About.

Our highly experienced team employs multi-disciplinary strategies to stimulate performance levels and change behaviours.

Where required they have the experience and technical expertise to courageously address difficult conversations and advise employers on their rights and obligations when an employee’s exit is the most appropriate path to take.

Our Team

Alasdair Malloch
Consulting Director

alasdair@ohura.com.au
Mb: 0431 692 878
 
Alasdair has over 12 years Local Government experience and has previously been the Human Resource Manager at the City of Subiaco.
 
Alasdair is a specialist in industrial Relations and Human Resources with wider skills in business management and entrepreneurialism. Alasdair has a Commerce Degree from UWA and a Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations from UWA.
 
Alasdair commenced his career in human resources in several construction companies servicing the construction industry and has since then worked as an industrial inspector for the state government and industrial advocate providing consulting services through a number of employer associations to the offshore oil and gas industry, mining industry, local government, not-for-profit and small business sectors.
 
Alasdair has extensive experience in human resources and industrial relations in local governments around WA and the Northern territory. Alasdair has represented many local governments before the various commissions in both enterprise agreement related applications, unfair dismissal hearing, Award variations and industrial action. He has also assisted many with human resource services such as reviews, policy development, workforce planning and recruitment.
 
In relation to local government experience Alasdair was the Human Resources Manager at the City of Subiaco for four years between 2012 and 2016, he was also an Employee Relations Advisor for three years with WALGA. He has consulted primarily into the local government industry through Ohura Consulting for four years. Whilst Alasdair worked with the City of Subiaco he developed their first workforce plan and has done many other since then along with reviews and revision.
 
Alasdair's areas of expertise specialise in:

• industrial relations,
• human resources,
• workforce development,
• change management and planning in particular strategic downsizing,
• workforce management,
• corporate review and restructuring,
• remuneration,
• negotiation, especially with unions,
• project Management,
• strategic communication,
• business management,
• capital raising, and
• government lobbying.

 

 

Callum Malloch-Smith
Consultant

callum@ohura.com.au
Mb: 0438 902 516
 
Callum is a junior consultant with Ohura Consulting. Callum has over 12 years’ experience in personnel management with various construction companies throughout WA including United Group, Primero, Cimeco and others. In these roles he has had both management and supporting administrative roles for construction teams and projects.
 
Callum’s skills include:

• Experience in generalist human resource and industrial relations activities
• Advanced organisational and administration skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills, including report writing
• Well-developed research and analytical skills

 
Callum has a Diploma of Engineering and is undertaking an undergraduate degree in Industrial Relations with Curtin University.

Mimma White
Finance Director

mimma@ohura.com.au
Mb: 0412 964 970
 
Mimma is a highly experienced individual with a strong capacity across all components of administration, accountancy and general business.
 
She holds a Bachelor of Business (Major in Accounting and Sub Major in Public Accounting), Edith Cowan University.
 
Mimma can communicate at all levels and has experience working with clients across a wide range of industries and sectors. 
 
Her business skills include:

• Advanced organisational and administration skills,
• Competent in financial management of budgets and related processes,
• Position classification,
• Excellent written and verbal skills, including report writing,
• Well-developed research and analytical skills,
• Preparation of monthly accounts,
• Monthly reconciliation of bank account balances,
• Invoicing, and
• Completion of Business Activity Statements.

 

Simon White
​​Consulting Director

simon@ohura.com.au
Mb: 0432 215 247
 
Simon is an experienced individual with strong capacity across all components of human resources, employee relations and general business.  He is able to communicate at all levels and has experience working with clients across a wide range of industries and sectors.
 
Simon has over two decades of experience working for employer associations in the fields of employee relations and human resources.
 
Up until 2012, the Principal Director Simon White worked for WALGA (Western Australian Local Government Association) for over 12 years in the role of Employee Relations Adviser and Employee Relations Manager for the Workplace Solutions service.
 
Simon designed and implemented LG Job Points, a contemporary, valid and reliable position classification and remuneration system designed specifically for the Local Government sector.
 
During the development of the modern Local Government Industry Award 2010, Simon worked with the other States Local Government Associations to prepare the document and classification system that was adopted. 
 
Prior to this, Simon’s extensive expertise was developed through over a decade working with the Local Government Officers’ (WA) Award 1999 and Municipal Employees (WA) Award 1999.  These two industrial awards were being created when Simon first commenced with WALGA (formerly WAMA).   The classification systems from the Local Government Officers’ (WA) Award 1999 and Municipal Employees (WA) Award 1999 along with other systems were used in the design of the LG Job Points classification system.  LG Job Points uses the benefit of having a national Local Government award to align positions within the Local Government Remuneration Survey. 
 
He holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management plus a Business Degree with a double major in Industrial Relations and Management.
 
Being a Cert IV Workplace Trainer and Assessor enables Simon to present and measure training on human resource and employee relations issues.