Coach + Growth Partner
Melissa’s spent 25 years translating chaos into clarity—from founding tech businesses in Shanghai, to shaping Australia’s largest financial merger at Suncorp, to leading federal growth programs supporting 4,000+ companies.
Her passion for outdoor adventure shows up in her hunger for learning at the frontiers of business systems—all in service of helping private businesses scale smarter.
“Melissa’s one of a kind. Tech knowledge, design thinking. She’s also very warm—while knowing exactly when to challenge, and lift your level of performance.”
Career across continents and business stages—scale-ups, corporates, and government. MBA from QUT, digital strategy from MIT.
Warm, authentic, tenacious. Adventurous tech geek with a steady hand for finding the signals in noise—and sharing that intel.
Founded a business in Shanghai, led strategy through Australia’s largest financial merger. Directed national support for 4,000+ SMEs.
Melissa speaks Chinese, runs a native tree nursery to help climate change, is a surf life saver, and is still climbing literal mountains.
