Our Team
Dr Russell Joshua – Managing Partner
Dr Joshua is an accomplished, skilled and highly competent professional with a track record of successful entrepreneurial leadership and strategy development and implementation at director, executive and senior management level. His career history includes roles in the private and public sectors spanning education and training, environmental sciences, technology commercialisation and private equity.
Dr Kerry Hudson – Senior Counsel
Dr Hudson’s commitment to personal and professional education is underscored by the development of sophisticated marketing and communication skills in both commercial and non-profit environments. These skills have been complemented by her extensive experience in education, publishing, the legal industry, the management of not-for-profit enterprises and corporate governance.
Peter Fraser – Senior Counsel
Peter Fraser is a recognised leader in corporate affairs, government, media, advocacy and stakeholder relations. He has worked with some of the world’s largest companies in developing communications, advocacy and engagement strategies to support business, governments and organisations achieve their strategic goals and objectives.
Mark Gustowski – Strategic Adviser, Technology Commercialisation
Mark Gustowski is an experienced investment executive and has worked with innovative, fast-growth businesses for over 20 years. A significant portion of that time focussed on equity investments for startups in the food, ag and FMCG sectors. Mark has been involved in a number of his own startups in the biotech, real-estate tech, edu-tech, renewable energy and FMCG spaces, as well as an angel investor, and has designed and delivered investment and accelerator programs across Victoria, the ACT and Queensland.
Linda Breen – Strategic Adviser, Higher Education
Linda’s status as a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA) and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, along with her professional track record of successful leadership, strategy development, governance and implementation at director and senior management level evidences her achievements and reputation as a highly accomplished professional. Her career history includes roles in private and public sectors spanning more than 25 years across the education, health and publishing/advertising sectors.
Scott Wesley – Strategic Adviser, Vocational Education & Training
Scott is a highly experienced senior manager and Chief Executive Officer, specialising in agile operations management, quality assurance and risk minimisation solutions spanning the financial services, hospitality and vocational training sectors. He is acknowledged for a pragmatic, business-focussed approach as well as the ability to quickly establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
Keith Jones – Strategic Adviser, Financial Structuring
Keith is a Chartered Practising Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Consultant.
He is currently advising, and acting as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), for a waste recycling company, a commercial and domestic waste collection company, a horticultural group and a dairy operation.
Carol Lewis – Strategic Adviser, Workforce Capability & Capacity
Carol is an accomplished human resources professional, with extensive experience across corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors. She has a proven track record of advising organisations at both strategic and operational levels with demonstrated ability to manage complex human resources situations, change management initiatives, and organisational development projects. Her professional qualifications include a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, a Master of Business (Employment Relations), UTS and Bachelor of Arts, University of Canberra.
Mike Drogemuller – Strategic Adviser, Marketing
Mike is a proven business leader with a background in international business, marketing and communications. He built a successful medical business from a start up to more than $5m in sales over 5 years and developed a successful public relations practice in Sydney from start up to a diverse agency practicing in the consumer, financial and healthcare markets featuring clients including Macquarie Bank, Platinum Capital and Sanitarium Foods.
Kent Jones – Strategic Adviser, Corporate Systems
Kent carries a wealth of directoral and accounting experience. He was Director of a corporate compliance company for eight years and an executive with a management advisory firm prior to that. He is an experienced and dedicated business consultant.
