Merit People

Jo Mulholland 

Senior Consultant

Qualifications:
		
Commercial Certificate (Stenography), 1977
Bachelor of Business (Accountancy), 1983 
Graduate Diploma (Government and Commercial Law), 2002

Professional Associations:

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
Australian Institute of Administrative Law

Career Details:

Jo has recently joined Merit Solutions as a Senior Consultant and brings with her a wealth of 
experience over 35 years in the public and private sectors.  In particular, she worked for two 
years as a Senior Officer in the Department of Employment Education and Training in Canberra 
where she was responsible initially for programs relating to fraud control and privacy and then for 
program administration.  Her career over about thirteen years in the Australian Taxation Office, 
primarily in Brisbane and Canberra, involved significant experience as a Taxation Auditor as well 
as Corporate Services and Change Management roles.  

Selection Skills:

Jo has extensive experience in recruitment and selection advice and assistance.  She has 
frequently worked as an independent panel member and as a “scribe”, providing HR expertise 
and advice, for selections for a range of agencies particularly in the Commonwealth Government, 
the ACT Government and NSW State Government.  She has worked as a Review Officer and 
Convenor for the Commonwealth Merit Protection and Review Agency responsible for chairing 
appeal hearings and reviewing agency decisions.

Other Achievements:

Jo is a CPA with extensive technical expertise in the area of Taxation law and administration and 
business audit.  She is an experienced manager with a track record in managing change in 
several organisations.  More recently, in the private sector, Jo has been successful in a sales 
environment.  She is currently studying towards a Diploma of Professional Writing and a Bachelor 
of Laws which she expects to complete in 2007.