Headquarters:
Level 2, 441 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000
Year founded:
2014
Number of employees:
800
Phone:
1300 084 847
Email:
info@nbfc.com
Website:
employmenthero.com
LinkedIn:
au.linkedin.com/company/employment-hero
“Employment Hero goes beyond providing an HR software solution, and instead redefines the category altogether by creating solutions that manage total employment end to end”
Ben Thompson, Employment Hero
Ben Thompson
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Alex Hattingh
Chief People Officer
Dave Tong
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Head of Product
Leadership
Ben Thompson is the founder and CEO of Employment Hero. With a background in finance and employment law, and as a business owner himself, Ben has over 20 years of experience in the complex world of employment. A self-confessed geek, he has boundless curiosity, enthusiasm and ambition. He thrives on creating innovative solutions and disruptive people management offerings that redefine markets. He credits his success on building a team of A-players and communicating a clear vision – to make managing employment easier and more valuable for everyone.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ben Thompson
Alex Hattingh is the CPO at Employment Hero and has over 15 years of experience in people management and leadership development. Alex derives energy and passion from helping both companies and their employees succeed. His roles have covered large Fortune 500 companies through to start-ups including Google, Yahoo!, and Lendlease.
Chief People Officer
Alex Hattingh
Alex Hattingh is the CPO at Employment Hero and has over 15 years of experience in people management and leadership development. Alex derives energy and passion from helping both companies and their employees succeed. His roles have covered large Fortune 500 companies through to start-ups including Google, Yahoo!, and Lendlease.
Chief People Officer
Dave Tong
“Employment Hero goes beyond providing an HR software solution, and instead redefines the category altogether by creating solutions that manage total employment end to end”
Ben Thompson, Employment Hero
“We knew there must be a better way. Why reinvent the wheel for each business when you could have a complete, fully integrated and scalable cloud platform that could help millions of SMEs?”
Ben Thompson, Employment Hero
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“We knew there must be a better way. Why reinvent the wheel for each business when you could have a complete, fully integrated and scalable cloud platform that could help millions of SMEs?”
Ben Thompson, Employment Hero
“Employment Hero goes beyond providing an HR software solution, and instead redefines the category altogether by creating solutions that manage total employment end to end”
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Rob Paterson
Chief Financial Officer
Rob Paterson is the CFO at Employment Hero. He is a highly accomplished finance professional with a track record of outstanding performance. With 25 years of progressive experience with VC, listed and PE-backed software/technology companies under his belt, Rob is impressive with numbers, people and systems. He has a proven ability to streamline business operations and influence commercial decision-making that drives growth, increases efficiency, shareholder value and profitability.
Chief Financial Officer
Rob Paterson
Kevin Rawlings
Chief Revenue Officer
Kevin Rawlings is the chief revenue officer at Employment Hero. With over 20 years of senior leadership experience in technology (SaaS/Cloud/IT) across sectors as diverse as financial services, health and telecommunications, Kevin is an executive with a strong record of adding value to start-ups through to multinationals under both private and public ownership. His experience of starting, building and leading diverse and distributed teams spans globally, across different countries and cultures (ANZ, APAC, Europe, and USA). Kevin is passionate about business transformation and achieving it by driving both strategy and operational execution. He enjoys engaging and empowering teams to drive growth and gets great satisfaction from seeing people continue to lift and achieve their goals.
Chief Revenue Officer
Kevin Rawlings
In his 20 years as an employment lawyer, Thompson has witnessed the consequences of poorly managed employment first-hand. He has made it his mission to help SMEs navigate the complex role of being a compliant and effective employer. With 95% of global businesses being SMEs, Thompson notes that SME employment is what makes the world go around – and yet, employment complexity is still a universal problem.
“We knew there must be a better way,” he says. “Why reinvent the wheel for each business when you could have a complete, fully integrated and scalable cloud platform that could help millions of SMEs?”
When it comes to Employment Hero’s rapid growth, Thompson says this has been down to a “relentless focus” on achieving its mission – to make employment easier and more valuable. This involves hiring the right people who are connected with your purpose, and focusing on driving efficiencies across every part of the business.
“Employment Hero is incredibly grateful to be recognised amongst some other strong service providers,” Thompson says.
“We’re proud of the ongoing excellence of our product and would like to thank our team of heroes, our community and our investors who have made this possible. We look forward to continuing to build and provide employment management solutions that make a difference.”
“We knew there must be a better way. Why reinvent the wheel for each business when you could have a complete, fully integrated and scalable cloud platform that could help millions of SMEs?”
Ben Thompson, Employment Hero
Zara Tonkin
Chief of Staff
David “Dutchy” Holland
General Manager, Talent Solutions
Evan Di Bella
Senior Vice President, Claims
Inma Beaumont
Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations
Zara Tonkin joined Employment Hero in January 2022 as chief of staff. This is a new role designed to support the CEO and the broader leadership team in driving the company’s ambitious growth agenda. Zara’s ability to solve problems and simplify the complex stems from her over five years of experience as a management consultant across a range of industries.
