Johan holds a PhD in organisational psychology and is an experienced People and Culture leader with multi-national experience in leading Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Organisational Development, and Diversity and Inclusion teams. He supports organisations to translate their strategic requirements into people requirements.

Before joining Metisphere, he held senior human resources and organisational development positions at Barclays Africa and The University of Western Australia (UWA). During Johan’s tenure at Barclays, he was responsible for implementing people initiatives that enabled 30,000 employees to serve 10 million customers across 12 countries.

He later joined UWA where he worked closely with the university’s executive team to implement people initiatives that contributed to the university remaining in the top 100 universities in the world (QS World University Rankings).

He is passionate about initiatives that create dynamic work environments that lead to higher performance and wellbeing, and greater employee engagement.

He is core values resonate with the values espoused by Metisphere. More specifically, three values that stands out for him are being curious in the way we think, being courageous in the way we make decisions, and having an unwavering determination to create a sense of belonging for all.

Johan and his wife have two young sons. As a family, they enjoy the beautiful Australian beaches, bike trails and taking their little dog to the park for a walk.

Johan is based in our Australian office but works with our clients across the world.

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