MMS Unplugged

In part 2 of our ANZAC Special we cross live to  France where Pete is embedded in the Somme region for his yearly pilgrimage to Villers-Bretonneux where Australian troops participated in both battles, which took place in March and April 1918.

In this special episode of MMS Unplugged, Jeremy sits down with Joshua Stanfield, MMS's Head of Compliance and Group Privacy Officer, ahead of Privacy Awareness Week to demystify the evolving landscape of privacy compliance in 2026. 

In honour of our ANZACs we welcome Pete Grose for a special edition of Unplugged. Pete shares the remarkable story of his grandfather Frank Grose and his exploits in France during the First World War. Pete's book Yvon's Great Adventure chronicles Frank's stewardship of a young French lad, Yvon, who was displaced during the Battle of the Somme. You can buy Yvon's Great Adventure at the Australian War Memorial Shop.

Rachel visits Sydney to speak with a few of our Chatswood-based folk, starting with Karine Baghdasarayan. We'd love more Sydney staff to join us on Unplugged so have a listen to Karine's episode and then reach out to Phil W or Jess O for a chat!

We're delighted to be joined by our new Head of Operations (GRS), Peter Birch who shares his no-nonsense vision for better ways of serving our salary packaging and novated customers, and gives us an entertaining insight to what makes him tick.

We're joined by 2025 Hero Award winner Jordan Guthrie and Jez experiences complete aura loss when he realises that his Copilot-generated show notes are about Jordan Gomes! Another Unplugged first, but we recover quickly and go on to have a fantastic yarn.

In an Unplugged first, we're releasing an episode on the birthday of the guest! Happy birthday to the awesome Calvin Spencer – new captain of our Vic Relationship Associates and captain of the Whitefriars footy team! Calvin educates an ever-ignorant Jez on Aussie rules footy and convinces him to get a Border Collie…

Jess, Orla and Rach take over MMS Unplugged for International Women's Day! This special edition of the podcast dives straight into the honest, unfiltered experiences of women in the workplace.

Few roles touch every area of a business, but Head of Design CX and Transformation is one of them. Bonnie Mooney has one of the most complex and dynamic jobs at MMS and we're delighted to welcome her to the podcast to chat about how Customer Experience is something every one of us contributes to, and much more!

Dani Tang joins us from the Maxxia Client Relationships team and we attempt to talk shop but quickly take off on more interesting tangents! Take thirty and find out more about the life an times of one of our most vivacious RMs! 

From online gaming teammates to married colleagues, Travis and Laura Poole share a journey that blends work, life and partnership. In this interview, they reflect on how they met, how they came to work at RemServ, and what it’s really like to thrive side‑by‑side in the same team.

Sarah Roberts is an author of dark fantasy and paranormal romance with stories that draw readers in from page one. Her current works are The Horsemen Chronicles and The Bloodsong Series. Visit Sarah's website at www.serrarosewrites.com

Lynn Ong joins Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Herman Chan, a familiar face to MMS and a regular contributor to our learning community, including the MMS Leaders Conference 2024. Herman shares sharp insights on improving our ways of working and explores the real‑world pros and cons of using AI to drive process and continuous improvement.

We kick off Season 3 of MMS Unplugged with Oly's Jared Grant. Golfer, RAP Committee member, and proud straight edge and Jawoyn man – Jaryd shares his uniquely personal and fascinating journey across our wide brown land. Don't miss this episode. 

Christmas is perfect time to kick back with a book, so we've got three avid readers on Unplugged this week to wrap up the year and inspire your holiday reading with some of their top picks and even some books you may want to avoid! 

Christmas is all about giving, and right now our wonderful client Lifeblood Australia needs your help. Wendy Todd from Lifeblood joins us to explain how simply rolling up your sleeve this Christmas will literally save lives.

To mark International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) we talk with Phil Whitehead who recently hosted our Mick On Wheels episode. Phil speaks frankly and entertainingly about his experience of disability and offers a refreshing perspective on what can be a challenging paradigm to navigate for those without lived experience. 

