Sean Wilson has over two decades experience in supporting the community and not-for-profit sectors (men's health, suicide prevention, human rights, medical research, martial arts, soccer, community legal, etc).
Notably, he served as the CEO of Kolling Foundation at Royal North Shore Hospital (now North Foundation), where he led the whole organisation, including many subsidiary companies, to support medical research across the Northern Sydney Local Health District including Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH), North Shore Private Hospital, Ryde Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and the Kolling Institute. He also served as a Member of the Board of Directors, Company Secretary & Public Officer, Member of the Finance, Investment & Audit Committee, Member of the Andrew Olle Memorial Trust Committee and more. He worked with the Board to attract high-net-worth individuals and corporate sponsors (Westfield, Ernst & Young, etc). He also led the successful set up a new team as part of the launch of the new $100m Kolling Building for Medical Research in partnership with NSW Health and the University of Sydney.
He served as National General Manager Sales & Marketing for The Housing Industry Association, where he led commercial operations for one of Australia's largest not for profit organisations ($85m+ revenue, 300+ staff, 23 offices, 50,000+ members, 600+ apprentices, Home Ideas Centres, national events such as Australian Housing Awards, HomeShows across Australia, etc.
He served as an Advisory Board Member at Close to Home Media - Supporting 100+ local radio stations and 6,000+ local sporting clubs to secure government and corporate partners/sponsors.
He currently helps community legal centers across Australia with AIIM Community Legal CRM - built on Microsoft Power Apps, by the sector for the sector.
He's volunteered for a wide range of community and not for profit organisations and served on boards and committees for local, regional and national not-for-profit organisations.
Member of community business groups (Rotary, SGLBA, Pride Business Network, etc).
Member of chambers of commerce in Canberra, Western Sydney, etc. Also, office bearer roles (President, Secretary, etc): 5+ years.
Martial Arts Instructor: 10+ years.
Soccer Referee - Semi-Professional - Super League matches, etc.
Soccer Referee - Amateur.
Soccer Referee Inspector - Level 1.
Co-Founder & Committee Member for Mr Australasia - Fundraising events to improve men's health and reduce suicide: 5+ years.
Facilitator for Men's Health Groups (NSW Community Health, ACON, etc).
Roving Marshall at Sydney Mardi Gras - The largest pride event in Oceania. Attended by hundreds of thousands of people: 3+ years.
Member of the Human Rights Commission Outlink Executive Committee (suicide prevention): 2+ years.
Member of the Board of Directors, North Foundation (health & medical): 2+ years.
Company Secretary, North Foundation (health & medical, not for profit): 2+ years.
Finance, Investments, and Audit Committees, North Foundation (not for profit): 2+ years.
Research Advisory Grants Committee, North Foundation (not for profit): 2+ years.
Fundraising Committee, North Foundation (not for profit): 2+ years.
Andrew Olle Memorial Trust for brain cancer research (not for profit): 2+ years.
Deputy Campaign Director for an MP who won the NSW Election. Ran multi-lingual community strategies. Achieved a record result.
Site Manager, Sydney Olympic Games – Parramatta Celebrations.
President & Secretary, Community Groups (suicide prevention, not for profit).
Regional Health Conference (community development).
And more.