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We use our enterprise as a vehicle to create jobs, work experience, and training opportunities for trainees and people facing disadvantages.
Our safe, friendly, and collaborative workplace supports people to learn new skills, overcome personal barriers, and build pathways to economic independence and social inclusion.
Chief Executive Officer
Caroline is a strategic, commercial and impact focused executive with experience across the commercial, not for profit and social enterprise sectors. She is recognised for her authentic and collaborative approach to both leadership and partnership. Her career has seen her progress through a diverse range of corporate and for-purpose roles, providing her with a unique skillset..
incorporating corporate governance, P&L management, income generation (including not for profit), strategy setting and execution, strategic partnerships, complex commercial contract negotiation, program management and leading highly diverse teams. Caroline is a Chartered Accountant, has an Executive MBA and a BA in Accounting & Finance. Caroline has experience as a NFP board member and consultant to social enterprises.
General Manager
Scott has 35 years of experience in the electronics and IT industry, commencing his career in the Department of Defence (Navy). He joined WorkVentures in 1993 as an electronics trainer and workshop manager, becoming our Customer Account Manager and working closely with our multinational IT partners for repair and logistics services. Scott’s passion…
is vocational training – he believes the attainment of theoretical knowledge is only one element that contributes to a successful career. He thinks practical skills should be acquired in a nurturing and safe environment where people feel free to experiment, take risks and are given the opportunity to be immersed in a real business. Scott holds an Electronics Engineering Certificate, a Diploma of Adult Education, a Graduate Certificate of Business (Professional Practice) and is an SGS Internal Auditor.
Head of Finance & IT – Company Secretary
Mark Gilio is a qualified senior finance and corporate governance executive with over 20 years’ experience in strategy implementation, financial management and corporate governance. Mark started his career as a senior auditor for BDO Nelson Parkhill where he gained his CA qualification. From there he quickly progressed into several high-profile senior finance…
executive positions which have included Angus & Coote Holdings, Freedom Nutritional Products and A2 Milk. Prior to WorkVentures, Mark was CFO and Company Secretary for Air Liquide Healthcare Australia. Mark’s broad experience stems across Australian publicly listed entities, large multinationals and more recently the non-for-profit sector.
Head of Employment Solutions
Jenny is an experienced internal and agency recruiter with many years of experience in both the corporate space and the not-for-profit sector. With a focus on customer service, she builds strong relationships with candidates and clients to ensure quality outcomes for both. She enjoys developing staffing solutions for businesses that are innovative, resulting in sourcing the best..
possible candidates. She has enjoyed success becoming an important business partner to her clients and being able to develop a depth of knowledge of their business requirements and culture to ensure recruitment programs have the best results.
Head of Programs, Partnership and Impact
Sky is a strategic, commercial, and impact-focused leader with experience across the technology, media, and for-purpose sectors. She has held senior leadership roles across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, including Chief Operating Officer at a leading AUNZ ecommerce agency and Head of Commercial at an environmental technology platform focused on nature-based impact.
Her career spans product development, commercial strategy, and operational leadership. She was part of the founding team behind Australia’s first media trading platform, scaling it internationally to support USD 2 billion in annual media spend. She also led the M&A integration and rebrand of New Zealand’s top Salesforce consultancy into a global media and marketing network, and its launch into the Australian market.
At WorkVentures, Sky leads the IT Solutions portfolio, overseeing programs in digital inclusion and cybersecurity for not-for-profits, alongside technology donation and impact initiatives. Her early life experiences have shaped a strong commitment to ensuring others have access to the tools, education, and opportunities they need to thrive.
Sky holds a B.A. in Political Economy from the University of Sydney and an MBA (Technology) from UNSW.
Head of Marketing & Digital Strategy
Bahar is a data-focused and growth-driven omni-channel marketing manager who brings together Marketing, Data, and Machine Learning Algorithms to stay ahead of changing digital dynamics. As a digital strategist, she has developed strategic plans and solutions to issues that they need strong analytical and problem-solving skills and has helped organisations to reach their…
goals and targets and improve their profitability. She has helped businesses accelerate their digital presence by utilising online tools to maximise their brand visibility to develop strong relationships and engagement. She has developed an interactive strategy and operational plans for integrating relationship marketing initiatives for high-profile B2C and B2B clients in different international IT companies.
She has a bachelor’s degree in computer science, a master’s degree in Computer Software Engineering, and pursuing her Ph.D. in Data Science.
Head of Technology Solutions
Daniel is an experienced technical leader with over 30 years in electronics and telecommunications repair. With a hands-on background, he brings a practical, solutions-focused approach to leadership and technical operations.
Daniel joined WorkVentures in 1999 as a technician and progressed to lead the entire technical team. His expertise spans reverse-engineering PCBs, designing testing tools…
writing diagnostic software, and developing repair procedures. He led WorkVentures’ transition into telecommunications repair in 2008 and has been instrumental in managing and evolving the repair centre since stepping into a management role in 2019. Daniel is known for his deep technical knowledge, process-driven mindset, and ability to lead teams through change.
Head of Client Solutions (North)
Mil is driven by his passion for technology and the desire to utilise its benefits to make a difference in the lives of people. He has over 25 years of ICT sector experience in sales, business development and client solutions. His journey so far is one that has taken him across the world from South Asia to North America to North Asia and to Oceania. A journey full of experiences that has helped …
shape his life both personally and professionally.
Mil has held leadership positions in start-ups, SME’s and MNC’s, where he has exercised his efficiency expertise to elevate profitability by expanding out to new markets, developing new opportunities, while improving internal processes that benefited the entire business. Mil joined the WorkVentures team in 2021 to work with like-minded people to make a social impact.