Active board member. Head of People & Culture. Austin brings over thirty years’ experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sector to his role as Head of People & Culture. He has extensive experience in people management and employment law. Austin has a passion for creating a values-based workplace culture that supports the mission and vision of the organization. For the past twenty years Austin has held senior roles in the not for profit sector, most recently as Director of Resources at WALK. In this time he led the HR team to win CIPD awards in Building a Values Based Culture and Embedding a Culture of Workplace Well-being. As Head of People and Culture at Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Austin is also responsible for ensuring that staff have access to the best learning and development opportunities, and that the organization’s learning and development strategy supports a quality, person centre service. Beyond the workplace, Austin has a keen interest in early education for children from disadvantaged communities and manages a local soccer team.