Wellbeing Speakers

Dr Patrick Aouad

Chief Executive Officer
CU Health

Dr Patrick Aouad is an internationally published consultant neurologist and the founder and CEO of CU Health, Australia’s leading health and wellbeing platform for employees. CU Health was developed to support the increasing demand on employees, and to protect organisations from the negative impact poor employee mental and physical health can have on culture, performance and engagement. He is passionate about improving health outcomes for people through human centred technology and a leading voice on workplace wellbeing and its economic impacts.

Abby Hunt

Executive Director & Clinical Psychologist
Data Drives Insight

Abby is a leadership coach, counselling psychologist, and business owner with a deep commitment to helping individuals, teams, and organisations thrive through evidence-based practices. With over a decade of experience in Critical Incident Response counselling, supporting families and colleagues impacted by workplace deaths and suicides; Abby has dedicated her career to fostering psychological safety to prevent such tragedies. In 2010, Abby co-founded Veraison, a boutique organisational psychology and coaching firm, which continues to operate successfully today in Australia. In 2019, she co-launched DataDrivesInsight.com (DDI), a technology-enabled platform revolutionising the measurement
and development of leadership capability, team performance, and psychological safety. DDI’s solutions empower organisations to cultivate inclusive cultures by leveraging psychological safety to transform diversity into true inclusivity.

Abby’s broad industry experience gives her a unique insight into common challenges and industry-specific needs. Her latest achievement is the publication of her book, Excellence in Leadership, Culture & Safety in the Care Industry, offering critical leadership insights for care sector professionals. Abby’s work centres on building psychologically safe environments that enable leaders and teams—from front-line staff to CEO and Board—to excel, creating high-performing, resilient, and inclusive workplaces

Tamsin Lawrence

Associate Director
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors

Tamsin is a highly credentialed employment lawyer with Australian Business Lawyers and Advisors (ABLA) and leads the Melbourne office. She performs a mix of litigious and advisory work in workplace relations and is a regular author and presenter on a range of bargaining, employment, discrimination and work health and safety related topics. 

Fiona Murphy

Chief People Officer
mycar

Fiona Murphy is the Chief People Officer at mycar Tyre & Auto. In this role, Fiona is responsible for HR, Safety, Talent, Internal Communications, L&D and Sustainability. Prior to joining mycar, Fiona held senior HR roles across many industries and three continents, including education; community services; not for profit; retail; media; technology; and engineering. With qualifications in psychology and law, Fiona’s expertise spans employee relations, employee engagement, learning and organisational development, and workplace health and safety. She is passionate about building great cultures and ensuring organisations have a people first focus. In addition to her role at mycar, Fiona was Deputy Chair of the Automotive Light Vehicle Industry Reference Council for a number of years, and is now a proud member of AAAAWomen, championing careers for women in the automotive aftermarket.

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Dr. Sally Nathan

School of Population Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, Sydney, Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Technology Sydney

Dr. Sally Nathan is an Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney, School of Population Health and has been the recipient of seven significant research and evaluation grants for government and industry in the last ten years, leading three as the chief investigator. She holds a Psychology Honours Degree, a Master of Public Health and a PhD. She has strong expertise in mixed methods and is a leader in qualitative research. Sally’s research has largely focussed on mental health and well-being and evaluating community-based interventions. Sally also co-led a Lowitja funded research into career development and retention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in health. Sally convenes core courses in the Master of Public Health and Master of Health Management.  

Dr. Peter Prasad

Head of Workplace Health & Safety
Qantas Group

Pete is the Head of WHS for the Qantas Group and a medical doctor. He believes that aviation and health have more in common than they in how they differ, and sees how both fields require high performance and carry the responsibility of human life in their respective safety critical work environments. He also sees how success and failure factors arise from the performance and vulnerability of people. So, Pete works passionately in humanising systems of work – by managing the confluence of WHS, psychological safety and moral safety towards trauma informed and inclusive safety cultures.

Josh Rozairo

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Leader
IKEA Australia

Growing up in Western Sydney as the son of Sri Lankan migrants, Josh has experienced both the benefits of diversity and the barriers to inclusion. Sparked by this lived experience, Josh has forged a career empowering underrepresented communities including Multicultural and Disability Inclusion Leader at AFL NSW/ ACT, launching programs like Kickability and wheelchair AFL. At IKEA Australia, Josh drives strategic initiatives to embed equality, diversity, and inclusion into business operations, fostering an inclusive culture where co-workers can thrive. His work ensures IKEA Australia contributes to our global ambition to be a leader in equality and inclusion. 

Supriya Ruparelia

Ayurvedic Health Coach
Ayurveda with Supriya

Supriya is a holistic health expert with a distinguished corporate background, culminating in a director role at Apple. She combines ancient Ayurvedic practices with science-backed Western methods, working with well-known brands and high-profile clients in Sydney and London.  

Through evidence-based workshops on Restorative Sleep, Transforming Stress, and Optimising Daily Habits, Supriya empowers individuals to thrive both personally and professionally. An engaging speaker, she translates ancient Ayurvedic wisdom into practical strategies that calm the nervous system, reduce stress, and sustain energy throughout the day. 

Paul Willingham

Group Manager Risk & Safety – WHS & Wellbeing
City of Parramatta Council (AHRA 2024: Best Health and Wellbeing Program winner)

Paul is an experienced safety and risk manager, with recent history of WHS consulting in the utilities sector, specialist safety and wellbeing businesses and project management. Paul currently manages WHS strategy, Wellbeing programs and broad areas of risk for City of Parramatta Council for the past 4 years and is currently the Chair of NSW CouncilSafe Advisory Network.

Karen Woods

Head of Health, Wellbeing & Injury Management
BAE Systems

Over her 20-year career, Karen has seen the Health & Safety industry transition from focussing only on physical risks to one that is embracing wellbeing and psychosocial safety. As a Health & Safety Leader and wellness advocate dedicated to fostering psychosocial wellbeing in both professional and personal spheres, Karen is passionate about collaboration and creating supportive workplace environments that integrate initiatives promoting mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. Karen’s mission is to shape workplaces where employees are supported to thrive at work, leveraging the intersection of leadership, empathy, and proactive wellbeing strategies to deliver effective risk management strategy for the organisation.

Nadia Taylor

Chief Executive Officer
Mapien

Nadia Taylor is the CEO of Mapien, a people consultancy with offices in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. 

A sought-after speaker and genuine thought leader, Nadia’s expertise includes industrial relations, negotiation, advocacy, disputes, enterprise bargaining, leadership, culture and the people side of scaling businesses. 

On top of leading Mapien’s core team of 65+ staff, Nadia serves on a not-for-profit board and is a mentor for Queensland Leaders and the Australian Owner Manager Program.  

Nadia has spent more than 25 years helping to build Mapien into what it is today — from her first role as a graduate consultant, to her current role as CEO. She played a critical role in the company’s interstate expansion, merger, financial growth, flexible work culture, and more. Under Nadia’s leadership, the company has achieved awards for Best Workplace and Change Champion, was officially recognised as a Great Place to Work, and was featured in workplace design book, The Next Workplace. 

Leading with her famous optimism and flexibility, Nadia has helped make Mapien a workplace of choice, while enabling the team to deliver best-in-industry people solutions for every client.