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Mentors

We have a team of Mentors who support our entrepreneur start-up programs. We’re always looking for new mentors to help out our budding entrepreneurs.

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Our Business Programs

The South Australian Business Chamber currently has over 60 mentors who support the delivery of our business programs, including:

Are you interested in becoming a mentor?

The South Australian Business Chamber is always looking for passionate mentors to share their skills and expertise to help support our Early-Stage Entrepreneurs Program participants. Our Early-Stage Entrepreneurs Program helps entrepreneurs of all ages to turn their business ideas into reality or further develop and grow their start-up businesses.

What is the role of a mentor?

  • To work with a matched participant for a period of nine months
  • To assist the participant in setting and achieving their business goals and objectives
  • To assist the participant with the development of their business strategy and business plan
  • To communicate, listen effectively and provide honest feedback

    Your commitment as a mentor

      • Commitment of a minimum of one hour mentoring of a participant once a month for a nine month period
      • A clear understanding of business skills and management practices from experience in your own business or within senior leadership roles in a business
      • The ability to listen and communicate effectively
      • The ability to guide and facilitate, not direct the business
      • The ability to identify capacity and capability within the business
      • The ability to identify networking opportunities for the participant

      If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please contact us via our enquiry form. Please note that you will be required to meet with our a representative from our Programs team.

      Our Entrepreneur Programs Team

      Elisa Luck

      General Manager, Programs and Consulting

      Billy Brigham

      Business Development Manager

      Tara Jeyakodi

      Programs and Consulting Coordinator

      Parker Stanford

      Programs and Consulting Coordinator

      Our current mentors

      Sam Ackland

      Build Clean

      Donna Adams

      Donna Adams Consulting

      Rex Alexander

      Clear Coaching

      Paul Anderson

      Paul Anderson Consulting

      Hamish Archibald

      Partner, O’Loughlins Lawyers

      Adam Basheer

      Fit 4 Market Pty Ltd

      Simon Bennett

      Financial services industry specialist

      Jason Boccaccio

      Adelaide Commercial Finance

      Mike Chalmers

      Sales and marketing professional

      Vanessa Choi

      Marketing strategy specialist

      Jodie Cole

      Jodie Cole Coaching

      Stuart Davis

      VInet Solutions

      Paul Dewsnap

      Digital Resilience

      Kristian Downing

      KD Consulting

      Adam Drabsch

      THNK Advisory - Strategic, evidence-based business advisory services

      Matt Draper

      Deliver It Group

      Riaz Esmailzadeh

      Interim CEO of IoT Consultants

      Steve Fimmano

      BDO

      Judy Forbes

      MENTOR OF THE YEAR 2023

      Michael Fox

      KMT Partners

      Marissa Galatis

      Swan Gessner

      Business coach

      Eric Granger FUniSA. FAICD.

      Angela Grogan

      Best Business Results Pty Ltd

      Tyson Grubb

      Instrument Choice

      Magdalena Hadji

      blue sky thinking – strategic advisory

      Dr Judy Halliday

      Chief Operating Officer, Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur

      Paul Hector

      Hector Finance and Consulting

      Sanja Hendrick

      Talent Academy

      Robert Hill

      Evolving Solutions Pty Ltd

      Paul Huxtable

      Retiree, Mentor and Business Owner

      Thanh Huynh

      Huntha Management Pty Ltd

      Victoria Kardasis

      Endless Opportunities Ahead

      Ben Kirchner

      Business Investment Advisor, Business and Investment Team, Adelaide Economic Development Agency

      Michelle Kolze

      Bluestone Accountants & Business Advisors

      Julianne Kuhlmann

      JK Leaders

      Tim Lavis

      Tim Lavis Consultancy

      Walter Lee

      Business Mentor and Entrepreneur

      Ben Makepeace

      Makepeace Consulting

      Marc Makrid

      Marc Makrid and Associates

      Angela McKenzie

      Southern Cross Austereo

      Amanda McKinnon

      LaserTat / Black Diamond Tattoo

      Lachlan J. Mollison

      Cove Project Management Pty Ltd

      Manzar Naqvi

      Marketing specialist

      Daniel Navacchi

      Director

      Peter Nicolaci

      TSM Consulting

      Clare O’Mahoney

      O’Loughlins Lawyers

      Peter Piliouras

      Star Pharmacy Group

      Tracey Powell

      Managing Director of MADHouse Marketing and Design House

      Rebecca Weatherill

      Workplace Wellbeing SA

      Duncan Redman

      Dare to Dream

      Cheree Reichl

      Small Business Finance Specialist

      Benjamin Rijnbeek

      Beek Build

      Georgi Roberts

      Pitstop Marketing

      Tom Rodger

      The Seller Door

      Mike Rowe

      The Executive Hub

      Andrew Russo

      Geoff Sandell

      Matthew Schirripa

      Simple

      Tom Shemesh

      ANZ Technologies Pty Ltd

      Lisa Stewart

      Marketing and communications specialist

      Michael Tellis

      Mentor of the Year 2024

      Bob Thomas

      Fluid Management Technology

      Luke Timmins

      Co-director AHLG

      Giovanna Toldi

      Business and marketing strategy consultant

      John Travers

      Sheena Trumble

      Neil Tuckwell

      Self-Employed

      Linda Vivian

      Wholesale Homeware Agent

      David Watts

      Two Steps Forward Consulting

      William J. Marmion (Bill)

      Amanda Wood

      AMW Business Mentoring & Advisory
      The South Australian Business Chamber

      Contact us about our mentoring program

      Submit the enquiry form and one of our staff will get in touch with you.

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