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David Dilger
Director,
Edge Legal
Rod Collinson
Director,
Edge Legal
David Dilger a co-founder and director of Edge Legal, a dedicated Employment & Safety practice for employers. He combines his technical legal expertise in employment and safety with a wealth of practical management experience achieved in a number of senior executive management roles.
David’s other previous senior executive management roles have included: Chief Workplace Relations Officer at an employer association, National HR Manager at a Manufacturing and a Telecommunications organisation, as well as Chief Executive Officer in Retail organisation where he led that organisation to National Finalist and Joint State (Tas.) Winner of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) People Management Awards. David regularly provides workplace training to managers applying his experiences arrived at in the Fair Work Commission, Anti-Discrimination Commission and Safety Investigations. David has a Bachelor of Arts and Laws, Master of Business Administration, Certificate IV Assessment and Workplace Training, Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice, and is an accredited DISC Advanced trainer.
Rod is a co-founder of Edge Legal and has particular expertise in people management issues, industrial disputes and advocacy. Prior to Edge Legal, Rod was the group head of an Employment & Safety Group in a mid-tier firm for 10 years. He also previously worked in a top tier law firm and as a consultant providing on-site services in the mining industry. This complemented a background in workers compensation law. 
Facilitating both
Workshops
"David was a knowledgeable and engaging facilitator who provided practical advice to companies."
- Group Manager, Employee Relations, Whitehaven Coal Limited
"Very well structured and well presented and I highly recommend business to sign up for their HR Teams to attend the whole 3 days to fully glean into the new changes and developments within the Human resources , current laws and legislation."
- Human Resources Advisor, Citic Pacific Mining Management Proprietary Limited
"The workshop is very thorough well worth attending, in conjunction with the conference. Provides real structure to the inveinvestigation process. Really valuable for anyone conducting show cause process with employees."
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- Human Resources Business Partner, Americold Australia Proprietary Limited
"Highly recommended event for any HR practitioner - the complaints process can be so complex and this workshop really gave myself and my team members valuable insights. Lots of knowledge gained and improvements I am ready to apply to our practise.."
- Human Resources Business Partner, Victorian Building Authority