September 2026

Be the Business is a UK government-backed NFP supporting entrepreneurs and SMEs navigating growth challenges and building sustainable, productive businesses.

I am pleased to have accepted an invitation to join my fourth Advisory Board under the Be the Business Productivity Programme – an invitation that came directly from a CEO I have mentored through the programme’s Pathways to Potential initiative.

It is a role I find genuinely rewarding.  Drawing on my background as a founder and executive director, I bring both empathy and objectivity to the strategic challenges that business owners face – particularly around scaling, growth, and the decisions that carry real personal as well as commercial stakes.  For founder-owners especially, those two dimensions are rarely separate.

Three years into the Productivity Programme, I remain committed to the model: an independent, diverse group of successful business leaders who question, prompt, and guide – helping CEOs make evidence-based, risk-aware decisions and build businesses that deliver real value.

August 2026

I have recently completed my term as an Advisory Board member of Afghan Women on the Move Inc (AWOTM), a Sydney-based organisation supporting Afghan migrant and refugee women and their families to build lives of opportunity and independence in Australia.

Over more than two years, our highly-qualified board focused on building a governance and operations management framework designed to serve the organisation well into the future – work I’m proud to have contributed to, and which reflects my broader commitment to sound governance as a foundation for sustainable impact.

It has also been a privilege to deepen my understanding of the challenges faced by Afghan women in Australia, and to support an organisation led with remarkable courage and conviction by its founder. I remain committed to the belief that education and opportunity must be accessible regardless of gender, background, or circumstance, well beyond the formal conclusion of this role.