Professional Career

George Siokos is the Executive Chairman of EDN and has been involved in organisational development consulting in Australia and internationally for over thirty years.

He specialises in organisational change and development with a primary focus on the design and facilitation of strategic and business planning, management, leadership and team development, organisational needs analysis and the management of change.

George has been central to the development of EDN’s internationally renowned reputation for organisational change, principally in the oil and gas industry which focuses on effective and sustainable workplace cultures using safety as a cause for action.

His services are sought after by international companies and he has addressed a number of international conferences in this field. Published presentations and papers include:

• HSE Leadership Development Program – what REALLY works, Nice 2008, Society of Petroleum Engineers International Conference on HSE in Oil & Gas Exploration and Production;
• Leadership and Culture: Turning Theory into Reality, Abu-Dhabi 2006, Society of Petroleum Engineers Drilling Conference;
• Improving Safety Leadership in Drilling and Completions Operations, Calgary 2004 with John Karish BP America Inc, Society of Petroleum Engineers HSE Conference;
• Safety Leadership: The Next Step, Adelaide 2003, DrillSafe: Australia’s Drilling Industry Quarterly HSE Forum.

A selection of more recent clients George has served includes: BP, ExxonMobil, ENSCO, Origin Energy and Santos. In the past, George has advised BHP, Peabody Resources, Brambles, Blackmores and numerous government agencies in significant change programs.

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