Andy Davenport

Obsessed with helping individuals, teams and organisations realise their potential

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

About

Capability drives commercial performance and I know how to unlock its latent potential. As a results driven learning leader, I’ve led teams and business coalition’s across numerous sectors and industries. I’ve proven experience as an Innovation practitioner, with a track record of designing and delivering organisational learning programs that shift mindset and culture towards high performance and leave employees empowered in their career choices. Comfortable coaching anywhere from the call centre to the C Suite, I’m utterly obsessed with potential and supporting anyone live their best life . Experience Westpac LEAD Leadership Facilitator April 2025 to present ScotPac Business Finance Culture and Capability Leader July 2019 - January 2025 (5 years 6 months) Sydney, Designed and delivered Leading the ScotPac Way leadership development program Designed by and delivered ScotPac’s ’ first ever Peer to Peer Mentoring programme Spearheaded the development and roll out of the Future Skills initiative focussed on skills such Team Work, Empathy, Creative Problem solving, Adaptability, Coaching and Digital Literacy Spearheaded the creation of the ScotPac Way Cultural guidance Employee handbook Innovation Union - Start up Co Founder Optus July 2018 - June 2019 Think Big Explorer December 2016 - June 2018 (1 year 7 months) Sydney, Australia Role Responsibilities and Key Achievements • Supported Think Big Open Innovation employee capability strategy at Optus ensuring an appropriate use of Design Thinking, Lean Start Up and Business Model Canvas methodology adoption. Co created an Employee Experience Insight programme using Human Centered Design Principals to identify employee experience insights and then ideate and prototype employee solutions. Designed and Developed a Customer Town Hall empathy and ideation programme for the Top 300 Optus leaders and external customers. • Conceptualized, designed and facilitated a FIT Boot camp with the top 50 leaders across the Optus NBN Business. Page 1 of 5 • Designed and delivered an Internet Of Things Business Acumen Challenge across the Product and Marketing group, developing emerging leaders pitch and business casing capability. • Facilitated Business Model development capability workshop programs across Satellite and Wholesale division, . •Developed and facilitated the capability building strategy for "Future Makers"a Lean Start Up and Business Model Canvas capability programme for not for profit start up entrepreneurs SEEK Learning and Development Manager January 2015 - November 2016 (1 year 11 months)

Experience

  • LEAD Leadership Facilitator at Westpac
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Culture and Capability Leader at ScotPac Business Finance
    Apr 2025

  • Culture and Capability Leader at ScotPac Business Finance
    Jul 2019 - Jan 2025 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    Led culture and capability initiatives to drive organisational transformation. Designed and implemented strategic learning programs aligned with business objectives. Provided leadership coaching to foster high performance and career growth.

  • Co-Founder at Innovation Union
    Jul 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr

    Co-founder of an innovation consulting startup.

  • Think Big Explorer at Optus
    Dec 2016 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

    As the Capability lead in the Optus Think Big Innovation team I Supported Open Innovation strategies using Design Thinking and Lean Startup. Co-created an Employee Experience Insight program to enhance employee engagement. Designed and facilitated innovation programs, including empathy workshops and leadership challenges. Led 'Future Makers,' a capability program for not-for-profit startup entrepreneurs. Provided one-on-one coaching in Innovation Mindset and Design Thinking.