Last Tuesday our Year 12 cohort had a session presented by former SHC student Tim Dettmann. Tim is an alumni from the class of 2004, being elected College Captain in that year and also achieved the prestigious College Dux award (although Tim suggests that his greatest claim to fame while at the College was that he was our legendary former tuckshop lady Delia’s favourite student).

After finishing his secondary school studies at Sacred Heart, Tim went on to complete a Physiotherapy Degree, receive an MBA and most recently joined the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He became a partner in his own Physiotherapy business (Keiser Australia) at the young age of 23 years, and over the last 14 years has built an organisation that helps 20,000 Australians every week with their physical and mental health.

Tim reached out to the College with an offer to speak with our students as a way of “giving back” to the place that he believed played such a large role in preparing him for success in business and the wellbeing field, flying down from Sydney specifically for the session.

For over an hour the Year 12 group were fully engrossed as Tim presented them with a series of anecdotes and research notes about such topics as:

• What he looks for, and doesn't look for, as an employer

• Exercise and the brain

• Exercise and mental health

• Exercise and physical health

• Collaboration and Teamwork

• Managing stress and anxiety

• Bringing a High Performance mindset to study as well as reminiscing upon his own SHC experience.

We greatly appreciate Tim’s willingness to return to the College to provide such a wonderful presentation to our senior cohort.

David De Grandi