I’ve been at Macquarie for…
18 years.

In a nutshell, my job is to…
Support a range of HR systems that focus on payroll, timesheets, recruitment and performance.

The question I hear most often in my work is…
How do I reverse my leave booking?

If I could do any other job at Macquarie it would be…
Researcher in Geography (my favourite subject!)

Name a Macquarie staff member that impressed you recently…Two staff members – Jenny Bremner and Martin Brooks, who are the University Business Process Improvement Managers.  They ran an excellent Rapid Improvement Event last week in improving the casual academic recruitment process.  They managed our group of eight staff members so well and made the week both constructive and enjoyable.

My ethnic heritage is…
A mixture of English, Irish and German, although I’m seventh generation Australian so virtually all my relatives live here except one cousin that lives with his family in Paris.  I am a direct descendent of an explorer called George Evans who surveyed the Bathurst area and named the Macquarie River after Lachlan Macquarie.

Outside work, you’ll often find me…
Visiting National Parks – bushwalking and photographing the beautiful scenery.  I just visited Wattamolla in the Royal National Park last weekend and also walked along the coast.

I’m really looking forward to…
The Federal Election – not for the politicians, but for managing a polling place which I’ve been doing for the last 14 years of Federal, State and Local elections.  It’s a very long day but it’s an interesting experience and I get to meet some great people.

The most amazing place I’ve ever visited is…
The Road to Hana in Maui with my wife.  It is a 100 km drive with 600 curves and 60 one-way bridges with spectacular scenery of waterfalls, cliffs, lava tubes and black and red sand beaches.

The last great movie I saw was…
Rat Race with John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg and Rowan Atkinson – it’s my favourite movie.  I can’t stop laughing every time I watch it.