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Marie is the Managing Director of loans.com.au, one of Australia’s largest online lenders of home loans and car loans which she founded 10 years ago for its parent company, Firstmac. She is also on the board of FinTech Queensland, FinTech Australia and Mangrove Housing.

Sarmi is currently pursuing a PhD in the field of Organometallic/Bioinorganic chemistry. It’s exciting for her to be contributing her knowledge to this global public health threat. Sarmi has recently used her passion for innovation and research in STEM, as a Technical Operations Manager at Monash BrewLab, Australia’s first student-led nano-brewery team. Outside of her academic life, she is also a competitive cheerleader!

Vijayan (VJ) Seenisamy is the founder and CEO of Lead Agile. He has 16+ years leading in both Business Management and IT Solution transformation environments across many multinational companies. In 2020 VJ wrote and published the Amazon bestselling book “Unlocking the Science Behind Agile” providing further insight into what makes Agile and Lean practices so successful. 

Jenn is a marketing thought leader, social media strategist, podcaster, keynote speaker, Community creator, and change maker. Also a Mum of 3 almost grown up children, farmer’s wife living in the Riverina of NSW.

Carolina is a mother and a barrister. She has always been fascinated and passionate about the law. She specialises in criminal law, with a keen interest in disciplinary matters and mental health law. She feels very fortunate to work in law and to represent clients from a myriad of backgrounds across the vast array of criminal matters. 

Kate comes from a musical upbringing, with the ambition to become a career musician. When plans were halted early on due to an ongoing injury, the very unplanned career in professional industries began to unfold. Starting out as a receptionist, Kate is now a leader in HR at a global technology consulting organisation, and most importantly, a wife and mother to three beautiful children, and a daughter who grew her wings.

Riya has lived in three countries, has a love for all furry creatures, and is a proud dog mum, she fell in love with books and learning when her mother took her to the bookshop, she worked in each school holiday.

Marianne is a mum of a beautiful 13-year-old boy and she started her career in Musical Theatre in Perth and then went overseas to travel the world, eventually returning into the business of CX for now over 25+ years, and growing into Exec roles through many different industries.