Sean Wilson

Sean Wilson is an Australian CEO and board-level executive with over 20 years’ experience leading complex, multi-entity organisations through growth, turnaround and exit, with full P&L accountability exceeding $85m.

He holds qualifications across business, governance, marketing, HR, legal services and technology disciplines and has been admitted to multiple professional bodies. 

He's served in board-appointed CEO and Managing Director roles for over a decade. With proven success in setting the overall strategic direction, making major corporate decisions and driving growth, profitability and capital-disciplined value creation across SaaS, HR, marketing, regulated services, retail and member-based organisations.

His early career in senior leadership roles across HR, sales & marketing and technology gives him an 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 (Chair, Company Secretary, Public Officer).

He also has a long-standing commitment to community service, contributing volunteer leadership, governance and hands-on support across a range of not-for-profit and community organisations.

He operates with an owner’s mindset and he's highly effective, and equally comfortable, in CEO, or group executive roles (COO, CPO, CCO, CTO), working in close partnership with peers to drive value, transformation, and strategic execution.

He's scaled complex organisations, led national divisions within 10-figure enterprises, built multi-million-dollar new businesses from scratch, led product creation, turnarounds and transformations, delivered ACV and ARR growth, margin expansion, and exit-ready operating models.

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.

He has an adaptable leadership style, with a strong ability to read the operating environment (growth or turnaround, regulated or entrepreneurial, stable or crisis), and deliberately adjust how he leads. He calibrates decision-making, communication, pace, and level of control to the context, aligning his approach to organisational maturity, risk profile, and leadership capability. He makes hard calls on capital, people, and priorities while building leadership teams and operating models that scale.

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.

If you’re seeking an executive, business partner or advisor to help scale performance, manage risk, and strengthen enterprise value, contact Sean Wilson.