Founder & Chief Disruptor
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Non Executive Director
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Leader and influencer in the Australian Not-for-Profit sector
Karen Hayes is recognized as a dynamic influencer in the Australian Not-for-Profit sector. Between November 2011 and June 2022 she was the CEO of the Victorian Division of Guide Dogs Australia and is now a well-respected non-executive director on a number of boards. A past Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award finalist, Karen is currently a Board member of Multiple Sclerosis Ltd (8 years), The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (8 years) and is a past board member of Vision 2020 Australia, (5 years) Melbourne Football Cub (7 years) and Breast Cancer Network Australia (15 years) and the International Guide Dog Federation (2 years). Karen was one of the founders of Breast Cancer Network Australia, and as the co-founder of the Australian chapter of the International Women’s Forum (IWF), she continues to play a leadership role for women across several industries and communities globally. Under Karen’s leadership, Guide Dogs Victoria delivered a $30m capital campaign to trans
Leadership, coaching and mentoring Reinventing a Not for Profit Organisation Capital Campaign Fundraising Change Management Capital Campaign fundraising
Boards October 1998 – April 2013 Breast Cancer Network Australia January 2006 – June 2013 Melbourne Football Club November 2013 – September 2019 Vision 2020 Australia December 2013 – Current Multiple Sclerosis Limited January 2014 – Current Melbourne International Comedy Festival May 2019 – May 2022 Board Nominations Committee – auDA September 2020 – May 2022 International Guide Dog Federation Employment History 2011-Current 2006 - 2011 Guide Dogs Victoria UXC Limited · Chief Executive Officer · Director, Corporate Engagement & Human Capital Victoria Austral
Karen grew up in Kadina, a small country town in South Australia, the eldest of four children, to modest but hard-working parents. They were a family with deep family principles who instilled the values of honesty and integrity, service to others and a strong work ethic in Karen from an early age. She left school at just 15 years of age with an intense sense of enthusiasm and a strong determination to succeed. With no formal qualifications to her name, she began her career as a Loans Officer at the local bank. Within 10 years, Karen had climbed the corporate ladder and was travelling around the world in a variety of senior executive roles in the Information Technology and Business Services sector. In 1996, at the age of 37, Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer and her career took second place as she took on the fight of her life. After 5 years of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy treatments, Karen was declared cancer free. Grateful for her second chance at life, Karen was det
Girls with dreams become women with vision
Principal, Brabourne
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Board performance review and governance consultant. Escaped being an M&A lawyer.
Karina’s governance and board review experience ranges from S&P/ASX100 entities to arts institutions, in sectors spanning financial services to infrastructure. Karina understands commercial drivers for Australian and multi-national businesses and is financially literate. She is people-focused and builds trust with interviewees in order to draw out critical themes for organisations. Karina’s skills working with boards are enhanced by her previous career of over 25 years in corporate and commercial law, including 17 years as a partner of national law firms. At the time of leaving legal practice, Karina was listed as a leading lawyer for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law in Best Lawyers Australia. She is a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a member and graduate of the AICD. She is a former director and treasurer of IWF Australia Limited. She gives back to the legal profession through the NSW Law S
Board performance reviews Governance issues Leadership development Training Culture assessments Strategy facilitation
Professional experience Brabourne — 2019 to present (Sydney), Principal BoardsGlobal — 2019 (Sydney), Senior Director Johnson Winter & Slattery Lawyers — 2004 to 2019 (Sydney), Transactional and Advisory Partner Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) — 1997 - 2004Corporate Partner, 2001 to 2004 (Sydney, Perth)Corporate Senior Associate, 1997 to 2001 (Sydney, London) Rosenblum & Partners — 1993 to 1997 (Sydney) Education University of New South Wales — Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and Bachelor of Laws
Managing Director
+61412445865
NED/CEO and Founder
+61487774842
You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf!
Chief Diversity & People Officer, Tennis Australia
+61428103641
A passionate believer in finding the silver lining. A cheerleader of all things women & girls. Passionate about helping others be great leaders. A mum of 7 and lover of sport.... and good champagne.
Experienced human resources leader with multi industry experience. Passionate about helping other humans be at their best and creating workplaces where people can thrive. My passion project is helping young widowed people through loss and grief to go on to live a happy and fulfilling life.
Human Resources Practice, being widowed or tennis!
Live your life with courage and kindness (Cinderella)
Founding Director
+61402257357
Independent Chair
+61418846171
Director of Sales & Events
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