Quietly Powerful Leader Interviews

Below are short previews of the Quietly Powerful Leader Interviews and more will be added as interviews are completed.

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Aneetha de Silva, Managing Director, Government at Aurecon

Angie Paskevicius, CEO and Executive Director of Holyoake, Non-Executive Director on multiple Boards, Executive coach and Speaker

Anne Flanagan, Former CFO at RACV, Director on Boards

Brad Chan, CEO of Banna Property Group; Founder of Haymarket HQ

Caroline Stainkamph, Project Manager at IOOF; Board member and Program Director at Vic ICT for Women

Clive Peter, Senior HR Leader, Most recently Manager, People & Culture at the City of Melbourne

Dianne Jacobs, Founding Principal – The Talent Advisors; Former Partner Goldman Sachs JBWere

Dr Jason Fox, Arch-Wizard of The Cleverness, 2016 ‘Keynote Speaker of the Year’, Pioneering Leadership & Motivation Design

Dr Jenny Brockis, Medical Doctor and Specialist in brain health and high performance thinking

Elizabeth Proust, Chairman of Bank of Melbourne, Nestle Australia, former Chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2010 Officer of the Order of Australia

Fiona Adler, Entrepreneur and 3rd Australian woman to summit Everest

Gio Stagno, Global Technology Audit Lead at Takeda, Former Partner at Ernst & Young

Helen MacFarlane, Partner at Addisons Lawyers

Jane Bird, Former Global IT Business Operations Manager at Simplot Australia

Katrina Webb, Paralympic Gold Medalist, International Speaker, Leadership and Personal Mastery Consultant

Kevin Larkins, Interim CEO of the Bodhi Bus, Experienced senior executive and coach

Lisa Evans, Director, Speaking Savvy, Professional Speaker, Public Speaking and Storytelling Coach

Liz Compton, Director People & Culture at Auto & General

Mark Lowy, President, Project Management Institute Melbourne Chapter; Principle Consultant, Guava Project Consulting

Michelle Grocock, Ironman and Executive General Manager, Internal Audit at National Australia Bank

Oscar Trimboli, Author of Deep Listening and Breakthrough, Speaker and Mentor

Paul Boasman, Former Executive, Financial Strategy & Performance at Telstra

Ruth Picker, Partner at Ernst & Young and Songwriter

Simon Harrington, Ex-Rear Admiral with the Royal Australian Navy

Stacey Barr, Performance Measure & KPI Specialist ✦ Author of “Prove It!”​ & “Practical Performance Measurement”​ ✦ Creator of PuMP

Steve Hodgkinson, CIO, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Susan Allen, Former Executive General Manager at RACV, now Board Member

Susan Middleditch, Deputy Secretary, Corporate & Regulatory Services at Victoria Police

Yamini Naidu, Business Storyteller, Speaker and Author; The world’s only economist turned storyteller

Peter Dempsey, Professional Motivational Speaker

Graeme McKenzie, Managing Partner, Financial Services Oceania at EY

Maisie Lam, Digital Experience APAC at Uber

Paula Giles, Former Partner at Accenture and senior executive leader at numerous global organisations

Jean Sum, Growth and Partnerships Manager at No To Violence and Founder of Sum of Jean

Lynn Morrison, Partner at Ernst and Young, Oceania China Assurance Lead

Christine Kennedy, Partner at Ernst and Young, Asia Pacific Technology Transformation Leader

Leigh Glassner, Former Deputy Commissioner at Vic Police, Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant

Laura Peel, Two time Olympian and World Cup Champion in Aerial Skiing

Miriam Silva, Non-Executive Director on multiple boards

Dr. John Yu, Former Paediatrician and Chief Executive at Westmead Children’s Hospital, Australian of the Year 1996

Priyani Withanarachi, Former automotive and supply chain Executive

Judy Tomas, General Manager at Mission Australia

Steve Fontana, Former Assistant Commissioner at Victoria Police

Darryl Carr, Consulting Enterprise Architect and Builder of Professional Communities

Yu-Lan Chan, Chief Executive Officer at ACT Gambling and Racing Commission

Ed Frauenheim,