The role of the highly qualified and respected Advisory Board is to support the strategic direction of Victorian Leaders and inspire our Members with valuable insights and connections.
Executive Chairman, Advisory Board
Driven by the focus and purpose of guiding, supporting and advising business owners to achieve their goals and aspirations, Matt has had an extensive career in business, experiencing every aspect from start-up to sale, from private company to listed public company. As a Chartered Accountant, Matt has advised thousands of businesses as CFO, Mentor, and Advisor. At heart, he is an educator, always loving to teach business owners a better way to make their businesses thrive and their life easier, as demonstrated in his book, Dream to Realisation – The Business Owner's Journey, and his podcast, The Spirit of Business.
Matt founded a unique accounting and advisory firm evolved through a merger with the ASX-listed Prime Financial Group Ltd, where he now serves as Executive Director and continues to assist business owners in realising their goals and aspirations.
With a desire to support small businesses in Australia, Matt was a member of the Victorian Government Small Business Council advising the Small Business Minister.
Matt continues to support businesses as Executive Chairman of the Advisory Boards of both NSW Leaders and Victorian Leaders.
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Vivienne is an experienced management consultant, professional facilitator and mentor to women in business. She was formerly CEO of the Australian Institute of Management and has held executive positions in private education, professional services firms and not for profits.
Vivienne works with private companies to create the conditions and conversations in which people will contribute their best. She sits on a number of Boards including the Queensland Leaders Advisory Board and is Deputy Chair the La Boite Theatre Company. Vivienne holds a Bachelor of Law from ANU, a Graduate Diploma in Education from QUT and an MBA with Distinction from Griffith University.
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With over 30 years of experience spanning business, strategy, and organisational transformation, Caroline has contributed across diverse sectors from manufacturing and professional services to wealth management and industry bodies.
Caroline currently serves on multiple boards as Chair and is involved in key committees, including Investment, Audit & Compliance, Risk, and People & Culture Committees. She is also the Interim CEO of Foresters Financial and consults with family businesses on strategy and continuity planning.
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James initially worked in investment banking and private equity for several years assisting private companies access new opportunities,
capital and exit strategies. He also founded Enterprise Angels, one of the first cloud based business angel networks in Australia. In 2006
he founded Queensland Leaders, a platform based business initiative to work with leading private companies to assist them become national
and international market leaders.
After the success in Queensland, he established the Leaders business platform across Australia, New Zealand and the UK through the
International Leaders business. James studied accounting at QUT and then completed an MBA with Bond University. His focus for the last 25
years has been to assist private business owners achieve their best through access to expertise, experience and inspiration.
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Pawel is a forward-thinking leader, known for driving strategic transformation and delivering operational success through innovation and technical expertise. He specialises in revitalising underperforming operations by leveraging his strategic insight and expertise in implementing scalable solutions. With extensive experience bridging business and technology, Pawel excels at solving complex challenges and turning them into impactful commercial successes.
Currently leading an industry-focused fund and several AI-driven projects, Pawel helps industries and professionals drive innovation, engage, and make smarter decisions across both established and emerging markets.
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Scott is an ex-Googler who served as the Head of Innovation for Customer Engineering. Scott worked in Google from 2015 through 2024 in the Ads Data Platforms, Analytics and Google Cloud product areas in AuNZ and APAC. Before Google, Scott worked with Adobe across APAC on digital strategy and digital transformation. He also worked for Telstra and Sensis in digital transformation and held the role of CTO in an Australian startup focused on personalised video advertising for mobiles. He is passionate about working with and helping startups throughout AU and NZ
As well-renowned companies with headquarters in Victoria, our Industry Partners provide the Leaders community with access to proven leadership and extensive experience.
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Our panel of Industry Experts represent leading professional services firms and provide Members with specialist knowledge, experience and mentoring support across key business disciplines.
To drive personal, professional and business growth, more established companies participate in the Executive Leaders Series, followed by ongoing involvement as part of the Alumni community.
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To build capability and accelerate business development, earlier-stage companies participate in the Future Leaders Series, followed by ongoing involvement as part of the Alumni community.
To ensure ongoing personal and professional development as well as networking opportunities, Members have the opportunity to stay connected through the ever-growing Alumni Series.
Victorian Leaders is part of the International Leaders Group, which was established back in 2006. Our Members enjoy reciprocal rights to all International Leaders Series.
