Sam La Spina is General Manager, Human Resources, at Certis Security Australia. He’s a twenty-year veteran of the HR industry, and intuitively understands how to build organisational capability in large, complex and geographically diverse companies.
He’s worked in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Qatar supporting oil and gas industries, in addition to state government rail, power generation, commercial aviation, telecommunications and financial services sectors.
Sam’s strengths are diverse. He’s adept at delivering deep people and culture programs, as well as using analytics to improve employee engagement. Sam is an effective communicator and has the ability to influence all parts of the organisation through his HR strategies.
Before joining Certis Security Australia, Sam has held positions including senior HR Specialist at the Ministry of Development, Planning and Statistics, Doha, Qatar; HR Manager Asia Pacific at AGR, and Senior HR Advisor, State Rail Authority, NSW, Australia.
Sam holds a Master of Science, Human Resources Management and Development (International) from the University of Manchester, and a Bachelor of Business Administration, Management, from RMIT in Australia.