to successfully implement the risk framework and risk management practices.
- Provide advice to governance committees including the Risk and Assurance Governance Committee.
Manager - Group Systems and Business Support
Department Of Internal Affairs
2017.07 - 2021.12
- Recruit, lead and inspire an effective and high performing team.
- Working with the General Manager and Directors to ensure that Regulatory Services has the regulatory, business systems and technological capabilities to support transformative change and business development.
- Providing advice to the system directorates and data analysis and insights functions to build capability and capacity across Regulatory Services.
- Provision of accurate, timely and fit-for-purpose advice for ICT risk assurance across Regulatory Services
Manager - Regulatory Services
Department Of Internal Affairs
2011.02 - 2017.12
- Managed the Electronic Messaging Compliance Unit within Regulatory Services working collaboratively with domestic and international regulatory partners and stakeholders.
Senior Investigator
Department Of Internal Affairs
2007.08 - 2011.02
- Undertaking high quality investigations and forensically sound examinations, applying a range of tools and techniques to detect and investigate serious, complex and deliberate non-compliance.
- Trained team members in investigative techniques and policies.
Senior Gambling Inspector
Department Of Internal Affairs
2004.08 - 2007.08
- Delivery of responsive risk based regulatory practice.
Child Support Officer
Inland Revenue
2003.05 - 2004.08
- Researched legal, financial and other records to obtain data needed to secure and enforce child support cases.
Police Officer
West Midlands Police Service
1989.01 - 2003.02
- Commendations and Awards available.
Education
Master of Strategic Studies - Strategic Studies
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZ12.2018
Master of Science - Forensic Computing And Cyber Crime Investigation
University College Dublin
Ireland12.2012
Skills
- A People Person - A patient, human centred individual who prioritises He Tangata, communicates effectively, relates to others empathetically and cares about people's values, development and wellbeing.
- Collaborative - Someone who acts with integrity and builds relationships to strengthen whanaungatanga by working with and across to develop and share knowledge.
- Inclusive and Diverse - A person who embeds manaakitanga and embraces the multiple facets of diversity through listening, knowledge, understanding and support.
- Agile - Adaptable, resilient, transparent, open-minded and leads appropriately in ambiguous, complex and changing environments without letting emotions or ego interfere with decision making.
- Future Focussed - A courageous and influential forward thinker who understands the political environment, is innovative, uses modern tools and approaches to provide insights and trusts their people to deliver the mahi.
- Learner - A curious person who is self-aware and can read the environment, values learning opportunities to upskill themselves and their team(s) and provides the necessary coaching, mentoring or support to develop talent and enhance performance.
Additional Information
The following professional development has been completed.
- The Write Group Report Writing - May 2024
- IDEO U 'Storytelling for Influence' - March 2024
- Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) level 4 applied training and certification - 2022
- 'Advanced Strategic Leadership' Programme, 9 month programme completed with Internal Affairs - 2016
- 'Excellerate' Programme, 9 month core management skills programme to support high performance and engagement - 2013
Timeline
Principal Advisor Organisational Risk
Department Of Internal Affairs
2021.12 - Current
Manager - Group Systems and Business Support
Department Of Internal Affairs
2017.07 - 2021.12
Manager - Regulatory Services
Department Of Internal Affairs
2011.02 - 2017.12
Senior Investigator
Department Of Internal Affairs
2007.08 - 2011.02
Senior Gambling Inspector
Department Of Internal Affairs
2004.08 - 2007.08
Child Support Officer
Inland Revenue
2003.05 - 2004.08
Police Officer
West Midlands Police Service
1989.01 - 2003.02
Master of Strategic Studies - Strategic Studies
Victoria University of Wellington
Master of Science - Forensic Computing And Cyber Crime Investigation
University College Dublin
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