Diya is an experienced leader and organisational psychologist with extensive expertise in helping individuals, teams and organisations work at their best. She started out in consulting working across a broad range industries on leadership, culture, organisational reviews, psychological risk prevention and strategic wellbeing. Her longstanding experience with public sector clients eventually led to her joining the Victorian Public Service in 2017. Since then, she has led the state-wide development of comprehensive wellbeing strategy for the Education sector and the implementation of meaningful reforms and change. In her current role within the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office she advises senior leaders on managing the organisation's psychosocial risk profile, with a focus on workload, vicarious trauma and respect at work. Diya is also the Social Impact & Advocacy Director for the National College of Organisational Psychologists, combining her passion for the profession and public policy advocacy to improve wellbeing and inclusion across workplaces.

LEANNE FARADAY-BRASH FAPS FCOP is an Organisational Psychologist and Principal of Brash Consulting, a boutique practice servicing clients in Australia and overseas. As a facilitator, executive coach, grievance investigator and mediator, Leanne has facilitated breakthroughs in interpersonal behaviours, culture and relationships for some of Australia’s largest and most prestigious companies, government departments, universities and hospitals. Leanne specialises in the intersection of organisational development, organisational psychology, and “workplace justice” (Employee Relations, Ethics and EEO). She consults from the Boardroom to the Boiler Room, from AFL Football to Families and Housing and from power stations to police stations. She has presented in North America, the Middle East, Europe, India, Canada, New Zealand and all over Australia. Leanne’s clients include AXA, Nike, Holden, Standard & Poors, the Royal Women’s Hospital, World Vision, HESTA, Unilever, Carlton Football Club, Department of Premier and Cabinet and Epworth Healthcare. As a thought leader on workplace dynamics, culture and leadership, Leanne’s opinion pieces have been published in the Australian Financial Review, AFR Boss magazine, CEO magazine, the Age, the Australian, Charter magazine, smartcompany and the National Safety Magazine for which she contributed to the Ask the Expert column. She has appeared on ABC News, Insight SBS and is interviewed regularly on ABC Radio. Leanne is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) which is the highest internationally recognised designation for professional speakers. She is the author of “Vulture Cultures: How to stop them ravaging your performance, people, profit and public image” published by Australian Academic Press and was a contributing author to “Feminism and Women’s Rights Worldwide” (two volumes, Michele Paludi, ed.) In her time outside work Leanne is an AFLW mentor, State Integrity Officer of a large community sporting organisation and a volunteer Field Psychologist with the Disaster Response Network of the APS.

Christina Hey-Nguyen leads the Respect at Work Directorate at NSW’s work health and safety regulator, SafeWork NSW, focused on addressing workplace gender-based harms including sexual harassment, across NSW workplaces. Prior to this role, Christina spent over 15 years across corporate and government sectors as a litigator and foreign affairs and human rights policy expert.

Sam is an organisational psychologist who worked with the Queensland Work Health and Safety Regulator to promote psychosocial risk management to address psychological health at work. Her team was instrumental in developing the recent Code of Practice Managing the risks of psychosocial hazards at work, that is recognised as a leading piece of legislation for mental health at work. Sam is also a Board approved Supervisor, hosting a number of Masters student on placement, greatly valuing the benefit they bring to everyone at the workplace. Sam completed her Masters of Organisational Psychology at University of Queensland and was the recipient of the COP National Postgraduate Student Award in 2019 Prior to a career in psychology, Sam was an intensive care nurse educator and patient safety advocate for 20+ years. She is a staunch feminist amplified by being the mother of two daughters.