An Indigenous soldier was announced as the 2018 winner of the HR Diversity Champion Award in Melbourne on Thursday, at a gala dinner ceremony hosted by the Australian HR Institute (AHRI).
Warrant Officer Class Two, Shane Cox, is a Kamilari man who has served in the Australian Defence Force (Army) since 1975 in Operational deployments throughout Australia and abroad.
He began his Army career as a Rifleman and has seen service in postings that include 1st Batallion, Royal Australian Regiment in Townsville, and the Royal Australian Corp of Transport. His present post is to Defence Force Recruitment – Indigenous.
In that role Shane Cox has made an outstanding contribution to Defence's recruitment success over the past financial year, with "8 per cent of all people recruited in the ADF identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander," according to Air Commodore Sue McCready, the Director General of Defence Force Recruiting.
Warrant Officer Cox is one of eight individual award winners announced by AHRI, in addition to 20 organisation award winners. The other winners are:
Individuals
· CEO Diversity Champion Award - Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, CEO & MD,Mirvac
· Dave Ulrich HR Leader Award – Liam Hayes, Chief People Officer, Aurecon
· Dave Ulrich HR Practitioner Award – Alicia Thomas, Organisational Development & Diversity Manager, Mercy Health
· Dave Ulrich HR Rising Star Award - Monique Davidge, HR Generalist, Obela Fresh Dips & Spreads
· Lynda Gratton CEO Award - Daniel Findley, CEO, Masonic Care Tasmania
· Ram Charan Student Award - Brandon West, Curtin University, Perth
· Ram Charan APC Award - Maureen Gerlach, HR Manager, Shire of Mundaring
Organisations
· Allan Fels Mental Health Award - Pearson Australia
· Corporate Social Responsibility Award - IBM Australia
· Dame Quentin Bryce Gender Equity Award - Qantas Airways Limited
· Elizabeth Broderick Workforce Flexibility Award - INS
· Fons Trompenaars Cross Cultural Management Award - Parks Victoria and AMES Australia
· Graeme Innes Disability Employment Award - Uniting Local Area Coordination Program
· Inclusive Workplace Award - Level Crossing Removal Authority Training for the Future Program
· Marshall Goldsmith Talent Development Award - International Convention Centre Sydney
· Martin Seligman Health and Wellbeing Award - HomeStart Finance
· Michael Kirby LGBTIQ Inclusion Award - Brown-Forman (joint winner)
Michael Kirby LGBTIQ Inclusion Award - QBE Insurance ANZO (joint winner)
· Peter Williams HR Technology Award - Telstra
· Rob Goffee Leadership Development Award - Zendesk Australia
· Sir Ken Robinson Innovation and Creativity Award - Coles Liquor
· Stan Grant Indigenous Employment Award - Danila Dilba Health Service (joint winner)
· Stan Grant Indigenous Employment Award - Department of Human Services, Federal Government (joint winner)
· Susan Ryan Age Diversity Award- Department of Finance (Federal Government)
· Talent Management Award - PHD
· Wayne Cascio Organisational Development Award - Pfizer Australia
· Workplace Relations Award - Peabody Australia
