About The Brave Group
The Brave Group was founded in 2021 on the back of Melissa Hamilton's Brave Feminine Leadership podcast. Curiosity around why aren't there more female CEOs led to conversations more generally between Melissa and Kelli that great leadership is in demand, and the leadership that got us to where we are today isn't going to take us where we need to go tomorrow. Solution - The Brave Group, where we design and facilitate programs to solve the problem of elevating good leaders to become great leaders; to help people get out of their own way and to own their ambition and this in turn unlocks the talent that is needed to lead and build the workplaces and cultures of the future. We excel in women's programs, but as coaches of CEOs of all genders we know that what we do works for everyone.
We help business develop braver leaders.
Meet Our Program Facilitators
Melissa Hamilton
Co-Founder & Lead Facilitator
Previous CEO of over 4,500 employees, and creator of the Brave Feminine Leadership podcast. Melissa has rich experience through her career (including an 8 year tenure as CEO) in developing future CEO's and senior executives.
When not working passionately on her curiosity - finding answers to why we don't have more female CEOs through her podcast interviews, Melissa spends her time working as an Executive Mentor and Non-Executive Director.
Kelli Hayes
Co-Founder & Lead Facilitator
Previous CEO of 6,500 employees, now mentor to CEO's and C-level executives as well as developing future CEO's as a Syndicate Chair at the CEO Institute. Kelli has developed and delivered business acumen training for all levels of employees over the last 20 plus years and is passionate about helping others grow confidence in the areas of strategy and business finance. Kelli is also a Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary.
Brave Group Consulting
Alister Dias
Principal Advisor
Former Vice President & Managing Director of Google Cloud Australia & NZ, Alister led significant market share growth and transformed the ANZ business. He has extensive experience in leadership roles at VMware and EMC, driving high growth and cultural transformation.
Alister now focuses on consulting to businesses on high-performance sales, leadership development, and mentoring, while also giving back to his local community.
Our Board
Melissa Hamilton & Kelli Hayes
Directors
As active Company Directors of other organisations, Melissa and Kelli believe all companies benefit from great governance no matter the size.
Arthur Huxtable
Chair
Arthur has held a variety of senior finance positions with large organisations in the communications, manufacturing and service industries leaving the Stellar Group as Chief Financial Officer to commence his own accounting and tax practice as Huxtable & Co in 2012 while retaining various Board positions both with Stellar and other entities.
Arthur is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA), a member of the Chartered Governance Institute of Australia, a, member of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a registered Tax Agent and holds a CPA Practicing Certificate.
