
Anne Ward
Senior Advisor
Phone: 1800 959 885
Mobile: 02 6203 7939
Email: anne.ward@proximity.com.au
Experience
Anne is a highly accomplished professional with years of experience in undertaking high value and high-risk procurements, contract management, leadership, strategic planning, implementation, and compliance monitoring across a wide range of industries. Anne’s passion includes challenging the status quo and accomplishing positive change and has a demonstrated capability to influence executive management decisions including the introduction of corporate wide procurement strategies.
When leading procurement and contract management teams Anne has focused on best practice and supporting and empowering her teams through guidance and training on commercial acumen and adherence to procurement processes. Anne has demonstrated capabilities in establishing and nurturing collaborative and highly productive working relationships with a variety of internal and external key stakeholders to achieve enhanced operational outcomes through leveraging exceptional high-level communication, negotiation, and advocacy skills.
Anne is married to Nathan and they have two children, Hannah and Adam.
Anne and Nathan are keen gardeners spending all their free time in the garden.
Education
Graduate Diploma in Legal PracticeQueensland University of Technology, 2012
Bachelor of LawsJames Cook University, 2002
Bachelor of NursingCentral Queensland University, 1996
Qualifications, Courses and Certificates
Negotiation Training | Pearson’s Consulting
Strategic Sourcing | Pearson’s Consulting
Category Management Accelerator | The Faculty
Public Interest Disclosure Authorised Officer | Ombudsman
Public Interest Disclosure Investigating Officer | Ombudsman