Lisa Siganto is one of Queensland’s most experienced professionals in the social impact sector, with a broad practical understanding of social enterprise, impact investing and social change infrastructure. She draws on 25 years in the corporate sphere, with management roles in Australia and New York at McKinsey, Deloitte and Marakon Associates. Lisa was the founding QLD Director of Social Ventures Australia and has led a number of strategic initiatives aimed at building the social sector across the state.

Lisa has a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and holds an honours degree in Engineering from the University of Queensland.

Luke Terry is known as one of Australia’s most awarded ‘serial social entrepreneurs’. Over the last 15 years, he has founded several large-scale employment-focused social enterprise projects that create meaningful work pathways for individuals who would otherwise be excluded from the labour market. In 2017, Luke created Vanguard Laundry Services, an AU$8 million commercial laundry with an in-built mental health career and training centre employing more than 140 people since commencement.

Luke has been recognised as a Westpac Social Change Fellow, the 2015 recipient of the SVA David Clarke Scholarship, a Queensland Citizen of the Year finalist, and winner of the 2015 & 2016 Australian Social Enterprise Awards. 

Michael is a high-energy management accountant and business analyst holding degrees in Microbiology and Commerce as well as achieving an Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). Michael has held positions in both Australia and overseas in a range of industries including NFP, hospitality, manufacturing, education, local government and SMEs. He takes pride and integrity in work performance and delivers high quality and influential financial reporting to board and management levels. Strength in understanding business operations to identify value adding opportunities for business growth and sustainability.  Adept at collaborating and partnering with internal peers and external stakeholders while shaping and delivering business objectives.

Ken went into finance straight after school and worked in different roles across insurance and finance for ten years before moving into finance for the not-for-profit sector. Ken found roles in not-for-profits through sporting clubs and his interest in all sports from a young age.

Geoff has spent a lifetime involved in building business, ranging from global General Management positions in the downstream oil industry, to CEO roles in Pharmaceuticals and Facilities Management, and business consulting. Geoff was also involved in innovative development of new industries through leadership roles in large-scale Electric Vehicle infrastructure, and Solar PPA. This has provided hands-on experience across a diversity of industry sectors and across a range of businesses.

Geoff leverages this experience to identify potential opportunities, and champion emerging leaders, to help build commercially sound businesses and commercial partnerships, to provide opportunities to maximise employment for disadvantaged people.

Shannon has extensive knowledge of labour hire, business management and operations with over 10 years experience in the field and a Business degree from QUT. He has worked with organisations that have assisted thousands of socially disadvantaged job seekers, with a large portion of these coming from Australia’s refugee communities and has seen first-hand the profound impact that securing of employment can have on the lives of refugee job seekers, as well as the considerable benefits that employers enjoy in terms of workforce retention and workplace culture. It is this win-win cross over for both businesses and refugee job seekers that Shannon is passionate about.