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Researcher, Executive Advisor and Author

Former Head of Innovation and Creativity, Disney

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Principal and Director, Influenceo Global

Transformation, Communications and People Group Executive, Telstra

Director, Generation One, Minderoo Foundation

Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University of South Australia

Chief Operations Officer, Employer Branding Australia

Founder, The Resilience Project

Journalist and Author

CEO, 100things

Deputy Director-General - Workforce Capability and Governance and Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations at Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development

Commissioner of Resilience NSW

Chair, AHRI Future of Work Advisory Panel

Director of the Centre for the New Workforce, Swinburne University

Founder, FutureFit Co

Founder & Principal futurist, Work Futures

Chief Edge Officer, Centre for the Edge, Deloitte

People and Culture Executive, EnergyAustralia

Senior Director of Equitable Design, Product & People at Culture AmpFounder of The Mathpath

VP, Research & Advisory, Gartner

PhD (Sheffield), John Curtin Distinguished Professor Director, Centre for Transformative Work Design Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University

Michael McQueen, Trend forecaster and bestselling author

Chief Learning Architect, KPMG

ACT State President

Chief Human Resources & Communications Officer, SEEK

Manager - Market Research, SEEK

Partner, Forensic Services, BDO Australia

Public Service Commissioner

Environmental Psychologist | Head of Customer Futures, Lendlease

HR Director PepsiCo Australia & New Zealand

First Assistant Secretary, People and Culture, Department of Home Affairs

Head of Consulting, Human Synergistics Australia

Principal Psychologist and Director, APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit

Framework Implementation Lead, APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit

Organisational Psychologist, APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit and former Mental Health and Wellbeing Adviser, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

National Indigenous Manager, People and Culture, Australia Post

Chair, Productivity Commission

Executive Lead, First Nations Engagement, Lendlease

Marketing Director, Indeed

AHRI Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Panel Chair | Chief People Officer, VetPartners

Principal, Diversity KnowHow

Head of Indigenous Employment, Generation One, Minderoo Foundation

Director of Human Resources, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

Strategic services lead, School of Cybernetics, Australian National University

Non-Executive Director, AHRI | Chief Executive Officer, Braemar Hospital

Professor of Human Resource Management and Deputy Dean Research & Innovation, School of Management, RMIT University

Chief People Officer, National Indigenous Australians Agency

Founder and CEO, mwah | AHRI Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Panel

Co-Founder, mwah

Chief Operating Officer Corporate Group

Chair, AHRI Public Sector Advisory Panel | Non-executive Director, AHRI

Director of Red Wagon Workplace Solutions | South Australian State President, AHRI

Co-Founder, Yellow Canary

State HR Manager – NSW/QLD, Target Australia

Deputy Commissioner, ATO People, Australian Taxation Office

Educational Experiences Lead, Associate Director (Research), and Senior Lecturer, Australian National University

Chief People Officer, The Department of the Treasury

Executive Counsel, Nine Entertainment Co

Leadership coach, author and advisor

Director –Employee experience and Digital Transformation | Product owner of WorkforceX, Deloitte

