Our community of Ambassadors are inspiring leaders who participate in the event and go above and beyond to support the campaign by raising significant funds and inviting other leaders to register.
If you are interested in joining our Ambassador team in the future, please contact us at ceodaretocure@ccia.org.au.
Our Sydney Ambassadors

Albina Naum
Commerial Finance Transformation Lead, Suntory Oceania
Angela Fox
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Dell

Brian O’Sullivan
Director | Former CEO | Advisor, CCI Board Member

Chris Dutton
Founder, The CEO Magazine

Clovis Young
Founder, Mad Mex

Dani Matthews
Co-founder & Chief Impact Officer, Abundium

David Fitzharris
Executive GM, Brickworks Limited

Gareth Woodbridge
Managing Partner, Quadrant PE

James Metcalfe
Managing Director, JRM Hospitality & Recruitment

James Patterson
CEO, Knight Frank Australia

Jason Piggot
General Manager - Marketing & Franchisees, Freedom Australia

Joel John
Partner, Deloitte

John Lehmann
Managing Director, News Corp

Kate & Matt Lainson
Owner, Cronulla Pools

Katie Finney
Director, Seven Network Operations Limited

Katrin Stoecker
Product Owner Commercial Markets, Zurich Insurance

Kelly Slater
Head of Operations – Customer Service, The Access Group

Kylie Wallbridge
CEO, Australian Liquor Marketers

Lauren & Geoff Lewis
Managing Directors, Bowerbird Interiors

Luke Hepworth
Owner, Hepworth Industrial West Pty Ltd

Mal Carseldine
CEO, Lactalis Australia

Malcolm Parmenter
Managing Director, Partnered Health

Mark Elias
COO, Urban Property Group

Marnie Darren
Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand, Wellcom WW

Miles Wilson
Managing Director, O'Brien Glass

Monika Tu
CEO, Black Diamondz Property Concierge

Paul Anderson
CEO, Healius Limited

Rich Hirst
Co-Founder & CEO, Abundium

Rod Everitt
Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Saffron Cosh
General Manager, Agrana Fruit Australia

Sandra Duarte
Co-Founder & CEO, Positive Leaders Training Company

Tara Veldman
Managing Director & Principal, Billard Leece Partnership
Our Melbourne Ambassadors

Brent Jewell
Group Dealer Development Manager, Maserati Australia & New Zealand

Brian O'Sullivan
Director | Former CEO | Advisor, CCI Board Member

Chris Dutton
Founder, The CEO Magazine

Deanne Withers
Director, All Ports International Logistics

Grant Hackett OAM
CEO, Generation Life

Jason Quirk
Director, The Access Group

Joseph Chou
CEO, Ironfish

Josie Sykes
General Manager, Brickworks Limited

Kristie Coade
CEO, AMC Commercial Cleaning

Leon Liu
Managing Director, Hexa Group

Luke Hampshire
CEO, Airly

Michael Giansiracusa
CEO, Whitbread Insurance Group

Mike Davis
CEO, Felix

Rod Prosser
Chief Sales Officer, Paramount / Network 10

Scott Bear
General Manager, Novotel Geelong

Tara Veldman
Managing Director & Principal, Billard Leece Partnership