Meet the Mob

Meet Frae Cairns

Frae has lived and worked abroad in both Canada and Japan and gained local and international experience in retail sector management, sales, international shipping and operations. She is a CIPS accredited Procurement Professional and won Young Procurement Professional of the year in 2019. Her passion for social equity led her to pioneer the social and sustainable procurement work in Auckland Council and subsequently...

This special series of Meet the Mob was filmed in Aotearoa, New Zealand. We extend our thanks to Amotai Supplier Diversity for their support.  

Meet Tony Gunn

Tony was born and raised in the small Māori community of Tikitiki on the East Cape of New Zealand’s North Island. 

Tony spent 15 years in the retail motor vehicle industry, where he
progressed from a sales role to becoming a partner at a country Mazda-BMW d...

Meet Rachel Petero

Rachel Petero (Ko Waikato Te Iwi – Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Whawhakia, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Tahinga) Rachel is a multifaceted Indigenous leader, entrepreneur, governor and author dedicated to advancing Indigenous Women's intergenerational wealth and well-being aspirations. Her business Rise Global is on a mission to help Indigenous Women rise through the decolonising and indigenising of learning and development ...

Meet Tapere Hewett

Tapere Hewett, a Cook Islander born and raised in Aotearoa, is an award-winning professional in the mortgage and financial advisory industry. As the Director and Senior Mortgage Adviser at Hewett Mortgages, Tapere brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for helping clients achieve their dreams of homeownership, financial stability, and wealth creation.

Tapere holds an MBA Degree and a Level 5 Financial A...

Meet Pasitaua Haufano.

Pasitaua Haufano, the CEO of Zeducation, is dedicated to helping businesses grow by growing their people. He leads Zeducation in collaborating with companies to understand employee training needs, develop tailored programs, and deliver engaging workshops through a diverse team of facilitators. With over 40 short workshops, Zeducation offers cost-effective, flexible, and sustainable training solutions in areas...

Meet Amanda Healy Amanda, a proud Wonnarua woman from the Hunter Valley in NSW, brings over 35 years of experience in the mining industry, working with renowned companies like BHP, Rio Tinto, and WMC. In 2014, she founded Kirrikin as a social enterprise to address the shortage of authentic Indigenous products.

Kirrikin digitally prints stunning Aboriginal artwork onto luxurious cashmeres and silks, creating exquisite scarves and ti...

Andrew is a Ngarluma Traditional Owner, this year he was announced as the Business of the Year winner as well as the Indigenous Excellence category winner at the 2023 Telstra Best of Business Awards. Andrew is the Managing Director of Winyama. Andrew’s role is to manage and guide Winyama, create opportunities for the team to grow into their roles and most importantly to generate work for the organisation to be sustainable. An...

Meet Katina Law Raised in Derby from Worora and Walmajarri families, Katina is an executive and entrepreneur with over 30 years’ international experience in financial and general management roles. She is the first Indigenous woman to be a CEO of an ASX listed company and the first Indigenous woman to Chair an ASX listed company.

In 2015, she co-founded IPS Management Consultants, a WA based majority Indigenous owned company p...

Des is Nyoongar-Yamatji and a passionate business person. He is the CEO/Director of Spartan First, an Indigenous owned, mainstream health services provider offering a wide range of health and well being services to industry, Government and community. Whilst being highly recognised for his AFL sporting history, Des had spent his subsequent years creating, developing and advocating for the Indigenous community. Des is an active, soci...

Gordon Cole is a Noongar man from Western Australia who is highly regarded for his leadership and contribution to the Aboriginal Business Sector in Western Australia and across the Nation. Gordon is the CEO of Cole Supplies, an award winning Business that specializes in supplying Workwear and PPE, Health, Medical and Industrial Supplies. Gordon is the Managing Director of G Cole Consulting, a firm that provides diverse services, su...

Shaz is of Yamatji and Baluchi (Aboriginal and Australian Afghan camel drivers) decent. Shaz is one of Australia’s leading land access and cultural heritage lawyers. He has 25 years’ legal, management, regulatory and compliance, and dispute resolution experience in the mining, energy, resources, oil and gas industries specialising in cultural heritage, land claims and native title.

His expertise includes advising some of Australia’...

Raquel Todd is a proud Kariyarra and Banjima woman from Port Hedland, Western Australia. Her journey has been a dynamic one, marked by resilience and determination. After relocating to Perth for education, a gap year helped her discover her true passions. While she initially pursued law, she found her calling in teaching, though she eventually chose to leave university to follow her heart.

Raquel has worked in community advocacy an...

Ashley is a Lunga Kitja man from the east Kimberly's and has spent more than fifteen years in the mining and oil and gas industry. With detail drafting and structural engineering as his foundation, Ashley has been fortunate enough to be involved in projects such as Roy Hill, Ichthys and Prelude and has been involved in the delivery of more than $14 billion in projects.

 Ashley has a significant amount of experience across: Quality ...

Rowena is a wongi from the northeastern Goldfields region. She has connections to the Wajarri Yamatji Traditional Owners in the Murchison, as well as the Esperance Noongar and the Mirning Traditional Owners in the southern Goldfields. Rowena operates a mining & civil contracting company with her sister Katrina from their hometown of Kalgoorlie/Boulder in WA, celebrating 10 years in business this year.

Rowena completed a Law and...

Jaynaya is a proud Noongar/Balladong woman from Quairading in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Jaynaya has a strong background across the Employment and Recruitment sectors through partnerships throughout the Education and Employment across regional and remote areas within Western Australia and Victoria. Having previously worked within the recruitment industry specialising in disadvantaged cohorts across wider Australia u...

Rebecca Wessels (nee Harvey) is the founder and CEO of Ochre Dawn Creative Industries. A descendent of the Stolen Generations from Ngarrindjeri and Peramangk peoples, as well as the City of Salisbury founder, John Harvey, Rebecca is passionate about South Australia, First Nations’ community, storytelling and creative business practices.

With years of experience in community services and youth work, combined with skills obtained fro...

Colleen Strangways (Raven) is a proud South Australian Arabana and Northern Territory Mudbura Warlpiri woman, who grew up in Alice Springs and moved to Adelaide SA to be closer to family. Because of Colleen’s unique ability to capture award-winning photography via her Business Nharla Photography, she is being recognised on various national and international media platforms.

Colleen has spent many years working with more than 50 dif...

Anthony is a proud Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna man with family ties to the Narungga and Arrente country. He plays league football for the Norwood Football Club in the SANFL and was drafted by the Adelaide Football Club at the end of 2014 for the 2015 season. In more recent years, he has worked as a youth mentor with AIME helping to shape the next generation of Aboriginal leaders. Anthony has a strong passion for Aboriginal youth, the e...

Bianca is Founder and Managing Director of International Indigenous social enterprise, Warida Wholistic Wellness. She is a strong Badimaya (Badimia) / Ukrainian woman, who is a centred and purpose-driven healer, facilitator, coach, international best selling co-author, and change maker.

She is mum to Savannah and Orson and is a qualified mental health practitioner focusing on supporting people who have experienced complex trauma. B...