Appointment of Michelle Banfield to Chief People Officer role with Indevin

Indevin have announced the appointment of Michelle Banfield to the position of Chief People Officer, following an extensive executive search process by Baxter Executive Search. Michelle brings more than 10 years’ experience in complex senior leadership roles to the CPO position including her most recent role as General Manager of Culture at Fonterra, covering a global portfolio. Prior to this, Michelle has held the positions of GM Employee Engagement and GM Employment Relations leading the in-house employment law team.

Michelle is qualified with a BA in Sociology, Education, Anthropology and Psychology and an LLB (Hons) in Employment Law from Victoria University. She is passionate about people and performance and has been recognised in the 2020 Global HR Top 100 and 2021 HRD Hotlists. As the joint founder of an adventure tourism business with her husband, Michelle also sees a strong values alignment with the Indevin Group and is incredibly excited to be joining a fast paced, entrepreneurial business.

Michelle joins Indevin on the 7th of August and will report to the Group CEO.

July 2023