Great leadership is something Daren Hill not only admires, but brings to forefront in his clients.

Daren is the newly appointed National Leader of the OD practice for Maximus International and part of the Executive Team, bringing with him 15 years of practice leadership and management consulting experience working in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Daren's resume boasts former engagements with Mercer, Ernst & Young, IBM and Accenture.

Having led organisation and operational improvement initiatives in the Financial Services, Consumer Products, Chemicals and Utilities sectors, Daren has worked with household names such as Origin Energy, Westpac, Leighton Contractors and Procter & Gamble. He is well versed in mergers & acquisitions, cultural change programs, cost reduction projects, business model transformation programs and corporate restructures.

Daren holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and a Master of Arts in HR and Industrial Relations from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota (USA).

Leaders are those people who have the courage to be first and be out there publicly doing something new. But it’s the ‘First Followers’ who really get my attention. When the masses are on the sidelines watching the crazy person try out all these new ideas, it’s that First Follower who takes a stand, which turns the ‘crazy lone ranger’ into a Leader. Daren Hill