Dr Colin Harrison (PhD)
Founder and Director, H C Maïa Services
Dr Colin Harrison holds a PhD in Neurocognitive Linguistics and brings over 30 years’ expertise in professional and business communication. He has worked as a teacher, trainer and consultant, delivering high-impact individual and group programs that improve workplace communication and performance.
Colin served for many years as a senior lecturer in the French university system (Université de Strasbourg, Université de Technologie de Belfort‑Montbéliard, Université de La Rochelle), where he taught language and communication and consulted on cultural adaptation for French multinationals. More recently he has supported the Australian Employment Services sector, Local Government and community organisations nationwide in project development and government grant processes. He has served on the board of the Hobsons Bay Community Advancement Cooperative and on the Client Services Industry Reference Committee (IRC), contributing to the direction of Australia’s VET sector.
Colin combines exceptional writing, presentation and interpersonal skills with strong data management and IT capability. He is a calm, solutions‑focused professional who delivers clear, practical outcomes.
Testimonials
“Dr Colin Harrison of H C Maia Services was first engaged with Bamara as part of the tender team that helped us to secure major Federal Government tenders for the next 5 years. We greatly appreciated not only Colin’s skills and experience, but also his capacity to understand our business and to quickly forge strong working relationships with our staff. We have subsequently contracted him as a Business Development Advisor on an ongoing basis. He has worked closely with our management team over the last year, and has provided invaluable support through a period of rapid expansion, as well as being instrumental in bringing Bamara in excess of $1m worth of business through grants and tenders.”
“H C Maia Services has been a real asset to our business. Colin is very easy to work with, understands issues quickly, is engaged and adaptable, and works efficiently and transparently. He handles small admin tasks with the same ease as large scale projects, is very good with research and data management, and gets along with everyone. I would highly recommend his services to anyone whose business has lots of moving parts and could do with an extra, very experienced and professional multi-tasking hand.”
“I have been incredibly impressed by the services provided by Dr Colin Harrison and am committed to the ongoing utilisation of his expertise and impressive array of skills as a result. H C Maia Services are an absolute asset to our business and highly recommended.”
“We engaged H C Maia Services to assist with the administration of our first hybrid National Conference in 2021. They also regularly provide management and communications webinars for our members. H C Maia offer a responsive, transparent, and high-quality service spanning several communication and data-management needs. They are a pleasure to work with, and we would recommend them without hesitation. ”
“H C Maia edited my first blogs and website text and composed my introductory emails for my marketing campaign. They were a pleasure to work with and very responsive to my ideas/needs. Great value for money for quality copy.”
“For my second overseas mission, I had the opportunity to benefit from a new cultural workshop. That is how I came to work with Colin and how I was able to appreciate his different qualities: spontaneity, open-mindedness, good communication skills, double culture and above all responsiveness to my needs. I can’t recommend him highly enough to anyone needing a communications expert with a double culture and who wanted in addition to benefit from his good humour and open-minded nature.”
“Colin est un excellent formateur. Il est bon pédagogue et maîtrise parfaitement son sujet. En outre, c’est une personne avec qui il est agréable de travailler.
(Colin is an excellent trainer. He has a good pedagogical style, a perfect control of his information, and what’s more, he is very pleasant to work with.)”