The President of Industry Professor Association takes pride in presenting this citation to Industry Professor – Martin DELABAT
Industry Experience
Martin Delabat is an accomplished Australian industry practitioner with more than two decades of experience in project and programme delivery, business transformation, and ICT-enabled organisational uplift. Based in Brisbane and leading Betterbiz Projects, he has established a career defined by practical execution, governance leadership, and the delivery of complex transformation initiatives across multiple sectors.
His experience spans financial services, government, resources, media and consulting environments, reflecting a breadth of exposure to highly regulated and operationally demanding industries. Through his consultancy, he has led programmes involving project governance, PMO transformation, shared services uplift, customer engagement systems, and technology and cyber capability development. This work demonstrates a consistent focus on aligning people, process and technology to deliver measurable business outcomes.
Mr Delabat’s career trajectory is further supported by a long-standing presence in the Australian business landscape, with professional activity traceable back to the early 2000s and culminating in the establishment of Betterbiz Projects as a formal consultancy entity in 2023. His firm’s association with major organisations, including financial institutions and government bodies, indicates sustained engagement at enterprise level.
In addition to domestic delivery, his work includes international engagement, with evidence of professional speaking and relationship-building activity in Southeast Asia. This combination of technical delivery expertise and cross-border engagement reflects a practitioner operating at senior level within the transformation and programme management domain.
Industry Endorsements
Mr Delabat’s professional standing is reinforced through formal recognition mechanisms and market validation. His consultancy, Betterbiz Projects, is listed within the Business Ready QAssure accreditation framework, an initiative managed by Business Chamber Queensland that applies structured due diligence and compliance checks to approved suppliers. This accreditation provides independent confirmation of capability, governance standards, and readiness to deliver within government and enterprise environments.
The firm’s registration as an Australian proprietary company, alongside its visibility within professional networks, further supports its legitimacy and operational standing. Public indicators, including a growing professional following and engagement with recognised organisations, reflect ongoing market trust and relevance.
Peer recognition is also evidenced through documented client references associated with major institutions, where his leadership in programme delivery has been described as restoring organisational confidence and successfully delivering complex strategic initiatives. These endorsements highlight both his technical capability and his influence as a leader within high-performance environments.
Industry Training
A defining element of Martin Delabat’s contribution is his commitment to mentoring, capability building, and practical knowledge transfer. Through Betterbiz Projects, he provides structured mentoring and development for team members, embedding delivery discipline, governance standards, and real-world programme management capability.
His approach to client engagement also reflects a training orientation, with an emphasis on quality assurance, coaching, and the transfer of practical knowledge during project delivery. This ensures that organisations not only achieve outcomes but also build internal capability to sustain improvement.
Mr Delabat also contributes to broader knowledge sharing through public commentary, thought leadership and speaking engagements, including international business forums. These activities demonstrate his willingness to engage with wider professional communities and share insights on organisational change, technology adoption and programme execution.
While his public training footprint is emerging, the available evidence confirms a practitioner who actively develops others through applied experience, mentorship and real-world delivery—hallmarks of an Industry Professor operating at the intersection of practice and learning.
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As CEO of Industry Professor Association, I have a passion for education and learning that leads towards a productive outcome for Industry. The Industry Professor Association is a non-profit organisation that recognises industry expertise and experience and helps members gain the ultimate recognition of their Industry career. We also help organise their industry expertise by converting it into digital learning products and sharing it with a learner hungry world.
As a previous Head of School – Southbank Institute of Technology, it gave me great insight into educational design, corporate client learning needs, government policy and strategies. My goal was to meet the needs of industry in regards to providing graduates who were highly trained in practical skills and employability skills. Whilst meeting the learning style of a generation that is highly engaging with communication channels, and immersed in collaboration to gain learning at their time, place and pace.