Maria MacNamara
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
8K followers
500+ connections
About
Maria is a member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board of Serco, Chair of the Information Sharing Committee of the AUKUS Forum, an Industry Fellow at UTS, and a member of the University of Western Sydney Infrastructure Committee. She is a Non-Executive Director of Spark Festival and sits on the advisory boards of Social Value and Zitavi.
Maria is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Space Industry Association of Australia.
She was the Director of Government Affairs and Innovation Strategy in Australia and New Zealand at Kyndryl and was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Advance.org, Australia’s global diaspora organisation. Maria was also an Adviser to Senator the Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, the Acting Director of Policy and Strategy at WIRO in the Department of the NSW Government led by the Hon. Victor Dominello and Head of Strategy for the Digital Transformation Office (then Agency) within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. She has launched three startups and exited two.
Maria formerly served on the Advisory Council for the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, chaired the Strategy Board for the ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience, and was a member of the Board of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. Maria is a member of the International Women’s Forum (Australia) and the Royal Society (NSW) and was a founding member of the Montessori Children’s Foundation.
She has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney and completed the Deep Dive Program delivered by Tel Aviv University and the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce.
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Education
Honors & Awards
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Winner of Best Community MVP of the year at Startcon Australasian Startup Awards
Startcon.com
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Recognised in the 2018 International Women's Day Showcase
Smart Company
Smart Company asked readers and the business community to nominate women who have inspired, challenged and supported them in their careers. https://www.smartcompany.com.au/iwd/
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Royal Society of NSW
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International Women's Forum (Australia)
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- PresentIWF brings together an unprecedented global membership to exchange ideas, to learn, inspire, and to build better leadership for a changing world. This vision is realised through global conferences, training and mentoring programs and our networks of global forums. https://www.iwfaustralia.org/
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RSA - The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce
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-The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. We’re committed to a future that works for everyone. A future where we can all participate in its creation. The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for over 260 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and diverse global community of over 30,000 problem-solvers, deliver solutions for lasting change. We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll…
The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. We’re committed to a future that works for everyone. A future where we can all participate in its creation. The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for over 260 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and diverse global community of over 30,000 problem-solvers, deliver solutions for lasting change. We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.
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