Advisory Board

Executive leader with vision, passion and talent for leveraging data, digital and information technologies to create outcomes for people and organisations. Consistently delivering outstanding results across industries and business domains internationally.

Inspiring leader with a strategic mindset and customer-centricity translating strategy into clear actions. A catalyst for innovation and transformation, driving demand and adoption of effective technology solutions.

A team-oriented and collaborative leader who works effectively in diverse and complex situations, fostering a high-performance culture. An authentic, transparent, curious, and lifelong learner, committed to excellence and customer satisfaction.

Helena is currently the Head of Programs at Women’s Mental Health Australia. She is passionate about reshaping how women experience mental health support, care and connection in Australia through scalable, evidence-informed programs.

With a background spanning management consulting and the mental health sector — including roles with Black Dog Institute and beyondblue — she brings a blend of commercial thinking, innovation and systems insight to program design and growth.

Having also sat on Boards and founded her own businesses, Helena understands the pressures women and mums face balancing work, caregiving and life’s demands. She focuses on building and scaling initiatives that improve access, strengthen early support, and help women feel seen, supported and empowered.

Experienced leader with over 20 years’ experience across multiple sectors in Australia and the UK including health care, higher education and financial services.

Experienced in initiating and leading large programs of work throughout the project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and close) including development of complex and robust business cases, obtaining Board approval, vendor negotiation, establishment of program and change management offices (PMO/CMO) and all facets of governance (risk and issue management, benefits realisation).

Has led multi-disciplinary teams in healthcare, advisory services, higher education institutions and financial services, in both operational and project delivery focused roles.

Results-focused technologist with proven ability to develop leaders at all levels, drive omni-channel digital transformation, align digital with business strategy and deliver an employee and customer focused experience.

Repeated success in delivering value in complex industries such as transport and supply chain, retail, legal and investment banking. Strong analytical and consulting background to drive transformational change, innovation and lead organisations to business sustainability and enterprise agility.

Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills and able to build and retain a passionate, energised workforce.

Transformed NetApp’s managed services from fragmented regional operations to a unified global business generating multi-million dollar revenue across 24 countries at exit with industry-leading margins. Built the services business by partnering with sales to add recurring revenue components to hardware deals.

His approach centres on people and customers. Mike develops teams by helping people move from a fixed to a growth mindset. When teams perform well, customers get better outcomes, and business results follow. He maintained less than 2% staff turnover with zero voluntary direct report losses over seven years.

Global Vice President with 20+ years’ experience driving business performance through talent, leadership, learning and organisational capability across Fortune 500, technology, consulting and high-growth organisations.

Sarah has led global Talent, Leadership, Learning, Organisation Development and Employee Engagement functions, partnering with CEOs, CHROs and executive teams to align people strategy, culture and organisational capability with business strategy. Her work spans building leadership capability, designing enterprise skills strategies, accelerating AI enablement and workforce readiness, and delivering business transformation.

As an MSc-qualified Human Performance & Mental Skills Consultant in elite sport, Sarah brings a distinctive perspective on what enables individuals, teams and organisations to perform under pressure, sustain high performance and adapt through change. It shapes how she develops leaders and builds high-performing teams — and how she helps organisations optimise human performance, preparing their workforce for the age of AI.