Stuart has over 30 years’ experience in Financial Services. As the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the The Bridge International, he leads the Strategy and Corporate Development practice working with Boards, CEOs and executive teams across numerous industries as a trusted advisor and transformational leader.

He Chairs CXO2 and is a director for The Bridge to Good. Prior to The Bridge he was a Chief Executive at Wesfarmers and IAG, At Wesfarmers, Stuart was Chief Executive of Coles Insurance - the fastest international insurance start-up from 200,000 to 400,000 customers at the time. At IAG Australia’s largest insurer, he was accountable for brands including NRMA and RACV.

Sara is an experienced executive with 25 years of international experience and a diverse industry background. She is an intuitive and values-driven leader with a commercial and decisive approach. Sara chairs Bridge to Good, The Bridge International’s foundation and is an Advocate of Lifeline’s Unify Help Project.​

Lewis is a senior C-Suite marketing and sales executive who has managed and consulted to iconic brands across different categories and markets, including the UK, Europe, US, Middle East and Australasia.

Ben is an accomplished professional with over 20 years’ experience in the Insurance sector, who has held both executive and consulting roles with some of Australia’s leading insurance brands, including, IAG NRMA, SGIO, SGIC, Coles Insurance, OAMPS, & icare.

Helen is a strategic innovation leader with 25 years’ experience designing and delivering transformative programs across Financial Services, Education, Social Services, and Community sectors.

Helen leads cross-sector collaborations that embed trauma-informed, culturally safe, and digitally enabled service models. Her work spans co-design, digital transformation, and systems integration.

Holly is a marketing, operations, and communications professional with 20 years of experience building iconic brands across Europe, The Middle East, Africa, APAC, and ANZ. Skilled in strategy, marketing planning, and operations.

Ian is a customer-focused senior insurance executive with extensive experience in P&L accountability, revenue growth, product and pricing strategy, governance and regulatory compliance. He has a successful track record leading strategic transformation projects, bringing together diverse stakeholders and experts to deliver results.

Studying a double degree of Bachelor of Commerce/Innovation & Entrepreneurship with a double major of Economics and Finance at the University of Newcastle, while completing a graduate role at The Bridge International.

Hayden is a passionate consultant, with experience in research, data analysis and presentation. Shaped by his educational background in Science and Economics, his passion for operations and discovery consistently allows him to drive meaningful results for clients within the Insurance Sector.

David co-founded The Bridge to bring non-traditional ways of working to consulting and deliver the best value for money for our clients.

Stuart is an experienced executive within the Australian financial services and professional services industry, with significant expertise across commercial leadership, data, reporting and insights, digital and process design and strategy.

David is an experienced senior leader, non-Executive director and business coach with over 25 years’ experience leading operations, sales, business transformation, leadership, HR and community-based organisations.

David has over 25 years executive leadership experience. For the past 12 years David has been Chief Executive of RAA Insurance, South Australia’s largest Personal Lines
insurer, retiring in 2020. Prior to RAA Insurance, David held senior executive positions at IAG, accountable for the SGIC (SA) and SGIO (WA) brands.

Maria is a leading Organisational Development professional and registered psychologist with a career spanning 25 years supporting leaders and executive teams achieve performance gains through an integrated approach to strategy, culture, leadership development and capability uplift. She has consulted to CEO’s and group executive including Qantas, Westpac and IAG

Dale is an experienced innovation designer with 20+ years' experience in energy, utilities, real estate and insurance. With expertise in IT Operations and CX Transformation, Dale specialises in developing strategies and scalable systems that help businesses develop, test and iterate solutions and experiences that customers need and want, with proven ROI.

Peter has over 25 years senior leadership experience across large scale organisations and emerging global startup businesses. As a specialist in customer contact environments and operations, Peter has led operational divisions, internal support functions and cultural transformation programs across top tier financial services businesses.

Mitisha is a consultant with a Master of International Business from University of New South Wales. With hands-on experience in both International and Australian markets, she brings a unique perspective to her work. Mitisha is skilled in marketing and brand analytics.