Chris Hayward is a National Award winning Workforce Development specialist that has been a driving force behind the design and delivery of some of the most highly innovative workforce development projects in the NT, building sectoral capacity across diverse industry sectors in remote areas of Australia. As a business developer and strategist that specializes in the development of sustainable social enterprises, Chris drove the Indigenous training and employment goals of Government-led initiatives across a number of program areas for both the Australian Government and the Northern Territory Government including CDP, VTEC, and the RSAS. Chris successfully built a number of successful indigenous social enterprises during his 10 years at the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) and was a primary driver of ALPA going on to become the largest indigenous business in Australia. Chris now works as an independent consultant providing strategic support across a range of industry sectors including education; community services (NDIS) and health technology.