Executive Leader
Business Coach
Women Sport Advocate
Matilda Cap #2
A Bit About Me
I have lived my life as a trailblazer, proudly wearing the mantle of
“Matilda Cap #2” – as a player in the inaugural Australian National Women’s Soccer Team. I bring a unique model of strategy, resilience, and stamina developed through my experiences in breaking through a male dominated sport environment, my academic and corporate leadership and traversing through prejudices in relation to women in sport, leadership and women in the workplace.
I have lived my life as a trailblazer, proudly wearing the mantle of “Matilda Cap #2” – as a player in the inaugural Australian National Women’s Soccer Team. I bring a unique model of strategy, resilience, and stamina developed through my experiences in breaking through a male dominated sport environment, my academic and corporate leadership and traversing through prejudices in relation to women in sport, leadership and women in the workplace.
Executive Leader and Business Coach
I am passionate and committed to leading organisations and multi-disciplined teams to optimise strategic growth and sustainability. I draw on expertise and intuition developed over thirty years of leadership roles across small business, universities, For-Purpose and sporting organizations.
- Over the past 8 years as an ‘Interim Executive leader’ I have brought my experience and expertise across all aspects of business operations, HR, IT, marketing and communications to guide leadership in small businesses and organizations through growth transition.
- Over a period of 12 years as Managing Director I was a key driver in developing a small business operating locally to a national and internationally renowned consultancy.
- Over a period of 10 years, I built an academic career from University Lecturer to Professor and Head of School and internationally successful medical researcher.
Women’s Sport Advocate
My passion and achievements power my endeavor to advocate for women and girls not only through being Matilda Cap #2 and national coach but also through my accomplishments in exercise, medicine, and sport; including the International Olympic Committee for Women and Sport, an inaugural committee member of Women Sport Australia, President and Board Member of Australian Exercise and Sport Science, and Sports Medicine Australia Fellow and Women in Sport Committee. I have been the recipient of numerous international and national awards and published extensively in top ranking international journals in medicine, exercise and sport.
