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John Hakim

Go-getter · DISC type d
Director of Group Transformation Chapter and Capability at Westpac Group
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John Hakim is a senior director at Westpac with over 20 years of business and consulting experience in Australia and the Middle East. Holding an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, he specializes in strategy, operating model development, and leading large, complex transformation projects across numerous key sectors.

He contributed to reforming the education sector in the Middle East by advising on public policies to better align academic institutions with job market needs and tackle unemployment.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Director of Group Transformation Chapter and Capability
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Personality Overview

How John shows up

Direct & Candid
Challenger
Self-Confident

They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Priorities

Topics John cares about

Transformation Capability
Leads the Group Transformation Chapter at Westpac, where he is responsible for developing and embedding the capability framework for the company's transformation workforce.
Operating Model Design
Has extensive experience designing new operating models, organizational restructuring, and redesigning customer journey and service delivery models for major organizations.
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Career

Work history

10-2021
Director of Group Transformation Chapter and Capability
Westpac Group
4-2019 - 10-2021
Director
Nous Group
9-2015 - 3-2019
Senior Manager
Third Horizon Consulting
8-2011 - 8-2015
Senior Manager (Consulting)
PwC
3-2010 - 7-2011
Planning and Policy Project Manager (Specialist)
KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Heriot-Watt University
Bachelors of Science
Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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