To celebrate the first year of our health and wellbeing partnership with Sonder we welcome Senior Customer Success Manager at Sonder, Hannah Eydt-Long who reveals everything you might not know about our FREE Sonder wellbeing app.  

Sam Burnett is a creative communications pro with a background in advertising who's now writing copy for our GRS marketing team, but he's also a writer with two novel under his belt. Join Sam and Jeremy as they delve into the creative curse. 

In the past fortnight 320,000 Australians made a musical pilgrimage across five massive nights in Melbourne and Sydney, as the most anticipated rock reunion in decades took centre stage. Dan Lewis speaks to Jeremy about his experience and takes a stroll down nostalgia lane, reviewing the band and the anthems that will Live Forever. 

Better known as Mick On Wheels, our very own Mick Sattin sits down with Phil Whitehead to share his story and an exclusive performance of his powerhouse vocals that have been wowing audiences since 1997.With a voice that spans Rock, Pop, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Funk and Soul, he has performed across Australia and around the world, sharing stages with icons including Human Nature, Rex Goh (Air Supply), Mark Williams (Dragon), Angry Anderson (Rose Tattoo), Guy Sebastian, Doc Neeson (The Angels) and Mark Gable (The Choirboys).

For some outside of GRS and AMS, the Plan Support side of our business can remain somewhat mysterious. Natasha, however, having moved through the ranks at Maxxia and into Plan Partners, has the words and client relations skill to demystify things.  

Aussies F1 fans have their sights set on Oscar Piastri for our first World Champion since Alan Jones in 1980. But with only 14 points separating the hometown lad from his closest rival, and Max Verstappen closing in fast, it's coming down to the wire. Jeremy sits down with Paul O'Neill and Jon Dunstone to weigh up Oscar's chances and talk all things F1. 

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that Brenda is the force behind our recent migration to Windows 11, but there's a lot more to ‘end user computing’, and to Brenda. Here we discuss both in depth, a surprise interruption notwithstanding…  

It's Global Cybersecurity Month so we're catching up with MMS Cyber Compliance Analyst Meraz Hussain. Take a more conversational dive into this huge topic and learn how to safeguard your data and stay one step ahead of cybercriminals.

For our half-century episode we sit down with Antonia Albanese and quickly learn there's much more to MMS' new CEO - Group Remuneration Services than an intimidating job title, and that she can banter with the best of them! 

We found someone even more chatty than Jodie Grech! (sorry Jodez) – Tyson Vanderwolf (real name, no gimmicks) took time out of his visit to Melbourne for the Hero Awards and hit MMS Unplugged with such ferocity that we had to turn the mic gain down!

Jessica Ozols, Manager - Relationship Associates, joins us for fantastic chat spanning everything from R U OK? Day, to travel, pizza, cats and TV shows. Stick around to the end and find out which character Jess would be on both The Sopranos and Mad Men.  

Tim Bond isn't just a Maxxia Senior Relationship Manager, he's also a musician, an old school petrolhead with TWO Valiant VG Pacers, a model car collector and a Richmond fan. After talking shop for a bit we dive into all of this and more. 

As Property & WHS Manager, Jodie has one of the most hectic jobs in the business, with oversight of everything from building leases, to employee psycho-social health, to the kitchen fruit bowls, and we're delighted to welcome her to the podcast for a characteristically chatty chit-chat, which (perhaps not surprisingly) goes long, almost hitting the 60 minute mark! 

General Manager Sales & Customer Relations, Anthony Perri knows everything there is to know about our Asset Management business (AMS), and we're delighted to welcome him to MMS Unplugged to share his extensive knowledge (and talk a little footy).

He's hosted 29 episodes, but never been behind the microphone as a guest. That's right, the beating heart of MMS Unplugged is back for a special cameo, to shoot the breeze and tell us all about his new role at MMS.

Matt Carter is the creator and host of the Touched Out podcast, and winner of the 2024 Australian Parenting Podcast of the Year. award. Touched Out examines mental health through the lens of parenthood and has helped many parents from all around the world, but also serves as a therapeutic practice for Matt, who is himself no stranger to the struggle. 

