Escient Managing Director Victoria, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, explores the disability sector in Australia and the challenges and opportunities in delivering person-centric care. Together with Terry Symonds, CEO, Yooralla and disability advocate and owner of Ampathy, Resilience & Me, John Davey.

Eva Balan-Vnuk discusses her career, challenges, workplace diversity and leadership in Government.

In this episode Rebecca Campbell-Burns, Managing Director, Victoria speaks with Maree Lang, Managing Director of Greater Western Water about the importance of culture in company integration, the importance of collaboration and partnership, and what makes a good Partner. For context this episode was recorded in 2021 when much of the Country was still in lockdown as a result of Corona Virus.

Escient CEO, Stephen Mabbs, talks to Greg McGarvie, MD of ACE Electric Vehicle Group about the leadership, vision, innovation and tenacity required to start up a new electric vehicle manufacturing business in Australia.

In this episode, our CEO, Stephen Mabbs, talks with Ian Bailey, MD of Kmart Australia & New Zealand.  Ian describes how his interesting background prepared him for his current role.  Recorded during the Victorian lockdown of 2020, this interview explores how the COVID-19 pandemic affected retail in Australia and how national organisations like Kmart adapted to meet the challenge.

Listen to Rebecca Campbell-Burns as she talks to the co-founders of #TechDiversity, Deirdre Diamonte and Claire Marriott, about their backgrounds and motivation for starting #TechDiversity.

In this episode, our CEO, Stephen Mabbs, talks with Andy McCarthy, CEO of RACV Solar and passionate advocate for renewable energy. Andy describes how he started and grew his business, challenges faced along the way and how becoming part of a larger organisation has unlocked growth opportunities.

In this episode, our Victorian MD, Rebecca Campbell-Burns talks with social entrepreneur, Rob Rees, CEO of Cultivating Community.

In this episode, Escient’s Victorian Managing Director, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, talks with Clark Kirby, CEO of Village Roadshow Group, a household name in Australia’s entertainment industry. Clark shares his views on leading the organisation through a global pandemic, growing up in the family business, and the exciting future for the local travel and entertainment industry.

Rebecca Campbell-Burns talks with Clark Kirby, CEO of Village Roadshow Group, about leadership in the entertainment industry.

In this episode of Escient’s leadership podcast series, Escient’s Victorian Managing Director, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, talks with Dale Fisher, CEO of Silver Chain Group, a not-for-profit with over 120 years experience providing health and aged care services in the community.

In this second episode, our CEO Stephen Mabbs continues his discussion with Paul Edginton, the CEO of SYC. Paul discusses one of his greatest challenges as a leader – when one of his trusted leadership team defrauded the organisation of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

We’re excited to announce our new podcast series on leadership. In this series, we’ll be talking with Australian business and community leaders to learn more about them and try to understand what makes them effective in their roles. What do they see as the most important attributes of a good leader? What are the toughest […]