Our Team

Gavin is a consultant and coach with over twenty years experience in corporate partnerships, leadership and board positions with peak nonprofits in the UK and Australia. Gavin arrived in Perth in 2012 and has been involved with TEDxPerth from the start, first as Speaker Coach and Host, recently as Joint Executive Producer and now as our CEO.

At TEDFest 2018 in New York, Gavin experienced at first hand the extraordinary creativity, energy and drive of the international community of TEDx organisers. He is thrilled to be leading our similarly talented and enthusiastic team as we grow both our Flagship Conference and a new series of Salons for our community in Perth and Western Australia.

This role is currently vacant. Please direct all enquires to Gavin Buckley, CEO: gavin@tedxperth.org

Rob has worked for many years in theatre and cinema management in the UK and in Australia. An enthusiastic, if not accurate, singer in the Gay & Lesbian Singers of WA, Rob loves the enormous diversity of people he has the privilege to meet as a Curator for TEDxPerth. Coming from a family of toymakers and living in Fremantle, ask him about laying limestone blocks, Meccano and how to make industrial quantities of popcorn.

Rosie coordinates the Graduate Program for the WA Department of Health through the Institute for Health Leadership. Her personal mission is to build and empower the next generation of leaders and forge opportunities for collaboration across the public sector.

Rosie is an avid connector of people and a self-confessed ‘multipotentialite’ with interests in  innovation, technology, design thinking, science, theology, organisational behaviour, nutrition… and the list goes on.

In her spare time she enjoys being outdoors and/or pursuing one of her many other interests. You might also spot her in the local bouldering or martial arts gym.

This role is currently vacant. Please direct all enquires to Rob Lines, Lead Curator: rob@tedxperth.org

Assistant Producer, Flagship Event

This role is currently vacant. Please direct all enquires to Susan Weary, Partnerships Director: susan@tedxperth.org

This role is currently vacant. Please direct all enquires to Susan Weary, Partnerships Director: susan@tedxperth.org

Lisa Evans is the Director of Speaking Savvy and Founder of Stories From The Heart. She is an international speaker, author, member of Professional Speakers Australia, World Class Certified Speaking and Storytelling Coach, speechwriter and business storytelling expert. Lisa has been a TEDxPerth Speaker Coach since 2014.

Shil Shanghavi is a Public Speaking mentor and the Founder of Chatterbox Public Speaking. Despite living with a stutter, Shil has trained himself to become a professional speaker and developed an intimate understanding of how to harness the fear of speaking. He helps his clients become confident speakers, guiding them to overcome their anxieties and discover innate hidden strengths to find their own public speaking style. Shil has worked across numerous corporate roles for almost two decades, he currently serves as the President of his Toastmasters Club and is delighted to join the 2018 TEDxPerth team as a Speaker Coach.

Kellie has provided Western Australian businesses with communications advice for over 25 years, 20 as a founder and Director of Clarity Communications, one or Perth’s leading corporate communications consultancies.

With over 20 years' experience in corporate communications, and a background in PR, Kellie possesses strong insights into the importance of communications, brand and image in the workplace. As a strategic communications advisor to many blue-chip clients in the mining, industrial, property, health, telecommunications and agricultural sectors, he has positioned businesses for success by leveraging traditional and emerging communications technologies and platforms to cultivate strong brand presence and market awareness.

Kellie also provides individual coaching to senior executives to support them in their purpose, personal brand and leadership communication style.

Cindy is a multi-faceted human behavioural coach and consultant who helps her clients become seen and heard as leaders within their communities and organisations. With a background in film, television and theatre Cindy has produced documentary and cultural awareness festivals, master classes for the Banff International Television Festival and worked in primetime television drama. Her passion for story morphed into teaching the art of storytelling to speakers and leaders. A professional speaker herself, she currently sits on the leadership team for Professional Speakers Australia WA Chapter and is thrilled to join the 2018 TEDxPerth team as Speaker Coach.

Anthony is a leading communications consultant with more than 25 years experience in a wide range of industries, both in Australia and internationally. He is Managing Director of Clarity, the leading brand and communications agency, which he co-founded in 1999.

Sharné has over a decade of marketing and business development experience in the vocational and higher education industries, focussing mainly on engineering and technology. She is excited to be involved with TEDxPerth. 

This role is currently vacant. Please direct all enquires to Gavin Buckley, CEO: gavin@tedxperth.org

This role is currently vacant. Please direct all enquires to Gavin Buckley, CEO: gavin@tedxperth.org

Linh is a post-graduate student at the University of Western Australia. She has a passion for brand strategy and digital marketing and loves exploring the gap that allows organisations to market and communicate their ideas with impact. Linh has a background working with not-for-profit organisations and is passionate about leadership development in young people through understanding cultures and developing solution-oriented leaders. She is a great believer in creating a social impact through UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and has worked with United Nation’s Association WA to engage with businesses, governments and NFPs to create awareness and take action on Sustainable Development Goals.

