Sean Wilson

Sean Wilson is an Australian businessman with a global outlook gained from extensive travel and international client work.

He's a board-appointed CEO and Managing Director with over a decade of experience driving growth, loss-to-profit turnarounds, and capital-disciplined value creation across SaaS, HR, marketing, regulated services, retail, and member-based organisations.

He's held full P&L accountability across portfolios up to $85M+ and led national divisions within 10-figure enterprises, delivering ARR growth, margin expansion, and exit-ready operating models in complex environments.

He operates with an owner’s mindset and is effective as a CEO, COO/CCO, or group executive, partnering closely with boards and investors on value creation, transformation, and strategic outcomes.

He's typically engaged when growth has stalled, complexity has accumulated, or an organisation needs to be stabilised, professionalised, and positioned for its next phase — whether that’s scale, integration, or exit.

His edge is combining pace with judgement. He identifies inflection points early, acts decisively, and moves fast without being reactive — reducing false moves, accelerating alignment, and lifting execution quality.

His leadership style is decisive and commercial, grounded in trust. He makes hard calls on capital, people, and priorities while building leadership teams and operating models that scale.

His early career across HR, sales & marketing and technology giving him uncommon cross-functional fluency to connect people, revenue, and systems at the executive level.

He's also served on many boards and committees, and in office bearer roles for over a decade (Chairperson, Company Secretary, Public Officer).

If you’re seeking an executive who can absorb risk, restore momentum and leave the business materially stronger, he's open to a conversation.

Flagship CEO Proof

CEO & Managing Director at BetterHR for over 7 years.

PE-style value creation | SaaS & professional services

Where he led a multi-million-dollar HR SaaS and employment law advisory business, reporting to the Board with full P&L, product, commercial and operational accountability.

• Doubled revenue and gross profit and increased enterprise value 250%+, funded entirely through internal cashflow.

• Rebuilt the SaaS platform end-to-end, materially lifting retention, ACV and scalability.

• Expanded to 60,000+ users and a national partner ecosystem (300+ partners).

• Secured strategic alliances with Telstra, Telstra Health and ADP, embedding defensible distribution.

• Achieved major shareholding due to his contributions

• Led governance and buyer narrative for successful exit (2024)

Investor & Board Appointed Mandates

CEO at Zonda Global / Zonda Care | Group COO at Venturely (PE Portfolio)

Turnaround, de-risking and exit preparation

Appointed by investors to lead a $20m+ portfolio across healthcare staffing, NDIS services and multi-site retail. Mandate focused on stabilisation, compliance, integration and value creation.

• Converted operating losses to 34% gross profit.

• Resolved material compliance and governance risk in regulated healthcare environments.

• Integrated five acquisitions across four states, lifting operational leverage.

• Positioned assets for successful sale and transition.

• Reported directly to PE board; led shared services across the portfolio.

CEO & Managing Director at Kolling Foundation

Turnaround, de-risking and growth

Appointed by the Board to lead a multi-million-dollar medical research foundation at Royal North Shore Hospital. Founded by NSW Government, University of Sydney, Ramsay Health, etc.

• Stabilised operations and resolved complex compliance issues; 

• Delivered 7 figure revenue growth across a group of DGRs;

• Launched $100M Kolling Building;

• Secured strategic alliances: Westfield, Ernst & Young (EY), ABC, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Commercial Director at Sharing Minds (Microsoft Gold Partner)

NewCo build & ARR creation

Brought in to commercialise and scale a new legal software division (SaaS, professional services, etc.

• Built the business from zero to $1m+ revenue in six months with 58% ARR.

• Achieved profitability in year one.

• Designed national distribution, pricing and partner strategy.

• Drove product roadmap (UX, AI, modular expansion).

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