Shoal Group appoints new Head of People & Culture

Today we announce that Helen Abbott has joined the growing team based in Adelaide to lead Shoal’s People and Culture effort across Australia and New Zealand.

Helen brings a wealth of experience to the growing Shoal team having worked in the NFP, FMCG, health, education, legal and engineering sectors. For the past 13 years, Helen has been running her own consultancy where she provided her clients with a suite of strategic and operational consulting services.

Shoal Group Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Shaun Wilson, welcomed Helen into the role.

“Shoal is enjoying exceptional growth as we expand across the country and further into New Zealand in our defence, space, transport and infrastructure markets,” said Shaun. “Helen’s experience across a range of sectors will be invaluable to Shoal in recruiting for growth and developing our people as leading professionals as we navigate this exciting time.”

As a professional coach and organisational development practitioner, Helen is well versed in supporting the sustainable development of growing businesses.

“I’ve worked as a consultant with Shoal for quite some time now and their investment in their people has always impressed me.” said Helen. “I’m thrilled to be on the team working towards achieving the vision of being an iconic company in systems thinking.”

Helen commenced this month and joins Shoal’s Corporate Leadership Team.

Read more about Helen on our Leadership page.