HR networking with panel discussions on the future of performance and remuneration

Pivot organised a panel discussion on “The Future of the connection between Performance and Remuneration management” at the HR networking session last week.

The event was held at Pivot Client Perpetual Limited’s office in Sydney.

The panellists engaged the audience in robust discussions on the significance of performance ratings in relation to the future of performance and remuneration management.

The a very brief summary of the conclusions of the discussion were:

• A human centred design philosophy in performance management must be a considered one.
• Prevalence of gig economy cannot be ignored when it comes to performance and remuneration management.
• Moving away from prescriptive to fluid approach in performance management requires investing in leaders for enhanced quality of performance delivery
• Perceived fairness and consistency must be addressed when there are gender pay discussions

Brief profiles of the panellists:

• Paul Chasemore is currently General Manager of Performance and Reward at Perpetual Limited; a leading diversified financial services organisation across wealth management, HNW advice and corporate trustee services. His role is responsible for remuneration and benefits, performance management and recognition across the organisation. Paul moved into this role about 2 years ago after holding the role of General Manager of Business Partnering at Perpetual. He has been at Perpetual for 10 years. Prior to Perpetual he held roles across telecommunications and automotive industries in both the UK and Australia. Paul has an Honours Degree in Business Economics and a Masters in Human Resource Management.
• Alison Kennedy is currently helping IAG Australia with their recognition strategy role. She has been involved in the HR industry for 20 plus years and worked in both Hong Kong and Australia for many global brand organisations. Alison also is the founding Director of ‘Hope for Hoarders’, where big picture thinking meets real life. She is well known for being an amazing speaker at many industry events. Alison comes from a diverse background in the Rem and Recognition space where she has worked with many credible brands such as IAG, NewsCorp, Allianz, Coffey International, SKM (Jacobs), Ventia (part of Leighton Holdings) etc. She possesses a sharp mind that is forever interested in seeking to breaking things like patterns of thought. Alison has a BA (Psychology) and an MBA.
• Alan Dineen is currently Remuneration & Benefits Manager at AMP with almost 20 years’ experience in Reward spanning several industries – Travel, Medical Devices and Financial Services. With experience working in Europe, the US and APAC, Alan joined AMP to deliver remuneration and benefits initiatives across AMP Group for Australia and has since become a core advocate of AMP’s performance philosophy – ‘performance is always learning and improving together’. Alan has an Honours Degree in Business Studies (specialising in Human Resource Management) and in French.
• Kelly McNamara is currently GM, Performance, Reward and HR Services Allianz Australia and Regional Head of Reward & Performance, Allianz Asia Pacific (responsible for 14 countries, 20+ orgs including JVs, subsidiaries etc and around 20,000 people in the region).Previously, she was the Head of Reward and Policy at Lloyds Banking Group in AU and NZ, also worked at Westpac, Bupa and MBF. Kelly has been working in HR in the Financial services space for round 20 years and claims that she has around 15 years of experience ‘worrying myself about performance, reward, recognition and engagement.’