Linh is a fervent believer in the power of ideas and their potential to transform the world. She is excited to be part of the TEDxPerth team to share ideas that matter.

Peta is a freelance copywriter and editor with 6+ years of experience in writing words and correcting errors for a range of diverse clients across Australia. She loves to create and collaborate, and helps her clients make an impact with copy that stands out from the crowd.

This role is currently vacant. Please direct all enquires to Gavin Buckley, CEO: gavin@tedxperth.org

Jiaranai is an IT student at the University of Western Australia who shines brightest when using her skills to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical problems. IT has become part of everything in the world she knows, Jia understands that knowledge from various domains is interconnected and even greater when combined. However, Jia's background was all about people, not machines, she was involved in a personal development project, helping the young generation in her community realise their potential. With this project, she was nominated for the Western Australia Young Leadership Award in 2018.

Her love for Perth has grown tremendously since moving here in 2016. Jia has joined TEDxPerth to support Perth’s brightest minds to spread their ideas that can potentially transform the world.

Amy has over ten years’ experience working for multinational professional services firms, government and the not-for-profit sector. Amy graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Science and previously worked as a consultant managing environmental social impact assessments in Australia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Liberia. Based in China for six years, Amy attained professional fluency in spoken and written Mandarin.

Amy is currently a Senior Business Development Manager with the Perth Convention Bureau, responsible for marketing Western Australia (WA) to secure international business events for economic and social benefit. Amy is dedicated to applying her life and work experiences to engage with Asia to strengthen and diversify Western Australia's economy. Amy sits on the board committees for Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA WA), Australia China Business Council (ACBC WA) and Curtin University Humanities Faculty Advisory Council.

Leah is an event professional experienced in a wide range of events from large scale indoor and outdoor events to small intimate functions.

Leah works as an Events Coordinator at Optus Stadium planning, coordinating and delivering Perth’s major sporting events and concerts.

Boasting two gold Tourism WA awards for major events and festivals and a bronze Australian Tourism award for the Channel Seven Mandurah Crabfest in 2016 and 2017, Leah is an active member of the event industry and believes in giving back to the community and industry through volunteering, sponsorship and creating standards of excellence and raising the bar of professionalism.

Kayla is an emerging arts and events manager. She has a background in theatre, and works in arts administration and front of house at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, as well as freelance producing and publicity for a variety of independent theatre shows across Perth. For the last three years, she has been one of the event coordinators of Spoken Word Perth, Perth’s largest poetry event, and she recently completed her studies in Arts and Cultural Management at Deakin University. This is the first time Kayla has been involved with TEDxPerth, and is excited to be a part of the team.

Event Coordinator, Speaker Breakfast

Having just returned from living in Japan, Zena is getting back into the Perth fabric. She loves being involved with organisations that are bringing people together, like Befriend Inc, and has a soft spot for volunteering. Zena really cares about what makes a fab volunteer experience and can’t wait to meet all the volunteers coming onboard with TEDxPerth in 2018. When she’s not volunteering Zena is swing dancing, crocheting and picnicking.

Loren has been a management consultant at EY for over six years, focusing on helping clients to improve their processes and risk management. Loren has a particular interest in helping businesses implement new ways of doing things and supporting not-for-profit organisations to improve their governance. Originally from New Zealand, Loren loves to explore the WA wine regions and bush.

Alison Gaines is a member of the leadership team of Gerard Daniels, since 2006, and leads the business in the region. Her practice area focuses on board and executive appointments and providing wider governance, performance, remuneration and organisational consulting to clients across all sectors and industries.

Alison has extensive non-executive director and director experience accrued over thirty years, in the not for profits, mutuals and public sectors, higher education and professional and management education.

Alison was previously Chief Executive Officer of The Australian Law Society following a distinguished career in the public service (responsible for whole of government strategic human resource policy, the Senior Executive Service, executive remuneration, CEO employment and government boards and committees).

Alison is a Governor of The College of Law Ltd Australasia, Chairman of the Murdoch University Foundation, Vice President of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (WA) andPresident of the Australian Institute of Management WA and Deputy Chair of the IDPN, a Global Club of INSEAD.

Alison holds an honorary doctorate; a Master of Arts (Public Policy) from Murdoch University; Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (hons) from the University of Western Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University. She holds a Certificate in Corporate Governance INSEAD; and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Director and the Australian Institute of Management.