Our Board

Heath has had a long career in media, marketing, digital and innovation. He has worked in startups (including two of his own) and big organisations such as News Corp, Deloitte and Disney. He holds a bachelor of Business (Marketing) from RMIT University and has completed further qualifications at the Harvard Business School's executive program. Heath is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors course. He has been on the board of the Entrepreneurs' Organization and chaired the finance role. He is a director of Animals Australia and Edgar's Mission. Today, he is an active investor. Heath would like to see many more Australians considering themselves vegan and hopes that Vegan Australia can play a leading role in this important change.

Favourite quote: “If you think eating meat is just a personal choice, you’re forgetting someone.” —  Unknown.

Favourite resources:

• THIS IS VEGAN PROPAGANDA (& Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) by Ed Winters (aka Earthling Ed).
• NutritionFacts.org or any book from Dr Michael Greger MD
• Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Rachael has been committed to veganism since 2008 and joined the board of Vegan Australia in 2022. She is best known for her role as editor of Nourish Plant-based Living, which she took on in 2019, giving the title the authentic vegan voice it needed. Under her leadership, the magazine has grown its audiences throughout Australia and New Zealand, and has released special editions into North America. The brand further extended its influence by launching the Nourish Vegan Awards in 2020, the first consumer-voted vegan awards for food and lifestyle products in Australia. Coupled with her Masters in Publishing and Communications, Rachael's lived experience of the changing vegan landscape has uniquely positioned her to curate timely, relevant and educational content for the emerging vegan mainstream. Her approach is inclusive, and she believes all forms of vegan advocacy and activism are important in reaching the largest number of people, wherever they are on their vegan journey. With a focus on holistic health and wellbeing, she remains an occasional and unapologetic foodie in these hedonistic vegan times.

Favourite quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Favourite resources: Rachael's obvious favourite is the Nourish Plant-based Living print magazine and website where advice and inspiration from prominent vegan leaders is curated as a resource for new and old vegans alike. She also is a great believer in the power of supported challenge months, such as Vegan Easy, No Meat May and Veganuary.

Anu is a strategist, entrepreneur, and an influencer who shifts and transforms businesses to deliver their vision. She mentors and coaches with passion, partnering and guiding her clients to effectively strengthen and elevate their leadership. She is currently the Managing Director of Procurement at PwC. She has 20+ years’ corporate experience working across top and mid-tier consulting, telco, financial services, health care and government.

Anu is the founder of Shvaas yoga, with a focus on mindfulness as a key leadership skill. She is a Yoga Australia registered yoga teacher. As an entrepreneur she brings a high level of empathy and EQ to compliment her leadership. Anu is a keynote speaker, frequently invited to industry forums to share her thoughts on leadership, talent, strategies for amplifying success and empowering to unleash the untapped potential.

Her practice on the mat has led her towards a journey internally, guided and grounded by strong ethics, veganism being one of those.

She loves getting on the mat, travelling and volunteering time as a Board Director for impactful organisations such as Vegan Australia and Fernlea Community Care.

Her favourite quote is by a yogi...."whatever questions you choose to ask, your life will become the answer"!

Follow her on Instagram here, Linkedin here