Matt Walsh
Matt Walsh’s purpose is to help leaders achieve meaningful strategic outcomes and enduring personal wellbeing. Matt is particularly skilled at helping leaders make effective role transitions and to develop their focus, strategic thinking, future orientation, risk appetite and autonomy.
From decades as a C-suite executive and Director, including CEO and Chairman roles, Matt brings a unique mix of perspective, pragmatism, and experience to his executive coaching and consulting services.
A proven business model innovator and adaptive enterprise leader, change catalyst and creative thinker, Matt is regarded for his out-of-the-box thinking, pragmatic execution skills, compelling messaging, and passion for unlocking personal potential.
Matt has an extensive multi-industry track record, with his executive, board, and consulting roles traverse a wide variety of sectors, including financial services, wealth management, banking, health insurance, health services, life insurance, professional services, tertiary education, defence, aged care, research commercialisation and not-for-profit.
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Recognising that every enterprise, leader, and context is different, Matt uses an adaptive approach, with a tailored mix of interviews, one-to-one coaching, facilitated workshops, research, presentations, and collaborative design processes, and is committed to delivering the following benefits:
-Improved focus
-Quick wins and rapid progress
-Strategic clarity and greater optionality
-More enabled leaders
-Improved abilities to navigate complexity and ambiguity
Matt is currently a Director of Defence Health, and his past executive roles and directorships include:
-Director and CEO, Australian Unity Health Limited; Director, Australian Unity Bank Limited and Director, Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Limited
-Director, Australian Health Service Alliance
-Group Executive and Chief Executive Officer, Australian Unity – Retail
-Chief Executive, Lifeplan Funds Management
-Chair, Strategic Advisory Board of Adelaide University’s International-Centre for Financial Services
-Management Consultant, Price Waterhouse