Regional Manager and team lead for safesearch/envirosearch in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, with additional responsibility for contracting governance across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. Environmental / sustainability / CR SME within envirosearch/safesearch.

Regional Manager (Vic/Tas/SA) @ safesearch and envirosearch together hold a leadership position in our specialist areas of safety, environment, and workers compensation within the Australian and New Zealand markets. We have over the past ten years placed more than 1100 senior HSE, environment and sustainability leaders into over 100 Australian and New Zealand organisations, including 20 of the ASX50 and many of the world’s largest multinationals. As a retained search firm, we combine robust professional networks, deep technical expertise and genuine passion to identify, source and secure top talent for our clients. In addition to search and recruitment work, safesearch is active in the broader HSE community, both as conveners of regular quarterly industry forums for senior (both GM/Director-level and National Manager-level) safety professionals and as a collaborative source of industry knowledge for educators, industry groups and media. With a national network of offices in Australia and the backing of a Fortune 500 HR services firm, safesearch has remained the market leader for ten years. safesearch and envirosearch are Experis brands as a part of the ManpowerGroup, a $22B multinational human resources consulting firm with 31,000 employees and 3900 offices in 80 countries. From December 2010 to Present (5 years) Senior Consultant @ UK-based Hays is the world's leading white-collar recruitment firm, with (at the time) 7800 people working in 245 offices in 33 countries and annual turnover in excess of £1.7B. Provided end-to-end specialist recruitment of HSE, environmental, and energy sector roles for a range of clients, from the largest multinationals to junior E&Ps and geoscience consultancies. From 2007-2009 this position was based in Calgary, Canada - the heart of Canada's ~$200B oil and gas industry. Key clients during this time were largely oil and gas and mining operators and environmental and geoscience service companies. In late 2009 Hays offered an internal promotion and transfer to Melbourne, to provide recruitment services to engineering consultancies, oil and gas exploration and production companies and professional service firms. Named Hays Oil and Gas 'Consultant of the Quarter' globally for Q2 FY 09-10. From October 2007 to December 2010 (3 years 3 months) Editor @ BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly music and culture magazine distributed across Western Canada. As editor of one of the magazine's three sections, contributed a monthly column, artist interviews, opinion pieces and music and event reviews, and recruited and coordinated submissions from a team of freelance writers. From December 2006 to September 2009 (2 years 10 months) Calgary, Canada AreaBusiness Development Officer @ In-house role at the Canadian Petroleum Institute (formerly the Canadian Institute for Petroleum Industry Development). Key responsibilities were sourcing senior HSE, geoscience and subsurface engineering professionals for overseas assignments, and building and marketing the Institute's brand globally. From August 2006 to October 2007 (1 year 3 months) Calgary, Canada AreaAcademic Staff @ While completing postgraduate studies, taught and guest lectured for a number of Political Science, Public Policy and Sociology courses within Melbourne University's Faculty of Arts, including 166-022 Public Policy Making, 166-210 Political Communication, 166-410 Approaches to Social and Political Inquiry, 166-216 Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms, 166-109 Cyberspace: The Last Frontier, and 166-027 Australia and the World Political Economy. From February 2002 to July 2005 (3 years 6 months) Intern @ As a UN OHCHR intern with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, was stationed in St. John's, Antigua in the West Indies. Performed interview-based primary research (including direct consultation with the Prime Minister, Ministers of Health and Foreign Affairs, Ombudsman, opposition and local media) on human rights issues, submitting formal reports to the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights. Also instructed local government officials on best practice research methodology and UN reporting procedures. From May 2001 to February 2002 (10 months) Antigua and Barbuda

Master of Sustainability, Corporate Environmental Management @ Monash University From 2012 to 2014 Master of Arts by Research, Political Science @ University of Melbourne From 2002 to 2004 Bachelor of Arts (Honours w Thesis), Political Science @ Acadia University From 1997 to 2001 Matthew Belleghem is skilled in: Sustainability, Career Advice, Environmental Recruitment, Sustainability Recruitment, Professional Writing, Salary Guidance, Global Recruiting, Market Insight, Staffing, Executive Search, Environmental Awareness, Recruiting, Career Counseling, Temporary Placement, Salary