Chief of Staff
Zara Tonkin
David Holland joined Employment Hero in 2016 as chief operating officer launching growth projects and partnerships whilst managing EH’s early risk requirements. In 2021, he launched EH Talent Solutions with the aim of improving access to talent for EH’s 10,000 clients. In addition to working with sources of talent, EH has launched its own Employer of Record Service, Global Teams, allowing clients to employ the best talent in the world, no matter where they are located. David spent his formative professional years in finance and investment management, including 10 years managing a portfolio of direct investments across Europe. Having returned to Australia to raise his family by the beach, he is now focused on Employment Hero reaching as many companies and employees as possible to help them make employment easier and more valuable for everyone.
General Manager, Talent Solutions
David “Dutchy” Holland
Evan Di Bella is the senior vice president for claims. He joined Northbridge in October 2003 after five years with another P&C insurance company, where he worked in various lines of business. He has held several roles throughout his career with Northbridge, including vice president for Ontario claims.
Senior Vice President, Claims
Evan Di Bella
Inma Beaumont joined BGS at the beginning of 2020. She is an experienced advancement professional, having implemented fundraising and engagement operations for three different units over six years at The University of Queensland. Inma led the fundraising campaign to renovate the Forgan Smith Building, home to the TC Beirne School of Law at UQ. She subsequently spent three years as director of advancement at the UQ Faculty of Health, where she conceived and delivered a major gifts program. Her fundraising experience follows a 15-year career in finance, including as CFO of Citibank Australia. She is a non-executive director of UN Women Australia, Speech Pathology Australia and Women’s College at UQ.
Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations
Inma Beaumont
Diana Godfrey joined Fidelity in 1995, and is currently the senior vice-president, human resources and corporate affairs. She has 27 years of industry experience and has driven innovation and transformative changes to employee benefits, talent development, charitable and diversity and inclusion programs, which have strengthened Fidelity Canada’s position as a top caring employer. She championed the implementation of Fidelity Canada’s value proposition, committed to improving the employee experience to meet their individual needs and the community at large. Fidelity Canada has been recognized with multiple employer awards and designations, which celebrate its work culture and atmosphere, corporate philanthropic initiatives, and health and benefits, to name just a few.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs
Diana Godfrey (she/her/hers)
Cameron Murray is the senior vice president, client services and CIO for Fidelity Investments Canada ULC. In this capacity, he oversees both technology and operations for the organization in Canada. He joined Fidelity in December 1999 as Vice President, Systems Operations. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors for FundSERV, where he has been an executive committee and board member since 2002. He is also on the board of directors for Fidelity Investments Canada ULC.
Senior Vice President, Client Services and Chief Information Officer
Cameron Murray
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Damian Palovick
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
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Dr. Mary Lavoie
Head of Risk Management and Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Mark Bernacki
Chief Underwriting Officer
Ryan Armijo
Chief Operating Officer, Underwriting Division
Bob Petrilli
President, Underwriting Division
In his 20 years as an employment lawyer, Thompson has witnessed the consequences of poorly managed employment first-hand. He has made it his mission to help SMEs navigate the complex role of being a compliant and effective employer. With 95% of global businesses being SMEs, Thompson notes that SME employment is what makes the world go around – and yet, employment complexity is still a universal problem.
“We knew there must be a better way,” he says. “Why reinvent the wheel for each business when you could have a complete, fully integrated and scalable cloud platform that could help millions of SMEs?”
When it comes to Employment Hero’s rapid growth, Thompson says this has been down to a “relentless focus” on achieving its mission – to make employment easier and more valuable. This involves hiring the right people who are connected with your purpose, and focusing on driving efficiencies across every part of the business.
“Employment Hero is incredibly grateful to be recognised amongst some other strong service providers,” Thompson says.
“We’re proud of the ongoing excellence of our product and would like to thank our team of heroes, our community and our investors who have made this possible. We look forward to continuing to build and provide employment management solutions that make a difference.”
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Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
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Alexis Hill
Chief Information Officer
Alexis Hill joined BGS in April 2022 as the School’s first chief information officer to lead the Digital Transformation Program, which aims to use technology and data to enhance student outcomes. As a senior executive with over 14 years of experience in commercial and government industries, she has substantial experience in digital transformation leadership. Alexis has held CIO and director roles that focused on driving technological and organisational change in complex environments. She holds a Bachelor of Business degree and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Chief Information Officer
Alexis Hill
Founded in 2014 by an employment lawyer of 20 years, Employment Hero is a true all-rounder in HR software. It now services over 90,000 businesses across the world and has over 850,000 active users on its platforms.
Employment Hero’s products include HR, payroll and global teams software. It also provides solutions for employee engagement, performance and learning and development, among other areas. With a focus on servicing SMEs, it provides a complete and scalable platform that aims to make employment easier for everyone.
Employment Hero has performed a ‘clean sweep’ at this year’s AuNZ HR Service Provider Awards, taking home medals for six categories: Workforce Management Software, Talent Management, Reward & Recognition, Recruitment Systems & Technology, Payroll Systems, and Human Capital Management Systems.
Commenting on the company’s success, founder and CEO Ben Thompson says his in-depth knowledge of employment has given him a deep understanding of the sector, the needs of HR professionals, and the consequences of getting it wrong.
“Employment Hero’s fundamental point of difference lies in its ability to help SMEs manage every stage of the employee lifecycle,” Thompson says.
“Employment Hero goes beyond providing an HR software solution, and instead redefines the category altogether by creating solutions that manage total employment end to end. Our offering has been built from the ground up with employers, their HR teams – and their employees top of mind from day one.”
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