Sean Wilson

Sean Wilson is a CEO and senior executive with 20+ years’ experience leading organisations and business units through growth, transformation, turnaround and value creation, including 10+ years in board-appointed CEO roles and Group Executive positions across operations, commercial, technology and product.

He is a commercially driven CEO and operator who connects strategy, people, technology, systems and data to improve performance, strengthen organisations, manage risk and create sustainable value. His career spans business development, sales and marketing, operations, HR and recruitment, technology, data, managed services and organisational transformation.

Sean has led multi-million-dollar businesses and multi-site, multi-function teams across start-ups, scale-ups, multi-billion-dollar organisations, industry bodies, not-for-profit organisations and government. This includes P&L responsibility of up to $89M, 300+ people across 30+ sites, 50,000+ members, 60,000+ SaaS users, 5,000+ B2B and B2G accounts and $1M+ strategic client relationships.

His track record includes 250%+ share value uplift (BetterHR), double-digit revenue and profit growth with 60,000+ users (BetterHR), 5,000+ accounts and 200%+ sales growth (Sensis), 50,000+ members and $89M revenue scale (HIA), turning loss-making operations profitable (Zonda, BetterHR, HIA, Sensis), $0 to $2M+ in sales (AIIM), fixing complex Board-level problems (Sensis, BetterHR, Kolling, Zonda), 5+ acquisition integrations (Zonda, Marine Seven), and 5+ successful exits (BetterHR, Zonda, ITBIZ).

Sean combines strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership, moving comfortably between board-level strategy and execution. He is motivated by purpose and outcomes rather than titles, bringing the breadth of a general manager, the commercial discipline of an operator and the accountability of a CEO. He is equally comfortable leading an enterprise, working closely with a CEO or Founder to turn strategy into performance, or sitting on a board providing expert advice, oversight and governance.

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. He also has a long history of community work.

His formal qualifications span business, governance, technology, human resources, legal services and engineering, complemented by admissions to professional bodies such as the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Australian HR Institute (AHRI) and Institute of Technology Professionals Australia (ITPA).

In his early career, Sean worked in government leading IT, before founding and ultimately selling his own IT business, ITBIZ.

Motivated by purpose and outcomes rather than titles, Sean brings the breadth of a general manager, the commercial discipline of an operator and the accountability of a CEO. He is equally comfortable leading an enterprise, working closely with a CEO or Founder to turn strategy into performance, or sitting on a board providing expert advice, oversight and governance.