Sustainability is everywhere right now, and you may have heard the term hundreds of times without really understanding what it's all about. So we're fortunate to have our Head of Sustainability, Tracey here to demystify this area of growing importance.

Cianna Walker and Olivia Coe Fox are a First Nations duo known for their dynamic and heartfelt presence on stage. They’ve performed alongside some of Australia’s most iconic artists, and we're honoured to host them in a special NAIDOC Week episode. Bonnie Mooney chats with Cianna and Olivia who treat us to three moving songs — live on MMS Unplugged.

What happens when you put a Sri Lankan and an Indian in a room together with two microphones? They're going to talk about food of course! Join Stu and Raja as they debate the nuances of their respective cuisines, and hear all about the new novated sales customer journey!

In this lively conversation, the wonderful Lynn Ong joins us from the Transformation Office and explains how she applies a chaotic artistic temperament to process mapping, as well as drawing, karaoke, video games, pets, and the perils and promises of AI.

We kick off Season 2 of MMS Unplugged with a new host and a great conversation with Plan Partners Team Leader Jess who speaks with Raja and Jeremy about travel, hiking, books, scary movies and her side gig as a pet sitter. 

In solidarity with National Road Safety Week, Tushar Warrier, B2B Marketing lead, speaks with Peter Frazer, founder of SARAH (Safer Australian Roads and Highways). Peter shares his moving story and speaks about the critical importance of road safety.  

Meet our new regular host, Raja Koushik and find out how a Data Governance Manager becomes a podcaster. We also talk about all the usual stuff like dogs and running. And stay tuned for Season 2 of MMS Unplugged! Check out Raja in the short film VAZHVIN AZHAME

With all the marathon runners we've had on the podcast, we really ought to rename it MMS Run Club or something, but you can't get to know Dan Lewis without talking about running. We delve deeper, though, and even dredge up an amusing piece of satire he wrote during lockdown.

One of MMS's original pranksters, we barely even scratch the surface with Liam… like the time he put sticky tape over the mouse lasers of everyone in his ops team, prompting an IT emergency! But we still had a great chat and plenty of laughs. 

Julien Walter was originally meant to be a co-host on MMS Unplugged… Find out what happened, and join us as we dive into Julien's key area of interest, a subject that hasn't come up before on the podcast – world history. 

Still unclear about our upcoming file migration to SharePoint? If you absorb facts better by hearing them explained, then this podcast is for you, where Matt Goodluck covers everything you need to know about moving your data from the MMS network drives before the end of May.https://mmsgau.sharepoint.com/SitePages/File-Share-Migration-1.aspx

To celebrate International Women's Day tomorrow, 8 March, Helene Gordon chats with Tracey-Lee Herbert and Justine Hall about work, family, motherhood, and this year's IWD theme #AccelerateAction. 

Anyone who's had anything to do with MMS websites will know Tas! But here at MMS Unplugged, we dig deeper, beyond putting a face to the name and putting a human to the face. Get to know the man behind the code and find out a bit more about Tas.

 Nick Hamilton may be the only person at MMS ever to run home from work in a full suit and dress shoes... Find out what led him to this and many other feats in both fitness and finance on MMS Unplugged this week! 

Jon speaks with Interleasing Business Development Manager, Simon Young about his new role, the fine art of sales, golf and oysters, and even attempts a mock cold call which immediately goes south! Find out why on MMS Unplugged. 

The host with the most is back fresh from his marriage in South Africa to speak with Senior People Business Partner, Toni Dimovski (in other words, the HR guy!) But here Toni puts the human in Human Resources and the people in People and Culture… 

Jeremy catches up with an old partner in crime, Krystal Halcon! Krystal is one of our rare breed – an MMS lifer! Celebrating 20 years in 2025, we chat about Krystal's epic journey here, as well as motherhood, Japan, pizza, introversion, and even aspects of her latest role in cybersecurity.