Sean King
Role: Principal Advisor, Co-Founder, National Lead – Commercial & Analytics
Principal Advisor
Co-Founder
National Lead – Commercial & Analytics
Phone: 1800 959 885
Mobile: 0408 167 542
Email: sean.king@proximity.com.au
Experience
Sean King is a founder of Proximity and has played a significant role in Proximity’s growth to become a market-leading professional services business. Now as National Lead – Commercial and Analytics, Sean provides strategic leadership across Proximity’s procurement, contracting, commercial advisory, and data-driven decision-making services.
Sean is highly regarded by clients as a strategic advisor and lawyer to the government, with particular expertise in technology projects and Defence acquisition and sustainment.
Sean has worked on some of Australia’s largest projects, including multi-billion dollar deals and significant national programs. These have included assisting the Australian Government to purchase the largest ships ever owned by the Australian Navy, major technology projects such as Defence’s next generation desktop upgrade and high-frequency communications, whole of government technology arrangements for the DTA, and establishing the National Centre for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.
Sean assists clients to get the best possible outcomes from their projects and programs. He achieves this through a combination of smart project management, good governance and practical legal and commercial advice.
Sean has a Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Law and qualifications in business and negotiation. Sean has received several awards during his career.
Sean is recognised by Best Lawyers for Commercial Law and Government Practice and Doyle’s Guide for Corporate, Commercial & Procurement.
He is married to Kim with young boys Hugo and Oscar. He is a lover of the great outdoors and can regularly be found hiking, biking, kayaking, skiing or horse riding with friends and family. Sean lives on one of the few farms in the ACT, and freely admits that Kim is the better agronomist.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Engineering (Hons)University of Canberra, 2003
Bachelor of LawsUniversity of Canberra, 2005
Graduate Diploma in Legal PracticeAustralian National University, 2006
Skills
Commercial and Analytics
Business cases
Contract and Vendor Management
Negotiation
Probity
Procurement reviews and improvement
Procurement Strategy and Support
Project and Program Management
Consulting
Digital, Data and Cybersecurity
Governance
Organisational Planning and Transformation
Policy, Programs, Grants and Regulation
Procurement and contract management
Program and project management
Legal
Corporate and Commercial Law
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Onsite Legal Services
Proximity Business Services
Training
Memberships
ACT Law Society
Qualifications, Courses and Certificates
Scotwork Advanced Negotiation Course
Gateway Review Team Member Course
Admissions
High Court of Australia
ACT Supreme Court
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