Melinda is an educator and consultant who specialises in personal and team effectiveness, principally with senior executives and leadership teams.

She has designed and delivered executive education programs in Australia, and Asia and the USA. She is a Managing Director of Streamwise Learning, a Facilitator, Faculty Adviser and Fellow of AICD as well as a member of the adjunct faculty at UNSW.

Melinda chairs the board of CuriousWorks and is a director of Harvard Club Philanthropy. She has previously held a number of senior executive roles including National Director of Business Development and Marketing for Deloitte. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Design, magna cum laude, from the University of Cincinnati, an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a PhD from the Australian Graduate School of Management (UNSW) for research in the field of corporate governance.

Her doctoral thesis focused on the dimensions of board structure and director networks that impact firm performance. She has recently published a book with co-author Bob Selden called “Setting the Tone From the Top: how director conversations shape culture.”