Sean Wilson is a CEO and senior executive with more than 20 years’ experience leading organisations and business units through growth, transformation, turnaround and value creation.
He has spent more than a decade in board-appointed CEO roles, alongside Group Executive positions spanning operations, commercial, technology and product leadership.
He is a commercially driven CEO and operator who connects strategy, people, technology, systems and data to improve performance, strengthen organisations, build better products and services, manage risk and create sustainable value. His career spans business development, sales and marketing, operations, HR and recruitment, technology and data management, managed services and organisational transformation.
Sean has led multi-million-dollar businesses, multi-site and multi-function teams and business units across start-ups, scale-ups, multi-billion-dollar organisations, industry bodies, not-for-profits and government. His experience includes direct responsibility for P&Ls of up to $89M, leadership of 300+ people across 50+ sites, organisations with 50,000+ members and 60,000+ SaaS users, 5,000+ B2B and B2G accounts, and high-value client and partner relationships exceeding $1M.
His track record includes 250%+ enterprise value uplift, doubling revenue and profit, turning loss-making operations profitable, integrating acquisitions and creating exit-ready businesses. He brings a practical, commercially focused approach to complex challenges, with the ability to move between board-level strategy and hands-on operational execution to turn strategy into measurable results.
His executive experience is supported by formal qualifications across business, governance, technology, HR and legal services, together with admission to professional bodies including the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Australian HR Institute.
Sean has served on boards and held governance roles including Company Director, Company Secretary and Public Officer, and has advised an MP and business leaders. He is comfortable operating at the intersection of executive leadership, ownership and governance, with a clear understanding of both organisational performance and board accountability.
Motivated by outcomes rather than titles, Sean brings the breadth of a general manager, the commercial discipline of an operator and the accountability of a CEO.
Sean works at the intersection of strategy, commercial performance, people and execution. He gets to the heart of what is really happening inside an organisation, identify what is holding it back and turn decisions into focused action. His edge is combining pace with judgement. He moves quickly when action is required, while taking the time to understand the problem before acting. The objective is not activity. It is measurable progress.
Organisations Sean has led, advised or worked with