Rafi Alam
Senior Campaigns and Policy Advisor, CHOICE

Rafi specialises in policy and advocacy on issues around consumer data such as privacy, data broking, automated decision-making and data essential markets. His background includes working on election campaigns and economic fairness campaigns, and has completed a PhD at the University of Sydney on the effect of government funding and social movements on the work of community legal centres.

Iqra Bhatia
Assoicate Director, Corporate and Institutional Banking, National Australia Bank

Iqra is an Associate Director in the Corporate and Institutional Banking division at NAB, working with clients across the ASX200, Private Corporate, Family Office and Commercial Property space. Her passion lies in building strong customer relationships and providing innovative solutions across different industries and sectors. Iqra worked at the Commonwealth Bank, Deloitte and KPMG over the course of her career.

Iqra is committed to giving back to communities. As a Banking and Financial Services Oath Youth Ambassador with the Ethics Centre, Iqra supported the next generation of professionals in adopting a strong ethical foundation. Iqra also contributed to designing youth development programs and initiating engagement through a volunteering program with Nirrumbuk in partnership with Jawun Indigenous Corporation. She was also a Fast Forward Mentor with The Smith Family where she provided ongoing mentoring to high school students, contributing towards the success of their secondary education.

Angela Cummine
Principal, Climate and Sustainability, Deloitte

Angela is a Principal in Deloitte’s Climate and Sustainability practice. She completed a DPhil in Politics as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University on sovereign wealth funds. During her doctoral studies, she worked as a consultant to the inaugural Chairman of the Australian Future Fund and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). She published her doctoral research as a book 'Citizens Wealth', with Yale University Press. Angela has worked on electoral reform as a researcher for the British Academy, a policy advisor in the Australian Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Senior Executive in NSW Government.

Lamia Dabboussy
Director of Engagement, Museum of Contemporary Art

Lamia is a media and cultural industries leader with over 20 years of experience across arts, broadcast, marketing and advertising, and digital content strategy. As a strategist and consultant, Lamia has worked with cultural organisations, production companies and government bodies in the UK and Australia, including University College London, the Art Gallery of NSW and MCA Australia. Lamia was previously Director of Arts and Executive Editor for BBC Arts, where she commissioned programs and led the broadcaster in digital production and distribution transformation. In her current role as Director of Engagement at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Lamia leads on public engagement and programming, learning, access and visitor experience, alongside marketing and communications.

Mary Darwell
Former Chief Executive Officer, Museums of History NSW

Mary Darwell is the Former CEO of the Museums of History NSW, and has previously led the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and Arts NSW. She has also held senior roles in the NSW Cabinet Office and within the private sector. Mary has served on cultural organisation boards, including with Sydney Festival, Museums and Galleries NSW and Carriageworks.

Tim Jordan
Commissioner, Australian Energy Market Commission

Tim is an energy transition economist, with 20 years of experience across finance, consulting and public policy. A Commissioner at the Australian Energy Market Commission since 2022, Tim works to accelerate the energy transition and meet our climate goals.

Before the AEMC, Tim worked at Deutsche Bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Pollination, AlphaBeta and the Australian Government. Tim is an alumni of the University of Sydney.

Lena Nahlous
CEO and Executive Producer, Diversity Arts Australia

Lena is an experienced CEO, producer, curator, artistic director and facilitator with a long-term commitment to racial equity in the arts, screen and creative sectors. She is currently the CEO of Diversity Arts Australia and host of The Colour Cycle podcast. Lena has over 20 years-experience in arts, cultural and media organisations where she has developed artist brokerage and training programs focusing on creatives from culturally and racially marginalised backgrounds and young people. In her former role as Executive Director of Arts and Cultural Exchange, she established initiatives like the Arab Film Festival, Switch digital media centre and Artfiles, an artist employment and engagement program. Lena’s recent projects include: Shifting the Balance leadership report; the Creative Equity Toolkit; the Fair Play capacity building program, and I am Not a Virus Australia. In 2024, Lena won the NSW Premier's Arts and Culture Medal; in 2023, she received a Churchill Fellowship; and, in 2020 she was honoured with the Western Sydney Woman Leader of Change Award in 2020.

Lucy Parrish
Public Policy Manager, Netflix

Lucy is a public sector strategy, operations and public policy specialist with experience in both Australia and the UK. Prior to Netflix, Lucy was the public policy manager at Meta, Public Sector Strategy Manager at Deloitte and has held various policy roles within government. Lucy specialises in policy and regulatory matters relating to media reforms, privacy, safety, copyright and AI. Lucy holds a Bachelor of International and Global Studies, and a Masters in Politics and Public Policy.

Rob Sturrock
Program Director Community Services, Australian Council of Social Services

Rob is the Program Director at Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), leading the community services policy work. Rob has been involved in public policy development, advocacy and research at various levels of government, as well as within the community and private sectors including the Centre for Policy Development as a Policy Director, and at the Smith Family as Senior Manager Public Policy and Advocacy. Rob has expertise in social policy, community service delivery, poverty, disadvantage and education. Rob has a Masters degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Rob is also an author and advocate on fatherhood and gender equality in his spare time.

Mariam Veiszadeh
Chief Executive Officer, Media Diversity Australia

Mariam is the Chief Executive Officer at Media Diversity Australia. She has worked as radio commentator for the ABC radio and as a columnist for Fairfax media. Mariam is also an award winning human rights champion, lawyer, diversity and inclusion practitioner, contributing author and social commentator. As the 2016 Fairfax Daily Life Women of the Year, Mariam is an award-winner change maker and inclusive thought leader. Mariam founded the Islamophobia Register Australia, and has held multiple board positions including formerly as Co-Chair of Australia Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights and Our Watch.

Natalie Yan-Chatonsky
Founder and CEO, Full Time Lives

Natalie is an innovation consultant dedicated to future-proofing organisations by designing experiences that meet the needs of diverse customer and employee groups. With over 20 years of cross-sector experience in product design, development and marketing, she has been a pioneer of trends such as e-commerce, mobile experiences, digital payments and tech-enabled social services.

As an Asian Australian with a late-life ADHD diagnosis, Natalie is passionate about fostering positive cultural change, promoting mental health and equity for marginalised groups in workplaces and civil society. She advises the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA)’s board and leadership team on promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) across the banking and finance sector as the Chair of their DEI Council. A finalist in the Health and Wellbeing category of the Australian Business Book Awards for her book ‘The Art of Full Time Living,’ she is focused on enabling women to thrive in all seasons of life. Natalie is an alumna of the University of Sydney.