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Leigh Gassner

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Leigh Gassner


Senior Associate
Melbourne
gassner@reospartners.com

Leadership Team
Stephen AtkinsonMelbourneMille BojerGenevaYiannis ChrysostomidisLondonRussell FisherMelbourneAdam KahaneMontrealColleen MagnerJohannesburgJoe McCarronCambridgeGuilherme RodriguesSão PauloChristel ScholtenSão PauloMahmood SondayJohannesburgView the Australia Team »
 

Leigh brings a practical and innovative mix of skills to the reform of complex social systems.

About

Leigh Gassner is passionate about bringing together multiple, diverse stakeholders for meaningful dialogue and problem solving. Aiding this work is his deep knowledge and practice of systems thinking. Leigh’s extensive senior executive experience has included leading and managing two of the largest police regions in Victoria, Australia. He spearheaded a systemic response to the issues of violence against women and children, resulting in significant reform in the delivery of integrated government and non-government services. Leigh consults on social system and policy reform and is a regular speaker at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government’s Towards Strategic Leadership programme. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration of Australia.

Expertise

Multi-stakeholder engagement, social policy development

Selected Projects

  • National Workshops on Violence Against Women
  • Aboriginal Health Lab
  • National scenario dialogue for Indigenous Australians
  • Working to create a new global benchmark for innovative environmental and social sustainability practices within the construction industry
  • National consultation on perpetrator intervention involving violence against women
  • Building medical research capacity by addressing systemic challenges to women in science

News Posts

  • Addressing Violence Against Women And Their Children In Australia
  • A New Strategy for Aboriginal Health in New South Wales, Australia
  • Leading the future: Scenario Thinking for Leadership in Queensland Australia
 

Background

  • Served as Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police, Australia
  • Chaired the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Family Violence and the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault, Victoria, Australia
  • Served as an executive coach and a consultant on organizational performance and cultural change
  • Works with the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and the Supreme People’s Court of China on reforms to reduce violence against women
  • Participates in national committees involving trafficking in women and sexual slavery and related issues of violence against women and children

Education

  • Master’s in Public Policy and Administration, Charles Sturt University
  • Doctorate in Business Administration, Charles Sturt University

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