Partner – HR Transformation | Human Capital, Deloitte

Executive General Manager HR, InvoCare

Chief People and Strategy Officer, Credit Union SA

Creative Technologist, VR Learning Designer & Account Executive

Director – Inclusion, Diversity & Wellbeing, Transport for NSW

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Liz Wiseman
Researcher, Executive Advisor and Author
Duncan Wardle
Former Head of Innovation and Creativity, Disney
Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Shadé Zahrai
Principal and Director, Influenceo Global
Alexandra Badenoch FAHRI
Transformation, Communications and People Group Executive
Shelley Cable
Director, Generation One at Minderoo Foundation
Dr Ruchi Sinha
Organisational Psychologist, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University of South Australia
David Concannon CPHR
Chief Operations Officer, Employer Branding Australia
Hugh Van Cuylenburg
Founder, The Resilience Project
Mimi Kwa
Journalist and Author
Sebastian Terry
CEO, 100things
Shane Fitzsimmons AO AFSM
Commissioner of Resilience NSW
Suzi Woodrow-Read
Executive Director, Leadership and Capability at Queensland Public Service Commission
Dr Damian West FCPHR
Deputy Director-General – Workforce Capability and Governance and Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations at Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development
Dr Ben Hamer
Chair, AHRI Future of Work Advisory Panel, Lead, Future of Work, PWC
Dr Sean Gallagher
Director, Centre for New Work, Swinburne University
Andrea Clarke
Founder, FutureFit Co
Reanna Browne
Founder & Principal futurist, Work Futures
Peter Williams
Chief Edge Officer, Centre for the Edge, Deloitte
Aaron McEwan FAHRI
VP, Research & Advisory, Gartner
Aubrey Blanche
Senior Director of Equitable Design, Product & People at Culture Amp
Founder of The Mathpath
Sharon Parker
PhD (Sheffield), John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Director, Centre for Transformative Work Design
Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University
Michael McQueen
Trend forecaster and bestselling author
Emile Perrine
Chief Learning Architect, KPMG
Stephanie Waddon FCPHR
ACT State President
Stan Gallo
Partner, Forensic Services, BDO Australia
Kathrina Lo
Public Service Commissioner
Natalie Slessor
Environmental Psychologist | Head of Customer Futures, Lendlease
Anita Patrick
HR Director PepsiCo Australia & New Zealand
Tiffany Blight CPHR
First Assistant Secretary, People and Culture, Department of Home Affairs
Corinne Canter
Head of Consulting, Human Synergistics Australia
Rachael McMahon
Principal Psychologist and Director, APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit
Sam Junor
Framework Implementation Lead, APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit
Lucy Lyons
Organisational Psychologist, APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit and former Mental Health and Wellbeing Adviser, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Barbara Sheehy AAICD
National Indigenous Manager, People and Culture, Australia Post
Michael Brennan
Chair, Productivity Commission
Cath Brokenborough
Executive Lead, First Nations Engagement, Lendlease
Rachael Townsley
Marketing Director, Indeed
Dr Michelle Phipps FCPHR
AHRI Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Panel Chair | Chief People Officer, VetPartners
Fiona Krautil CPHR
Principal, Diversity KnowHow
Liz Griffin FCPHR
Head of Indigenous Employment, Generation One, Minderoo Foundation
Mathew Paine CPHR
Director of Human Resources, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Maia Gould
Strategic services lead, School of Cybernetics, Australian National University
Fiona Michel FCPHR
Non-Executive Director, AHRI | Chief Executive Officer, Braemar Hospital
Andrew Timming FCPHR
Professor of Human Resource Management and Deputy Dean Research & Innovation, School of Management, RMIT University
Paula Brewer
Chief People Officer, National Indigenous Australians Agency
Rhonda Brighton-Hall FCPHR
Founder and CEO, mwah | AHRI Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Panel
James Hancock
Co-Founder, mwah
Leanne Blackley
Chief Operating Officer Corporate Group
Carmel McGregor PSM FCPHR
Chair, AHRI Public Sector Advisory Panel | Non-executive Director, AHRI
Susan Sadler CPHR
Director of Red Wagon Workplace Solutions | South Australian State President, AHRI
Marcus Zeltzer
Co-Founder, Yellow Canary
Robert King FCPHR
State HR Manager – NSW/QLD, Target Australia
Bradley Chapman FCPHR
Deputy Commissioner, ATO People, Australian Taxation Office
Ben Swift
Educational Experiences Lead, Associate Director (Research), and Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
Cristy England CA CPHR
Chief People Officer, The Department of the Treasury
Jarrad Parker
Executive Counsel, Nine Entertainment Co
Sonia McDonald
Leadership coach, author and advisor
Heidi Chambers
Director –Employee experience and Digital Transformation | Product owner of WorkforceX, Deloitte
Kirsten Watson
Partner – HR Transformation | Human Capital, Deloitte
Penny Lovett FCPHR
Executive General Manager HR, InvoCare
Liana Reinhardt FCPHR
Chief People and Strategy Officer, Credit Union SA
Zerafina Zara
Creative Technologist, VR Learning Designer & Account Executive
Gina Bass
Director – Inclusion, Diversity & Wellbeing, Transport for NSW