Wellbeing (Day 2)

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

Justin ‘Jonesy’ Jones

Australia’s pre-eminent Explorer,
keynote speaker & adventure thinker

Justin Jones – otherwise affectionately known as Jonesy, is Australia’s pre-eminent Explorer, keynote speaker, adventure thinker and storyteller.

His expeditions have taken him to the very corners of the world. From the depths of blizzards in Antarctica, to the terror of 10 metre waves towering above – in a storm at sea and the suffocating heat in the heart of the Outback. He currently holds two Guinness World Record and a place as one of Australia’s 50 Greatest Explorers of all time.

Jonesy is a passionate story teller. Over the past 18 years he has made a career of undertaking huge, epic, record setting expeditions around the world and sharing these on the stage and the screen.

A humble, charismatic and inspiring character…he is the perfect example of how determination, detailed planning and foresight can enable the most ‘normal’ of us to undertake the most extraordinary feats.