I've been reading people my whole life.

In school, on the rugby field, the athletics track, helping mates get their first paper rounds and jobs — I was always fascinated by opportunity and potential. Not who people were, but who they could become.

I wasn't handed a clear path. I had to work out what I was good at, where I fitted, and how to make people see it. That taught me something early: potential means very little unless someone is willing to recognise it.

Maybe that is why I have always been drawn to people who are overlooked.

Over the years, I have met extraordinary people whose capability sat far above their visibility. Talented people passed over for promotion. Candidates dismissed on paper who went on to transform businesses. Founders underestimated by bigger, louder competitors.

I qualified as an accountant first. Business made sense to me — numbers, decisions, risk, growth. But what interested me most was never just the numbers. It was the people behind them. When I moved into hiring, something clicked.

For more than 25 years, I have worked with global organisations, ambitious start-ups and founder-led businesses. I have interviewed thousands of people and watched industries change around them. The more I saw, the more convinced I became that hiring was never really about resumes. It was about judgement and timing. It was about recognising capability before everybody else did.

Today, my work sits at the intersection of people, business and change.

I think about how AI is reshaping opportunity. Why talented people become invisible. Why some careers keep moving while others stall. And what separates the people who stay relevant from those who slowly drift out of view.

I believe visibility, adaptability and judgement are becoming the new career currency. The people who thrive will not always be the most qualified. They will be the ones who stay visible, useful and adaptable while the world changes around them.

I live in Sydney. I love Formula One, Rugby Union, diving and open-water swimming. I held a world record as one of the largest group of people dressed as mummies in one place. Not the achievement I am best known for, but still one of my favourites.

For real down time, you will probably find me with family, a great film, coffee and a box of Maltesers. Some things don't need improving.