Economics and advice that stand up to scrutiny.

I am a chair and director with more than a decade of governance experience across health, justice, education and community services. I have led significant organisational transformation, including restructurings, mergers, acquisitions and CEO transitions. I currently serve as Chair of thread: community + healht, a board member of Carine Senior High School, and an advisory board member of Future Forward Australia.

From 2019 to 2025, I was Executive Officer of The Piddington Society. During that time, I led its growth from a volunteer-led network into a nationally recognised legal education and access to justice institution with a year-round program of training and professional development, including bespoke programs now used across Australia. By the time I concluded, Piddington was working closely with courts across Western Australia, as well as Chief Justices and Attorneys General across Australia, and had the largest digital presence of any legal organisation in Western Australia and the second-largest nationally.

I served as Chair of Sussex Street Community Law Service, WA’s oldest and largest community legal centre, including a 12-month period as Executive Chair, during a time of significant financial, governance and funding uncertainty. He strengthened management, financial oversight and organisational systems while maintaining continuity of services. He also led the development and implementation of the merger with Palmerston, securing a more sustainable long-term home for Sussex Street’s services, staff and community relationships.

I served as the inaugural Chair of Rainbow Futures WA, guiding its development from a grassroots network into an incorporated organisation and Western Australia’s LGBTIQA+ peak body. During his tenure, RFWA strengthened its governance, membership and capacity for coordinated advocacy with government and community.

My analysis and commentary on economics, workplaces, public policy and reform have appeared across Australian and international media. I have written for The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald and The West Australian, and my work has been featured by the ABC, BuzzFeed, The Hill (US) and The Straits Times (Singapore), and I appear regularly on radio and television.

I am an experienced conference and workplace speaker. I have presented at major industry and academic events, including the Australian Conference of Economists, the National Native Title Conference, the WA Family Law Conference and AHRI’s WA State Conference. I also regularly speak to boards, executive teams, workplaces and professional groups on the economy, labour market and workplace issues, governance, public policy, organisational change and strategic decision-making.

My background includes degrees from the University of Notre Dame Australia and Curtin University, together with further education through the Governance Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Oxford.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK), a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society (UK), a Professional Member of the Economic Society of Australia, and a member of the Royal Economic Society (UK), Industrial Relations Society of Western Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

As an Australia Day Ambassador for 10 years, I delivered Australia Day addresses in Albany, Broome, Derby, Esperance, Geraldton, Katanning, Mullewa and York. In Broome in 2020, I delivered the Address in English, Noongar and Yawuru.

I am an avid runner and have previously competed in triathlons. I prefer to read non-fiction, but my book club encourages me to read more widely. I enjoy getting out of the city as often as possible into regional areas. I am a proud public school kid.