Roger Stephan

Roger Stephan worked in senior roles in and for State and Local Government for over thirty years including ten years as CEO of Hunter Councils and CEO of Strategic Services Australia Ltd – growing the latter to be one of the largest and most diverse local government-owned suppliers of services in the country.

As a consultant, Roger specialised in business development, corporate strategy, corporate governance and the Visitor Economy. For a period of time, he was CEO of Tourism Hunter.

Roger is currently CEO of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation, a Board Member of RDA Illawarra Shoalhaven and is at the forefront of strategies to build strategic alignment between government at all levels and the business sector.