PeerThinc Co-Founder

Kristen Raison

Kristen is one of the Co-Founders and Creatives behind PeerThinc.

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Kristen is an executive coach, facilitator, global business mentor and is passionate about supporting leaders to develop engaged and inclusive teams. She is well known for her honest and authentic approach in delivering positive outcomes for her clients by providing a supportive, open & trusted environment to learn and grow.

She has over 25 years’ experience advising and operating at Executive levels in the financial services industry, ranging from Executive Management and Leadership to the National Lead for People Engagement & Culture.

She is also the Managing Director of High Heel Consulting, working with Individuals & Businesses to support their people and growth.

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Her mission is all about inspiring and supporting people through the power of mentoring, self-development and connecting.

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Kristen is a Resilience at Work (R@W) Accredited Coach and Global Learning and Development Lead for Working with Resilience.​

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E: kristen@peerthinc.com

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Marketing Associate

Marwa Hajay

Marwa is an enthusiastic explorer who strives to learn and grow.

She enjoys marketing and simplifying complex business processes.

Marwa is passionate about helping people and businesses to grow​

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E: contact@peerthinc.com 

Mentor

Deborah Madigan

Deborah has many years of experience in Retail, Pharmacy and Dental Management and Operations. Growing businesses through working closely with people are her passion. Deborah loves learning and is currently studying Management at UniSA. Deborah owns two e-commerce websites and thrives on giving amazing service.

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Manager, Partnerships & Professional Development 

Jen Clark

My key passion centres on building confidence in others, helping people shine, mentoring, coaching and building strong team cultures and team resilience.  

For over 14 years I have worked with global clients, colleagues and organisations.  My family started welcoming international exchange students into our home in my early teen years - growing up with my international brothers and sisters was an integral influence in my global perspective and cultural interests.  I have travelled across 12 countries, and run international professional programs in careers readiness, employer engagement, internship placements, alumni reunions, gala dinners and presented at international conferences.  Working extensively in the Adelaide higher education sector, my rapport building skills with international students, colleagues and alumni is extremely high.  

I have been mentoring and coaching for over 30 years.  It all started before I even left school, helping younger year level students with in-class-tuition during my free subjects in my final year.  In more detail: 15 years of working with young people to discover their ideal study/career pathways, preparing university students to get employer ready, combined with 16 years of staff development via the WPDN (Womens' Professional Development Network) program in the University of Adelaide, means that personal and professional development is not just an area of expertise, but woven into my DNA.  I thrive on supporting others to be brave, to learn and be prepared, to take the next step and throw their hat in the ring.  A big advocate for gender equity, I volunteered for the WPDN for 16 years, with the flagship program being Mentoring for women working for the University of Adelaide, across professional, teaching and research roles.       

Networking and strong relationships are core to my being.  I have 25 years of building relationships with clients, influencers, employers, alumni, and industry colleagues.  I love connecting ideas and people and offering creative solutions to achieve goals with tight deadlines and limited resources.  Connecting and building relationships, in person and digitally is a natural strength, along with workshop facilitation.  Other strengths include laughing, thinking outside the box, and telling it how it is.  Often described as enthusiastic and loud, but I  prefer the word vibrant!

PeerThinc Co-Founder

Angela Powell

Angela is one of the Co-Founders and Creatives behind PeerThinc.

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Angela possesses over 26 years of local and international experience where she has provided counselling, coaching & mentoring in a range of health care and organisational settings. She is genuine and passionate about empowering and assisting people to reach their full potential.  Areas of expertise include leadership, team/group dynamics and performance, resilience, mental health in the workplace and worker well-being.

Angela teaches at the University of South Australia in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy and holds extensive professional qualifications.

Angela will assist you to identify and develop strategies that will help you to overcome challenges so you may thrive and achieve optimal well-being and performance in life and work.

Angela is a Resilience at Work (R@W) Accredited Coach and the Specialist Master Trainer: Trauma for Working with Resilience.​

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E: angela@peerthinc.com

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Principal First Nations Consultant

Catherine McLaren

Catherine McLaren and her father’s family have DNA embedded in the mighty Coonbarabran ranges in NSW - a strong and proudly focused Kamilaroi (Gam-il-a-roy) woman, working on Kaurna land since 1991. 

For 25+ years, Catherine has sought to embed cultural intelligence within various agencies within an Aboriginal context. Catherine has lived and worked on Kaurna land in South Australia and acknowledges her status as a visitor to these lands. To restore cultural authority where it belongs, Catherine has sought to consult with, be guided by, engage in humble active listening and practice with voices of Elders, emerging leaders and youth. 

Catherine has worked full time across both non-government and SA Govt agencies spending 10 years in SA Health and achieved undergraduate and masters level education to support an Aboriginal voice in practice, at leadership tables, in policy creation and program delivery. 

Catherine continues to provide lectures on the clinical and cultural intersectionality to emerging psychiatrists for 3+ years, undergraduate university students as a tutor or guest speaker on Working with Aboriginal Families and most recently, been approached to be an expert judge on the Channel 7 (Aboriginal) Young Achiever Awards.

E: Catherine.peerthinc@gmail.com

Quantitative Analyst / Data Scientist

Grant Archer

Grant possesses over 26 years specialising working with digital data in various fields including geophysics, seismology and finance and investments. He has a strong interest and ambition in big data and AI applied to all data types.

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He has an MBA (UofAdel), Graduate Diploma Finance and Investment (Securities Institute), Honours Degree in Geophysics and a Bachelor’s Degree in Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics. He has studies in a Masters Degree in Data Science (in progress).

He has Fellow membership status’s of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and the IPA and FFA(accounting) . 

He also has active memberships of the Institute of Company Directors and of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

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Grant is passionate about data science and offers a unique suite of services (including data analysis for projects), many of which are undertaken through the PeerThinc Resilience at Work (R@W) programs and training initiatives upon request.

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E: grant.peerthinc@gmail.com