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​As a social innovation scholar and experienced chair/director of and consultant to nonprofits, startups, and government entities, I help organizations and policymakers address contemporary social challenges.

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Informed by my scholarly, board, and executive background, I offer skills in business strategy, revenue diversification, and stakeholder engagement to support organizations in achieving growth and impact through innovation. This includes building commercially viable digital and physical audiences, developing nonprofit sustainability, and scaling startups.​

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Current positions

  • Director, Sarah Richardson Consulting Pty Ltd

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

  • Industry Fellow, Queensland University of Technology

  • Doctoral Candidate (PhD under examination), The University of Queensland

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Boards & committees

Current appointments

  • AusCam Freedom Project Board Chair

  • Charley's Chocolate Advisory Board Member

  • Victoria University of Wellington Regional Ambassador & Committee Chair

Previous appointments

  • Northern Beaches Council Audit/Risk/Improvement Committee Member

  • Community Options Australia Director & Governance Committee Chair

  • ACT Public Cemeteries & Crematoria Director & Audit/Governance Committee Member

  • Australian Institute of Architects Director & People/Culture/ Governance Committee Member

  • Job Centre Australia Director, Recruitment Committee & Strategy Taskforce Chair

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Finance/Audit/Risk Committee Member

  • UniSport Australia Director, Marketing/Sponsorship Committee Chair, & Governance/Nominations Committee Member

  • Judo Federation of Australia Director & Finance/Risk Committee Chair

  • Parkinson's Australia Director & Fundraising Committee Chair

  • ProPortion Foods Advisory Member

  • First Vintage Director

  • Ethics Centre Membership Committee & Content Committee Chair

  • Workability Director & HR Committee Chair

  • University of Chicago Alumni Association Mentor & Alumni Club of Perth Founder

  • Rotary Fundraising Committee & Website Marketing Committee Member

  • Australian Association of National Advertisers Policy Committee Member​

About my consultancy

​Established in early 2004, my boutique agency provides management, marketing, and sales consulting for small to medium sized organizations in nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors. The consultancy offers business advice to boards and executives who may not have a full-time senior marketer, sales manager, or HR professional, or who are looking for an objective outside review.

​Memberships

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors (Fellow, GAICD)

  • Governance Institute Australia (Fellow)

  • Women on Boards (WOBsx Adjunct Chair)

  • Australian Marketing Institute (Fellow, CPM, Awards Judge)

  • Australian Fulbright Alumni Association

  • NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants (past)

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Qualifications

  • Nonprofit Performance Measurement, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, USA

  • Company Directors Diploma, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australia

  • MBA (honours), University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

  • BCA, Business/Accounting, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

  • BA, English Literature, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

  • CPA Diploma & CMA Diploma, Institute of Chartered Accountants, NZ

  • Teacher’s Drama Diploma, Trinity College, UK

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Executive highlights

  • Recent nonprofit leadership roles as Head of Digital at Wesley Mission and Head of Marketing & Communications at the Ethics Centre

  • As a Perth newcomer, I built consulting networks from the ground up through target marketing, professional associations’ involvement, differentiation, and customised service; and created a successful boutique business with diverse clients, high return, and revenue stream in a downturn

  • 15+ years of general management, strategic planning, and commercial experience in Australia, France (with Scandinavian and North American responsibility), the United States, and New Zealand​

  • Personal involvement in turnaround from Voluntary Administration through new company ownership to sustained strong profitability and revenue growth as Head of Commercial at a medium sized family owned importer and producer of craft products distributing to many small retailers and large chain stores across Australia

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