The Next Horizon

I’ll jump straight to the headline: I’m calling time on my role as CEO at Welcoming Australia. When you believe in an idea and its potential, you build it in a way someone else can lead. That’s been my modus operandi since I began community-centred work; by that measure, it's almost time to hand over to someone else. In May 2027, at our National Symposium in Melbourne, I will deliver my final address as CEO of Welcoming Australia after more than 11 years in the organisation. The comfortable choice would be to stay. I could make that case easily. There is more to do. There is always more to do, and Welcoming Australia is the healthiest it has ever been (by every metric), across the organisation, membership, reach and impact. But that’s also the reason to try something new, and the easy and comfortable decision isn’t always the right one. Staying would also mean robbing someone more energetic, more intelligent, bolder and more generous than me of the chance to lead this work into its…