Chris Blake joined Australia Post in July 2010 and is the executive general manager of corporate services & acting executive general manager of People & Culture. He is responsible for leading strategy, cultural change, innovation, corporate affairs & communications, human resources, shared services and management of the $7.5 billion APSS Superannuation Fund. Prior to joining Australia Post, Mr Blake worked in senior executive roles at the National Australia Bank including as executive general manager of people and organisational development and the executive general manager of business strategy & people for its global wholesale banking division, where he led the development of a new global business strategy for the wholesale bank following the Global Financial Crisis. Mr Blake has a wealth of experience in overseeing complex organisation-wide change following his work in senior roles in banking and with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was partner for 10 years. He was a Member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Group on the Reform of Australian Government Administration, chair of the Brain Research Institute, director of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, and an advisory member of the High Resolves Institute, the 100% Project and the APS Strategic Centre for Leadership, Learning and Development.
