Desmond Headland

Des is Nyoongar-Yamatji and a passionate business person. He is the CEO/Director of Spartan First, an Indigenous owned, mainstream health services provider offering a wide range of health and well being services to industry, Government and community. Whilst being highly recognised for his AFL sport…

Gordon Cole

Gordon Cole is a Noongar man from Western Australia who is highly regarded for his leadership and contribution to the Aboriginal Business Sector in Western Australia and across the Nation. Gordon is the CEO of Cole Supplies, an award winning Business that specializes in supplying Workwear and PPE, …

Shaz Rind

Shaz is of Yamatji and Baluchi (Aboriginal and Australian Afghan camel drivers) decent. Shaz is one of Australia’s leading land access and cultural heritage lawyers. He has 25 years’ legal, management, regulatory and compliance, and dispute resolution experience in the mining, energy, resources, oi…

Meet Raquel Todd

Raquel Todd is a proud Kariyarra and Banjima woman from Port Hedland, Western Australia. Her journey has been a dynamic one, marked by resilience and determination. After relocating to Perth for education, a gap year helped her discover her true passions. While she initially pursued law, she found …

Meet Ashley Mesch

Ashley is a Lunga Kitja man from the east Kimberly's and has spent more than fifteen years in the mining and oil and gas industry. With detail drafting and structural engineering as his foundation, Ashley has been fortunate enough to be involved in projects such as Roy Hill, Ichthys and Prelude and…

Meet Rowena Leslie

Rowena is a wongi from the northeastern Goldfields region. She has connections to the Wajarri Yamatji Traditional Owners in the Murchison, as well as the Esperance Noongar and the Mirning Traditional Owners in the southern Goldfields. Rowena operates a mining & civil contracting company with her si…

Meet Jaynaya Winmar

Jaynaya is a proud Noongar/Balladong woman from Quairading in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Jaynaya has a strong background across the Employment and Recruitment sectors through partnerships throughout the Education and Employment across regional and remote areas within Western Austral…

Connecting cultures with Rebecca Wessels

Rebecca Wessels (nee Harvey) is the founder and CEO of Ochre Dawn Creative Industries. A descendent of the Stolen Generations from Ngarrindjeri and Peramangk peoples, as well as the City of Salisbury founder, John Harvey, Rebecca is passionate about South Australia, First Nations’ community, storyt…

Colleen Strangways

Colleen Strangways (Raven) is a proud South Australian Arabana and Northern Territory Mudbura Warlpiri woman, who grew up in Alice Springs and moved to Adelaide SA to be closer to family. Because of Colleen’s unique ability to capture award-winning photography via her Business Nharla Photography, s…

Anthony Wilson

Anthony is a proud Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna man with family ties to the Narungga and Arrente country. He plays league football for the Norwood Football Club in the SANFL and was drafted by the Adelaide Football Club at the end of 2014 for the 2015 season. In more recent years, he has worked as a you…