I've been reading people my whole life.

At school, on the rugby field, helping mates get their first jobs — I was always fascinated by potential. Not who people were, but who they could become.

I didn't have an easy start. No roadmap. No safety net. No one telling me what I was capable of. I figured things out the hard way and learnt very early that potential means very little unless someone is willing to recognise it.

Maybe that's why I've always been drawn to people who are overlooked.

Throughout my career I've met extraordinary people whose capability far exceeded their visibility. Talented individuals overlooked for promotion. Candidates dismissed on paper who transformed businesses. Founders underestimated by larger competitors.

I qualified as an accountant first. Business made sense to me — numbers, decisions, risk, growth. But what interested me most wasn't the numbers themselves. It was the people behind them. When an opportunity arose to move into hiring, something clicked.

Over the next 25 years I worked with some of the world's best-known organisations as well as ambitious start-ups, interviewed thousands of people and watched entire industries evolve. The more experience I gained, the more convinced I became: hiring was never really about resumes. It was about recognising potential before everybody else did.

Today my interests sit at the intersection of people, business and change. How AI is reshaping opportunity. Why talented people become invisible. What separates those who remain relevant from those who slowly drift out of view.

After 25 years, I've come to believe that visibility, adaptability and judgement are becoming the new career currency. The people who thrive won't necessarily be the most qualified. They'll be the ones who remain visible, relevant and adaptable when the world changes around them.

Today I live in Sydney. I love Formula One, rugby union, diving and open water swimming. I once helped set a world record as part of the largest group of people dressed as mummies in one place. It's not the achievement I'm best known for, but it remains one of my favourites.

If I'm not playing pickleball or swimming, you'll find me with a good film, a hot coffee and a box of Maltesers. Some things don't need improving.