
Mentors in Perth
Vanessa Vershaw
Managing Director & Founder
The Vanessa Vershaw Group
As Founder and Managing Director of the Vanessa Vershaw Group, Vanessa leads a global organisational psychology practice integrating neuroscience, human performance, and deep psychological insight to drive transformational leadership and organisational performance.
Partnering with some of the world's greatest thinkers, leading organisations (e.g. Adobe, Starbucks, Brookfield, Ford Motor, Chevron, Goldman Sachs, Pepsico, Boeing, Pfizer, Oracle, Goldfields) and institutions (e.g. Harvard, WWF (WEF - Davos), Berkeley, Queen's University) she has developed proprietary frameworks including the Momentum™ Coaching Method, Elite Mental Performance Method™, and Adaptive Organisation Framework to help leaders and executive teams expand capacity, accelerate performance, and lead with clarity, resilience, and strategic intent.
She also serves as a trusted strategic and high performance advisor to senior leaders operating in high-stakes, high-demand environments.
As an international keynote speaker, she challenges outdated leadership paradigms and inspire leaders to step into the responsibility and courage required to shape the future.
She is the author of Unreasonable Ambition and The Sisterhood Paradox, exploring ambition, leadership, and the psychology of human potential.
Beyond her work, she is a mother, explorer, and lifelong student of human potential.
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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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