MEET THE MENTORS

PAST & PRESENT

These legends are forces to be reckoned with 💡

Chris Naoumidis

 

Co-founder & CEO @ Mindset Health 

 

Sakshi Thakur

 

Founder & CEO @ Humanism Global

 

Usman Iftikhar

 

CEO @ Catalysr

 

2018 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year

Emilee Freeman

 

Former CEO @ Oaktree Tasmania

 

 

COO of Future Isle 

Ashley Eadon

 

Youth Advocate for the United Nations

Abena Ofori

Talent Community Lead @ Who Gives A Crap

 

Paul Napthali

Co-founder & Partner @ Rampersand VC

Shuxi Wang

Former Global Marketing Manager @ Robogals

Abs Bulbuliya

Program Director,  Startupbootcamp Australia

Katherine Roan

Co-founder @ Edapt Education

 

Content Associate @ Edrolo

 

Aaron Ngan

 

CEO @ Junior Achievement Australia

 

Rukmini Babu

 

Social Enterprise Associate @ Impact Investing Australia

Fouad Elsaadi

 

Former Operations Coordinator @ Hatchquarter

 

Georgina Lewis

Former Designer @ 

Department of Premier & Cabinet

Josh Farr

Founder & CEO @ Campus Consultancy

 

MEET THE JUDGES

Claire Rogers

 

Former CEO @ World Vision Australia

Robin Lim

 

Former Head of Product Management @ NAB Australia

Sharndré Kushor

 

Former COO @ Crimson Education

 

 

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: Consumer Tech

Kevin Xiao 

 

Managing Director @ Breakthrough Education

Moyi Zheng

Principal Adviser (COVID19) @ Department of Jobs

 

Ashley Argoon

 

Education Editor @ Herald Sun

 

Journalist @ Border Mail

Dmitri Dalla-Riva

 

Managing Director @ Learnmate

 

Udemy Instructor

Shani Cain

 

Former CEO of Oaktree

 

Board Director @ ACFID

Talitha Devadass

 

CEO of Future Isle

 

 

Former Program Manager Van Diemens Project

Vannary Kong

 

Co-Founder @ the World is Watching

 

UN Youth Ambassador (Vietnam)

Rukaiyah Abdullah

Australian Coordinator @ UNCTAD Youth Action Hub

 

Steven Farrugia

Founder & CEO of Sharetree

 

Co-Founder of Vative Academy

Shanaka Jayakody

Co-Founder @ Trendy Rhino

 

MEET OUR SUPPORTERS

These superstars have supported us in ventures like Hack the Crisis Australia all the way to our regular educational programs like FutureHack: Unleashed.

Angela Bee Chan

 

CEO @ Hackathons International

 

 

Microgrid Evangelist @ Schneider Electric

Christina Gerakiteys

 

Co-CEO @ SingularityU Australia

 

Diletta Legowo

Vice-Curator @ World Economic Forum Global Shapers


Marketing Coordinator @ SPARK Deakin

Jeanette Cheah

 

CEO @ The Hacker Exchange

 

 

Board of Advisors @ PauseFest

 

Sarah Meredith

Country Director @ Global Citizen Australia

 

Former Senior Adviser to Minister for Environment

Jaclyn Benstead

CEO @ Gorillacom

CXO @ Hacker Exchange

Kim Anderson

Head of Growth Acceleration @ Amazon Web Services

Emily Casey

Former Community Coordinator @ Stone & Chalk

 

 

Founder @ What The Health

Helena Fern

Program Manager @ The Generator

 

Lucy Donaldson

Manager, Student Leadership @ Monash 

 

Marlowe Mackenzie

Head of Operations @ Catalysr

 

Strategic Manager @ HeyYou

 

Warwick Donaldson

Co-director @ Startup Grind Melbourne

 

 

Founder @ Startup-Funding

 

Bri Johnstone

Social Enterprise Lecturer @ UniMelb

 

Former Creative Director @ StartWest

 

Kieran White

Manager @ Bain & Company

 

Asher Meltzer

Former Global Head of Development @ Crimson Education

Manorani Guy

Co-founder @ VICWISE

 

Director @ Asian Student Accomodation

Raj Burli

Former Board Director @ UN Youth Australia

 

Christianne O’Donnell

Research Impact Manager @ UniMelb

 

Board Member @ Weave Movement Theatre

 

Dhanush Girish

Non-Executive Director @ Global Voices

 

Former CFO @ Oaktree

Tabatha Soltay

Experimenter in Residence @ Startup Wise Guys

Crystal McGregor

Co-founder & CEO of Puccto

 

Founding Director @ YEP Careers

Aqeel Camal

Founder & CEO @ Futures Collective

 

Former Consultant – Climate Change @ EY

Imana Sabrina

Co-founder @ Bridging Us

 

Christian Williams

Enterprise Academy Manager @ Mentone Girls’

 

Co-founder @ The STEM Circle

Dr Alison Livingstone

Lead Service Designer @ IAG

 

Former Service Designer @ Medibank

Chris Hope

CEO @ 100 Coffee Movement

Kennie Kurniawan

Marketing Manager @ The 11th Space

 

Co-Owner @ The Imperium

Alexander Horton

Managing Director @ econome

 

Angelena Roan

Founder @ Paper Plains Food Truck

 

 

Dominic Lai

Strategy Director @ Orvere

 

Mayu Balanchandran

Managing Director @ Intuition Academics

 

Curriculum Co-author @ Edrolo

Charlotte O’Leary

 

Medical Doctor @ The Royal Melbourne Hospital

 

Aryan Motevali

Former Vice-President @ Enactus Melbourne

 

 

Co-Director @ Cards for a Cause

 

Marrs Coiro

Co-Founder & CEO @ Polynize

 

Director @ Goodworthy

Patrick Ow

Corporate Planning Strategist

 

 

 

Donalito Jr Bales


Tech Delivery Senior Manager @ Accenture

Joanne Cheah

Clinical Trials @ Royal Children’s

 

Elle Brooker

Principal @ Artistic Licence

 

 

Michael Carniato

Co-Founder @ Digital Sanctum

 

Michele Hartz

Executive Director @ Greening The Desert