Helene founded the company in 1992 and is the Managing Director. She has over 20 years of experience in management and consulting throughout Australia and internationally and has lived in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Helene has been at the forefront of sustainable development in Indigenous communities and the cultural and creative industries. She has been engaged as a policy adviser and business development consultant by both governments and the private sector.

Helene’s significant appointments and achievement include: UNESCO expert in sustainable development for the Convention for the Protection and Promotion for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; 2007 AusDavos Future Leadership award winner; keynote speaker at the First International Cultural and Creative Industries Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing; Member of the Prime Minister’s Working Party for Creativity in the Innovation Economy; and, Trustee 2007- 2013 Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

Helene is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course and holds a Graduate Diploma in Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts. Helene is a truly global citizen, with European and Australian citizenship as well as African and Chinese cultural backgrounds.

Vanessa first started work with the company in 1998 to oversee and implement internal and client project management.

Previously Vanessa has worked in both the not-for-profit sector and private enterprise as General Manager, Company Administrator, Program Manager and Research Officer. Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Arts Media Studies, Certificate III in Business Administration and a Certificate IV in Volunteer Management.

Having lived in Denmark for 12 months on a cultural exchange, Vanessa has a passion for Scandinavia and speaks conversational Danish.

Anthony has more than 25 years of experience working in professional services, consulting and management that spans a very broad array of industry sectors.

The early part of his career was spent in legal practice, where for almost a decade he worked as an advocate and solicitor in the ACT, NSW and QLD providing commercial advice and litigation services for government and commercial clients.

​Since leaving legal practice Anthony moved into consulting, where he has focussed on improving outcomes for a broad range of NFP organisations and SME’s in the creative and cultural industries through training, mentoring and strategic business advice and planning. He has provided change management and business improvement solutions to more than 100 SME’s.

Senior management and advisory roles that Anthony has held include: Business Advisor, Creative Industries Innovation Centre; Monash Technology Research Platform Manager and Chief Executive Officer, Sports Medicine Australia.

Anthony is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors course, and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law (Australian National University) and Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (University of Technology Sydney). He also holds a Certificate IV Assessment and Workplace Training.

Aushaf is a Writer, Researcher, and Arts Administrator from Indonesia. In Creative Economy, he takes on the role of Research & Communications Assistant, working to develop and manage our communications strategy, copywriting, and storytelling as well as assisting with arts and cultural research.

Having received a Bachelor of Urban & Regional Planning from Institut Teknologi Bandung and a Master of Cultural & Creative Industries from Monash University, Aushaf's goal is to leverage arts and culture to create better cities and communities.

Aushaf’s writing has been featured in multiple publications across the web, both under his real name and pen name Adam Erland.