
Mentors in Melbourne
Cindy Batchelor
Chair of the Board
Auto & General Insurance Company
Cindy has had a long and successful career in professional and financial services supporting people and customers to realise their potential and achieve their dreams. She believes deeply that there is strength in vulnerability and leads and inspires people through connection to purpose and a belief that anything is possible. Cindy was most recently the Deputy CEO of Australian Red Cross and has also spent time in Myanmar working for a private bank whose ambition is to build a better Myanmar for its people. Cindy is the CEO of a start-up called Spiritum and working with her business partner to launch re-imagined medical scrubs early next year for women in health that are functional and fashionable. Cindy is a Non-Executive Director of Auto & General which is more commonly known through the Budget Direct and Compare the Market brands. Cindy is a sports fan- she played basketball for 35 years and more recently spends her time keeping fit through strength work and hiking. Cindy is also a mum to two adult sons, Jackson & Billy and her baby cocker spaniel Harlee.
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Content Marketer at Mentor Walks, Tess’s professional life is shaped by a desire to drive gender equality and build an inclusive society. Her passion and experience saw her lead the social media arm of the Teach Us Consent campaign, pulling mandatory consent education for Australian students over the line in March 2022.
She is currently completing her Bachelor of Communications (Social and Political Science) at UTS and is most energised and inspired when surrounded with powerhouse women.
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