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Craig Fairweather

CEO

Craig Fairweather
Craig has an extensive record of achievement and success in various executive marketing, communications and commercial leadership roles within a broad range of private and public sector organisations. He is a hands-on business growth manager and agent-of-change who relishes tackling challenges positively and achieving outstanding results. He has demonstrated capability and versatility in developing and implementing innovative strategic and tactical customer-centric marketing and business plans across varying industry sectors including tourism, retail, hospitality, sport, for-profit, and vocational training. He is well known to the Mill House team having been a willing Mentor across several programs before joining the Executive Team as General Manager Craig runs his own boutique management and marketing consultancy, ChallengingIDEAS Australia, providing tailored advisory services across varying industry sectors including tourism, retail, hospitality, sport, entertainment, for-profit and vocational training. “I am excited by the growth potential of the Mill House Ventures business and am confident in the capability and capacity of our team in being able to progress the development, sustainability, impact and recognition of the Regions’ emerging social entrepreneurs.”

Tom Navakas

Programs Manager

Tom Navakas
Tom is a former social entrepreneur who specialises in business development and has a passion for For Profit, For Purpose business. Following closing their business in 2020 due to COVID they spent some time in management consulting however found they were missing the impact side of business and joined The Mill House Ventures at the start of 2023. Now using their experience in entrepreneurship, business development and consulting services they are responsible for designing, organising, coordinating, and facilitating the various Mill House Ventures programs.

Chun-Yin San

Social Entrepreneur In Residence

Craig Fairweather
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Murray Coates

Social Entrepreneur In Residence

Craig Fairweather
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Zoe Piper

Social Entrepreneur In Residence

Zoe Piper
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Our Board

Hugh Chalmers

Chair
Independent Director

Craig Fairweather
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Maree Sainsbury


University of Canberra

Craig Fairweather
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Ivan Slavich

Bendigo Community Bank Canberra
Service One Mutual

Craig Fairweather
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Mollie Duncan

Independent Director

Craig Fairweather
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Zoe Piper

Independent Director

Craig Fairweather
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Petr Adamek

Canberra Innovation Network

Craig Fairweather
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Carolyn Ludovici

The Snow Foundation

Craig Fairweather
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