Peter Macqueen
Peter Macqueen, Principal of Compass Consulting, has over twenty years experience in management consulting. Peter's breadth of experience and professional qualifications are summarised as follows:
- Management Consultant for over 20 years, working with a national consultancy, as well as a boutique Queensland-based consultancy, before embarking on self-employment
- Registered Psychologist and Member of the College of Organisational Psychologists (Australian Psychological Society)
- Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (and Certified Management Consultant)
- Associate Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute
- Foreign Affiliate or Member of various overseas psychological associations, including: British Psychological Society, American Psychological Association (including Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology), International Association of Applied Psychologists and International Test Commission.
In addition to his formal qualifications in psychology, Peter holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (University of Queensland). He was a member of a six-person committee established by the College of Organisational Psychologists to review psychological testing and assessment in Australia and is an occasional lecturer to post-graduate psychology students at Griffith University.
Peter commenced his professional career at Mount Isa Mines in the Personnel Research section. Following his return to the University of Queensland to pursue post-graduate studies in organisational psychology, he joined a well known national consultancy specialising in psychological assessment and human resource consulting. After several years in the Brisbane and Sydney offices of this organisation, he joined a Queensland-based boutique management consultancy offering a range of services, particularly to the resources sector.
Since 1992, Peter has been the Principal of Compass Consulting and has also been actively involved in the professions of organisational psychology and management consulting.
Whilst Peter’s major focus has been in the area of psychological assessment, recruitment and outplacement, he has undertaken a broad range of assignments in his consulting career. He is a strong advocate of professional development and he is a regular attendee at the biennial Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference held in Australia under the auspices of the College of Organisational Psychologists. He has also attended several international conferences sponsored by the International Association of Applied Psychologists (IAAP) and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists (SIOP).