Avril Henry Is a Highly Esteemed Leader and Personality in the HR Industry with Over 20

Avril Henry is a highly esteemed leader and personality in the HR industry with over 20 years experience.

She established a management consulting business - Avril Henry Pty Ltd - in 2003 which specialises in leadership, change management, talent management, diversity, recruitment and retention strategies.

Amongst many notable awards, in 2008 her business was one of the 5 finalists in the City of Sydney Business of the Year awards and in 2006 Avril was honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement in HR Award at the Australian Human Resources Awards.

She has authored and co-authored several books and has also been featured as one of Australia’s most inspiring female leaders in the book “Secrets Exposed of Inspiring Leaders”.

Over the last five years Avril has delivered over 550 Keynote Addresses to over 50,000 people in Australia, New Zealand and Asia to companies and industries as diverse as IBM, BHP, CEDA, Department of Defence, ATO, ABS, NSW Health, WA Police, ANZ, Westpac, UTS, CPA Australia, Telstra and countless more.

Testimonials Avril was excellent, spot on. Poignant. Please get Avril back what a fabulous presentation. Very positive, concise and vocal in regard to their experience. An absolute star who was worth the entire conference Excellent Excellent, content of particular interest Very impressive, inspiring informative and insightful Interesting and very well presented. Excellent, relevant and inspirational A class of her own Fantastic and motivating Outstanding

Awards 2008: Avril Henry Pty Ltd was in top 5 finalists for City of Sydney Business of the Year awards 2008: Nominee for the NSW Woman of the Year 2008 2008: Recognised as part of International Women’s Day 2006: Lifetime Achievement in HR Award at the Australian Human Resources Awards (finalist in 2002, 2004, 2005) 2006: Finalist in the Australian HR Awards for Best HR Director 2005: Finalist in the Sydney Business Review Business Woman of the Year In 1995, 1996, 2006 and 2007 she was nominated for Telstra Business Woman of the year

Personal achievements In 2007 Avril joined the board of Hands Across the Water Australia, a charity which raises money to build and operate self sustainable orphanages in Thailand for children who lost their parents in the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. She is also proud of the fact that in 2007 she achieved a long held dream of successfully running the New York City Marathon.

Avril’s books include: “Leadership Revelations: An Australian Perspective”, “The Who What When and Y of Generation Why?” and “Inspiring tomorrow’s Leaders Today: Breaking Down Generational Barriers At Work”( first in a four part series). “Ideas, Original Perspectives from Leading Thinkers” (Co-authored)