Sentis works with clients who have hit a plateau in their safety results, or who are looking to achieve the next level of safety excellence.
Sentis helps organisations shift from a culture of blame and avoidance, to one of responsibility and accountability. And for those that are more mature, they help them take their safety performance to the next level.
Speakers
Brett Solomon
Ben Carnell
Adrianna Loveday
Dr Vanessa Thiele
Positive Safety Specialist, Sentis
For more than 13 years, Vanessa has provided counselling, training and consulting to individuals and organisations across industry. Specialising in the design, development and delivery of training programs, Vanessa is an expert in resilience, health behaviour change, positive psychology and motivation and engagement. She works with organisations to optimise performance and manage and socialise change in the workplace.
Vanessa is passionate about delivering practical neuroscience-backed training that not only improves safety performance within organisations, but also has a lasting impact on people’s lives. She also volunteers her time and expertise to organisations that support health and wellbeing initiatives and is passionate about making a positive impact in the world both personally and professionally.
Dr Amy Hawkes
Amy is an endorsed organisational psychologist with experience in organisational development, leadership, culture and wellbeing. Experienced in both research and consulting, Amy has conducted individual and organisational interventions, large research projects, and has 10 years’ experience as an academic.
She is passionate about taking an evidence-based approach to improve workplaces. As the Head of Psychology, Amy brings best practice insights to business, strong statistical skills, and applied research methodology to her work. Amy leads the research team and provides strategic guidance to the assessment tools and reporting offered by Sentis.
Anthony Gibbs
As CEO, Anthony is responsible for leading Sentis on its mission to change the lives of individuals and organisations for the better every day. He has worked with thousands of people, across hundreds of organisations globally, to develop safety culture solutions that support strategy and enable the person component to reach its full potential.
Anthony has been committed to the application of psychology to enhance human performance for over 15 years and his background as a psychologist managing addiction and chronic mental health treatment facilities has informed his cognitive-behavioural insight. Regarded as a dynamic facilitator and keynote speaker, Anthony has presented globally on safety, leadership, wellbeing and organisational performance.
Ben Carnell
Ben is Head of Client Solutions with Sentis and leads the business function responsible for overseeing Sentis’ client partnerships. An experienced Psychologist, he brings a strong background in performance psychology across both high-performance sport and organisational contexts. He offers expertise in cultural diagnostics, strategy development, program facilitation, and leadership coaching to drive individual, team and organisational improvement.
He has worked with clients across Australia, Vietnam, Oman, New Caledonia, Canada, and New Zealand and in key sectors such as mining, utilities, offshore oil and gas, elite sport, defence and healthcare—including a number of ASX100 organisations. Regarded as a highly engaging speaker, Ben is motivated by the opportunity to help teams drive a stronger, safer and high-performing culture where individuals can thrive.