Mike Heffernan

Mike Heffernan has held various roles in the field of health and safety. Mike currently works at Sigma Healthcare as the Head of Health Safety and Wellbeing, starting in July 2023. Prior to this, they were the Manager Group Safety Systems and Reporting at Bega Cheese Limited from October 2021 to July 2023. From August 2020 to September 2021, they served as the General Manager HSW at ACSO Australia. Before that, they worked at Australia Post as a Project Manager for Work Health & Safety Management System Redesign from April 2019 to December 2019. From September 2016 to March 2018, they were the Manager Safety and Enterprise Risk at Moreland City Council. In 2013, they served as the Director of Health Safety and Wellbeing at Monash Health from September to December. Prior to that, they were the Manager Health Safety and Wellbeing at the Department of Education & Training, Victoria from April 2007 to February 2013. Their career began with various safety and risk roles at ANZ Bank, Westpac, and QLD Rail from January 2000 to March 2007.

Mike Heffernan completed a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Risk Management & Governance at the Governance Institute of Australia from 2017 to 2025. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene from QUT (Queensland University of Technology), as well as a Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Science from the same institution. The specific start and end years for the Bachelor's degrees were not provided.