Meet the MAD ambassadors:

We are driven to scale and support our portfolio companies from our first meeting to exit.
Help entrepreneurs reach their full potential, to inspire & fuel extraordinary companies, and to create sustainable global impact.

  • Trena Blair

    Trena Blair

    Trena is a highly accomplished global businesswoman and professional speaker who effortlessly transverses corporate and entrepreneurial communities transcontinental. A global citizen, Ms. Blair has lived and worked in Australia and the USA during her executive career, and since 2014 has focused on global expansion strategy development and execution.

  • Lindley Edwards Ph.D

    Lindley is a specialist adviser in M&A, divestments, fund raising, strategic consulting and licensing for growth in public and private companies, undertaking corporate transactions as well as focusing on social impact work across the globe. Lindley holds a PhD in Philosophy as well as two undergraduate degrees and several post graduate qualifications. She is a Senior Fellow of FINSIA plus admitted to the Australian Business women’s Hall of Fame.

  • Peter Hillary

    Peter Hillary is a mountaineer and the son of Sir Edmund Hillary.  He works with foundations to provide health, environment and education services for the people in the Himalayas. He is on the board for seven Himalayan foundations around the world and is committed to caring for the people and communities, encouraging young people to adventure in the out of doors (to challenge themselves and learn about themselves in the process) and to being a good steward for our planet.

  • Rachael McLennan

    Rachael’s mission is to ensure governance and leadership excellence within the Australian charity sector, to drive greater social and environmental impact. She is the CEO and co-founder of People for Purpose, she was the founding CEO of Australian Philanthropic Services and currently serves on the Board of the Menzies Foundation for Leadership, the Advisory Councils of Raise Foundation, Generation Australia and is an Ambassador for the National Centre for Childhood Grief.

  • Michelle Falzon

    Michelle has more than 25 years experience in marketing and communications, including several years specialising in event marketing for globally renowned speakers and thought leaders. She has developed a unique combination of skills and experience to help you leverage your content, communicate your message and reach your market.

  • David Thomas

    David Thomas is well known in the Australian financial services industry for his long term experience in the wealth management sector in London, Hong Kong and Sydney. Over the past 20 years, working in his own business, he has been involved in a wide range of financial services activities for Chinese, Asian and Australian based clients.

  • Adrienne Bateup-Carlson

    Adrienne is a brand strategist with extensive global creative experience in senior roles with leading international agencies. She has delivered significant strategic projects in 8 countries including: 100% Pure New Zealand, Nike China pre 2028 Olympics, Mastercard Priceless Beijing, Vodafone culture change in 5 countries. Guest lecturer at Peking University and the University of Hong Kong, she also contributed to global thought leadership for Interpublic Group and Weber Shandwick.

  • Sarah Pirie-Nally

    Sarah bridges creativity, technology and impact to drive human capability and performance. In Chief Design Officer roles she has harnessed emerging tech to drive transformative change for large organisations. Sarah co-created the MBA in Design Thinking at RMIT and authored The Wonder Mindset, inspiring a new way of thinking and educating future leaders. She cofounded Wonder & Wander + Wonderlab; driving innovation and community growth and also founder of SHE EVOLVES; championing neurodiversity, mental health, and design.

  • Peta Slack-Smith

    Peta is a leading advisor in the Australian ag, food & fibre sector. A guide to business, industry, and government leaders through times of change, threats to reputation and social license, new operating environments, and changes in consumer and stakeholder expectations. Peta's experience covers public & private sectors at state and federal levels, ASX-100, ministerial office, member & advocacy organisations, statutory authorities, and start-ups bringing diverse perspectives and insight to the table.

  • Dale Beaumont

    Dale Beaumont

    Dale is the author of 19 best-selling business books and the founder of Business Blueprint, an education company helping entrepreneurs build the business of their dreams. He has trained over 50,000 people and he has personally worked with over 2,500 businesses, across dozens of industries. Dale also launched Bizversity, the #1 ranked 'Business Growth' app in the AppStore and the winner of five awards.

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    Trent Blacket

    Trent has had extensive experience in the United States (Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York) in legal and commercial roles, and as an investor, across the EMT sectors. He is also co-founder ofcentr.com with Chris Hemsworth and Quadrant Private Equity. Trent has deep involvement with several non-profit organisations including the US Development Board of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

  • Steve Pirie-Nally

    Visionary leader, wellness enthusiast, and seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for transforming lives and businesses. Steve co-founded Unleashed Travel which was named one of Australia's BRW 100 fastest-growing startups, Pioneered Wonder & Wander, combining innovation consulting, travel, and learning to inspire a new way of thinking and being. He also founded Wonder Lab, Auckland's first wellbeing by design centre.

  • Tina Tower

    Tina is a bestselling author, sought after speaker and high performance business coach. She started, scaled and sold multiple businesses and won multiple awards in the process including My Business Magazine awards, the Australian Small Business Champions and the 2014 Telstra Australian Young Business Woman of the Year. Tina's mission is to help women to grow their businesses to have a life that they love, while their families and communities prosper so the world becomes a better place.

  • Mark Rowland

    Mark is the Chief Collaboration Officer at Greenhouse, a Sydney based climate action ecosystem and has dedicated the next decade of his life to support climate action and achieve the UN's goal of keeping global warming to less than 2 degrees from pre-industrial levels. Mark has spent his life studying, researching & enabling change in corporations, communities and accelerators. He is a four time multinational CEO who has worked with several of the world's leading brands to successfully implement new brand & strategy rollouts on a global scale.

  • Michelle Duval

    As a pioneer into new forms of learning, Michelle helped found the field of professional coaching in Australia in 1997 and became a leading voice forging developmental and transformational coaching worldwide. She has co-authored two international handbooks on coaching, is featured in 20+ books and sought out by media as a leading voice in the field. She has coached thousands of individuals locally and internationally including several unicorn founders.

  • Jane Slack-Smith

    Jane Slack-Smith

    Jane is a national multi award winning mortgage broker. She has worked with thousands of individuals and businesses and is passionate about helping people realise their financial freedom. Jane is the author of the highly acclaimed books, courses and podcasts. Jane brings a unique and creative perspective to business and is motivated to help other entrepreneurs create freedom and abundance in their lives.

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