Mentors

Frank is the Co-Founder and Director of iTree Pty Limited, which develops software solutions for government agencies in Australia and New Zealand. B2B and B2G sales and marketing specialist.

After 10 years of running his own social impact company, gDiapers in the US, UK and Europe with his wife Kim, they have returned home to Sydney to raise their sons as Aussies. They continue to run the business and are finding ways to share all the things they have learned launching and running a triple-bottom line business that creates meaning and money.

Aly is a design and sustainability entrepreneur specializing in invention development. He has launched products for some of the most exciting consumer brands and has garnered more than two dozen patents.

Adam is an investor, mentor, board member, and new technologies competition judge with 20 years of experience in clean energy, water and hardware companies.

Dean and Executive Director of The Food Business School, Will is also the founding CEO of The Republic of Tea, winner of the Oslo Business for Peace Award and developed the country’s first MBAs in Social Entrepreneurship and Venture Development.

A tech entrepreneur with experience founding companies, building resilient tech systems and mentoring startups. Co-founder of digital receipt startup Grabble, which sold to Walmart Labs in under a year.

Passionate about making a difference by helping clients better understand their business and its potential, exploit opportunities and solve challenges. He provides a range of tax and business advisory services to help clients grow and succeed.

Boutique design studio in Berry, working with small and medium sized businesses across the Shoalhaven, Illawarra and Sydney regions on large and small scale projects, including branding, user experience, websites, digital marketing and SEO. 

Mario’s research and teaching activities are centred on exploring how responsible executive action leads to positive individual, organisational and social outcomes.

Founded and ran UK company supplying national mass merchandisers and independents for nearly 24 years, developing long term relationships with continental EU suppliers, working across languages and cultures. 

Kristina has extensive international business experience, in power generation, agriculture and food sectors. She delivers on multi-stakeholder solutions in complex, dynamic global business environments.

A medicinal chemist and pharmacologist with research experience in drug discovery and development in academia in the UK, Australia, and Ireland. Last 20 years teaching pharmacology to medical students, pharmacologists, and medicinal chemists at UNSW. Experienced in supervision and mentoring of research students and post-doctoral scientists in cancer drug discovery. 

Media consultant with over 40 years’ experience in journalism and public relations, including 24 years with Fairfax and 6 years editing the Illawarra Mercury. His Illawarra-based media consultancy serves regional and national clients, and he is the author of 7 books.

Has developed an extensive business improvement plan that he implements with clients to achieve their business and lifestyle goals, including a focus on profit drivers, tax strategies, marketing strategy, business model, teams and monitoring/measurement. 

Advocate for older Australians. Innovator for social change. Experienced General Counsel and Aged Care Lawyer. Passionate. Community focused. Collaborative.

Taka has worked with many major global companies as well as on various government projects with numerous stakeholders, and successfully met targets and objectives. Since establishing Global Solutions Strategies (GSS), he has worked with a variety of SMEs, developing and implementing creative strategies to build their business and overcome their challenges, and has provided assistance to Federal, State and local governments by acting as their Small Business Specialist/Lead Consultant.

Dr Steve Andersen OAM MBBS FRCPA BSC FIAC MAACB MASM has a background in Science, Medical, Pathology, Business and Education.  He founded Southern-IML Pathology which has grown from 4 to 350 employees and past winner of the Illawarra Business Awards and Australian Business Excellence Awards.

Glenn is the Managing Director of Haworth Guitars Pty Ltd and has grown his business from a small guitar store to one of the largest musical instrument retailers in Australia with multiple store locations and a world class eCommerce site. Glenn also founded the Haworth Music School which now has approximately 400 students receiving music lessons on a weekly basis. Glenn also enjoys helping other small to medium-sized businesses grow by coaching and mentoring them as a side project.

Paula Dunn is an accidental entrepreneur, Behavioural Scientist, International Award-Winning Speaker, Organisational and Leadership Expert. She is the Founder and CEO of No Limits Consulting.  Over her 20 years within the Medical and Scientific industries, she has worked with leaders for some of the biggest brands in the world such as Eli Lilly, Cochlear and Roche Pharmaceuticals.

Paula’s best known for helping women conquer life with a confident mindset so that they may succeed in whatever passions lie within whether it’s becoming an Entrepreneur or Intrapreneur.