Persephone Chessell

Persephone Chessell has a diverse range of work experience in project management roles. Persephone currently holds the position of Transition Business Project Manager at UniSuper, starting in May 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Business Project Manager at Telstra InfraCo from March 2023 to April 2023. From 2019 to 2023, Persephone served as a Senior Project Manager at Optus. Before joining Optus, they worked at Telstra as a Consultant from April 2017 to May 2019. Prior to that, they were a Senior Business Project Manager at nbn™ Australia from February 2016 to December 2016. Persephone also gained experience as a Project Consultant (part-time) at Equipability Pty. Ltd. from September 2012 to February 2015. Persephone briefly took a break in January 2015 and worked at Project Consulting. Earlier in their career, Persephone served as a Senior Project Manager at Medibank Health Solutions from June 2014 to January 2015. Persephone managed various projects, including the development and implementation of ServiceNOW Self-Service and Configuration Management Database. From July 2011 to January 2012, they worked as a Project Manager at Kinetic IT, overseeing infrastructure changes. Persephone's work experience also includes their role as a Senior Project Manager at National Australia Bank from February 2010 to April 2011, where they implemented a new search capability on the Intranet and a customer complaint system.

Persephone Chessell has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Business Administration and Management, General, from Victoria University. Persephone obtained this degree before 1997. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology from Victoria University between 1989 and 1992. Persephone also attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar for their VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education), although details regarding the start and end years are not provided. Additionally, Persephone has obtained a SAFe Agilist Certification from Scaled Agile, Inc. in June 2019.