About Dr Helen Grzyb
Accredited by government agencies as an policy and research advisor and engagement expert in Western Australia, Dr Helen Grzyb is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (and a graduate of the Company Director course and the Chair's mentoring program), a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute.
A love of life long learning has seen Helen achieve at a high level in her 2024-25 postgraduate study of climate change adaptation and of sustainability, receiving the Award of Excellence from Griffith University and inclusion on the Roll of Academic Excellence from the University of Tasmania. Winner of the Australian Institute of Management (WA) award for best masters of Commerce student (Human Resource Development) and the Bankwest scholarship for Advanced not for profit governance, she is an accomplished researcher and strategist with almost 30 years' track record advising government, industry and not-profit sectors.The founding director of Helen Grzyb and Associates in 1997, she has assisted local and national organisations in devising answers to complex policy and governance questions in their pursuit of improving outcomes for clients in a changing world.
Prior to leading her independent consultancy business, Dr Grzyb was a senior government officer at the centre of the Western Australian government, advising on environmental, aboriginal affairs, disability services as well as information technology and communications, treasury and public sector management.
Helen has lectured extensively on undergraduate, postgraduate and executive courses in Australia, and her expertise has been recognised with invitations to present to senior staff in South East Asia, at national conferences and to national and Western Australian organisations.
Community and pro-bono involvement
A strong advocate for education and economic empowerment, Dr Grzyb follows through on this by mentoring new professionals. She talks to graduates about business set up, entrepreneurship, and consultancy practice; and has served as a mentor for the Australian Human Resources Institute, Curtin University's NEXT STEP mentoring program and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (WA).
Her expertise in governance and in vocational education in regional WA saw her appointed as Governing Councillor, South Regional TAFE in 2019. A volunteer for over 50 years, Helen has also served on the boards of incorporated organisations: Multicultural Futures, Advocare, Rosewood Care Group, The Aged Persons Support Service, Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia (WA), Rocky Bay, Eastern Regional Business Enterprise and Arts Centre, Quadriplegic Centre, Meerilinga Incorporated and Presbyterian Ladies' College. Helen's substantial expertise in this area saw her appointment to the Western Australian Charitable Institutions Advisory Committee and subsequently to the WA Consumer Advisory Committee.
Helen's pro-bono work on the boards of professional and business organisations include the Australian Institute of Management WA, the Institute of Public Administration WA, the Australian Human resources Institute, the City of Subiaco Economic and Sustainable Business committee, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA's Small and Medium Enterprise Council, and the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (WA).