South West Leaders Conference 2025

The South West Leaders Conference returns in 2025 with a dynamic program designed to spark ideas and challenge your approach to leadership.

We've lined up a fantastic mix of speakers, each bringing their own perspective on leadership, from lessons learned through adversity to strategies that drive progress and resilience.

We will also hear from our Local Leaders Panel, spotlighting voices from within our own region as they share the opportunities and challenges shaping their leadership journeys.

The conference is an amazing professional development opportunity within the South West, and all leaders, emerging or established, will be inspired.

Speakers:

Myles Pollard | Corporate Communication Specialist | Actor | Educator

With over two decades of experience across film sets and boardrooms, Myles delivers high-impact communication training that blends the precision of performance with the clarity of teaching. Backed by degrees in Education (Edith Cowan University) and Dramatic Art (NIDA), his approach equips leaders, teams, and individuals to speak with confidence, connect with authenticity, and perform under pressure.

Myles’ career spans major Australian screen productions - from McLeod’s Daughters to Mystery Road, Wolverine, and Drift - giving him real-world insight into presence, storytelling, communication, and influence.

Lisa Shreeve | CEO, Busselton Jetty

Busselton Jetty CEO Lisa Shreeve is proud to work with a community of passionate Western Australians who saved the iconic 1.8km Busselton Jetty after Cyclone Alby hit in 1978.

Lisa has a Business Degree, Masters in Regional Development, is a graduate of the AICD, an Environmental Auditor, was an Olympic torch bearer on two occasions and represented Australia at the United Nations in Sustainable Development. She is loving her job at the Busselton Jetty, awarded WA’s Major Tourist Attraction 3 years running to 2021 and in 2024 Gold in Ecotourism and Accessible Tourism.

Joseph Healy | Co-Founder of Judo Bank & Malu Health Group

Joseph is a Co-Founder and CEO of Malu Health Group, a purpose-led integrated mental health practice. Malu’s purpose is to improve access to exceptional mental health care and enhance the quality of the client/patient and clinician’s experience.

In 2016, he co-founded Judo Bank, a bank specialising in the SME economy, and was CEO from 2016-2024. It is the fastest start-up bank globally to achieve profitability and was named LinkedIn’s #1 place to work in Australia in 2023.

Joseph has also held senior executive positions at NAB, ANZ, Citibank, CIBC World Markets, and Lloyds Bank.

Sue Freeman | Ex-Fighter Pilot & RAAF Instructor

Flight Lieutenant Sue Freeman is a highly respected fighter pilot and flight instructor with a defence force career spanning 30 years. Sue joined the Royal Air Force (UK) in 1991 and, after completing fast-jet pilot training, flew the Tornado F3 fighter on the frontline and served as an instructor on the Conversion Unit. Her career included participating in several multinational exercises around the world, patrolling the Iraq no-fly zone between 1999 and 2002, and conducting live intercepts of aircraft during Quick Reaction Alert duties to defend UK and Falkland Islands airspace.

In 2016, Sue joined the Royal Australian Air Force and has spent the past seven years at RAAF Base Pearce with the 79 Squadron, flying and instructing on the Hawk 127. There, she trained junior pilots in fast-jet flying, team operations, and aircraft manoeuvring close to performance limits. She was recently posted to 2FTS, which still includes flying and instructing but on something a little slower, the Pilatus PC21.

Local Leaders Panel

Local Leaders from the South West to discuss their leadership journeys and the opportunities they see for our region.

Panellists + topic to be announced.