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Narelle Beer
Executive Director - Health & Safety - Worksafe Victoria
Professional Bio
Dr Narelle Beer has more than 35 years’ experience serving the community, ensuring public safety Understanding the importance of working with stakeholders through authentic and meaningful partnerships, Narelle delivers prevention, engagement and innovation through contemporary and collaborative leadership to drive harm reduction strategies and enhance safety. In 2021, Narelle commenced in her current role as the Executive Director, Health and Safety, WorkSafe. Enhancing workplace safety and embedding harm reduction processes, opportunities and strategies through engagement, education, compliance and enforcement, WorkSafe (as the Victorian Regulator) reduces harm whilst improving outcomes for injured workers.
Prior to commencing at WorkSafe, Narelle spent three+ years working as the Assistant Commissioner, Regional and Remote Operations, Northern Territory Police. This portfolio was responsible for all operational responses for the Northern Territory (excluding Darwin, but including coastal regions such as Bathurst Island and Groote eylandt). Ensuring Territorian’s safety, Narelle was responsible for one of the largest and most remote police service area in Australia.
A member of Victoria Police for over 30 years, Narelle’s last position was Superintendent attached to the Western Region - Operations Support. In Victoria Police, Narelle worked in most aspects of policing including General Duties, Criminal Investigation, Corruption Investigation, Collision Investigation, Education, and Corporate Management/Policy Departments. Narelle managed and led a number of Taskforces into corruption within Victoria Police.
Narelle has undertaken extensive postgraduate study and holds the following degrees:
- Doctorate in Leadership - Thesis “Corruption may be evitable, but is it preventable”;
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB);
- Graduate Diploma in Law;
- Bachelor of Arts (Policing);
- Graduate Diploma in Public Administration;
- Masters in Leadership and Management (Policing); and
- Graduate Diploma Executive Leadership.
In 2008, Narelle was awarded the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship for Ethical Leadership presented by the St James Ethics Centre.
Narelle has also been awarded a number of Scholarships which have enabled her to travel to the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and the United States to study Ethics in Policing.
Narelle was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in 2013 and travelled to the United Kingdom and the United States to undertake specialist training and corruption investigations.
Narelle’s biggest achievement is her beautiful 25 year old daughter who is now working for Victoria police.