Collene is a proud, strong Menang Ngudju Noongar yok (woman) with kinship connections throughout Western Australia. Collene has an excellent understanding of what’s needed on the ground to coach organisations and their leaders through their reconciliation journey.

Collene has 25+ years experience across many industries and her strengths include: 

• Developing strategy

• Stakeholder engagement

• Executive Cultural Competence coaching

• Reconciliation Action Plan development and implementation

• Coaching CEOs/Managers/Supervisors of Aboriginal employees

• Mentoring Aboriginal employees

• Workshop facilitation and events management

• Interview preparation

• Development of Aboriginal Employment Plans

• Aboriginal specific engagement

• Aboriginal supply and procurement

• Knowledge sharing and learning workshops

• Aboriginal policy development

Collene has broad experience in building Aboriginal Engagement and Employment Strategies. She is an expert at identifying gaps and solutions in employer’s attraction, recruitment and retention processes with demonstrated successful outcomes. 

Collene has many years of experience developing Reconciliation Action Plans. She is a member of the West Coast Eagles RAP committee and along with her work on the National GHD RAP Committee. Collene is an Independent Director on the Water Research Australia Board and the Chairperson of the McGovern Foundation Board.

Collene’s lifetime contribution to the national reconciliation agenda and enhancing Aboriginal prosperity was recently honoured at the 2022 NAIDOC awards, where she awarded the Perth NAIDOC Outstanding Achiever Award.