YOUNG ACHIEVER

Frankston City Council

CHRISSY ATHANASOPOULOS Coordinator Continuous Improvement

Chrissy Athanasopoulos is a personable, self-aware young leader who is quick to garner credibility, with a strong focus on relationship building. Highly organised with a bias for action, Chrissy’s leadership is authentic and empowers others, providing a model for all professionals working alongside her looking to progress their careers.

Destined for senior leadership, Chrissy has displayed all the traits and characteristics sought in a leader yet has continued to look for avenues of personal growth and professional improvement. Having come from a Statutory Planning administrative support role without a transformation or leadership background, she has come to lead some of the largest teams within an enterprise-wide transformation department in only a few years.

In Chrissy's short time at Frankston City Council, she has successfully acted as the Coordinator Digital and Data for four months during a critical period of business transformation and has gone on to act as the Coordinator Continuous Improvement for a further six months.

Chrissy has driven critical improvements within Statutory Planning, Customer Service, as well developing the council's critical transformation pipeline for 2022.

Not only has Chrissy deftly switched between roles, managing multiple staff, and ensuring all projects remained on track, she has also supported newly adopted teams by empowering them to work autonomously while offering tangible support and direction as required. Upon return to the role of Continuous Improvement Officer, Chrissy delivered a critical roadmap for the organisation’s highest priority element of its transformation program, Future Ready Frankston. In the process, she oversaw an increase from 63 per cent to 71 per cent in staff engagement from her team in 2022.