COACH AND MENTOR
Wendy Perry is the Managing Director of Workforce BluePrint since 2002, Facilitator for Sea to Valley Startups, and for 4.5 years (from 2019-2023 with 15 000+ clients) she was the Entrepreneur Facilitator for Adelaide – West, Switch Start Scale. An entrepreneur & educator, explorer & innovator, mentor & speaker on Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Strategic Workforce Planning & Development, Vocational Education & Training (VET) & TVET, International Capability & Capacity Development. Mentoring & facilitation are strengths with Wendy working alongside entrepreneurs, founders, governments, individuals, industry sectors, organisations, economic & regional development agencies, HR & OD leaders, startups, scaleups, students & unicorn companies.
A reputation as a leading authority on Strategic Workforce Planning & Development & Vocational Education & Training (VET/TVET) is well earned with extensive experience working in Agriculture, Banking & Finance, Building & Construction, Civil Construction, Community Services, Contact Centres, Defence, Disability, Education, Employment Services, Energy, Events, Food & Wine, Government (all levels), Health, Higher Education, ICT, Manufacturing, Mining & Resources, Sport & Recreation, Small Business, Telecommunications, Tourism, Vocational Education & Training (VET), & Water sectors.
Clients include business and industry leaders, entrepreneurs and social enterprises, female founders and diverse innovators, government agencies and not for profits, people who are unemployed and those with disabilities, mature aged people who are self-employed or are looking to startup a venture, and scaleups with a local, national and international aspiration. This mentorship has taken Wendy all around Australia and the world where she has hosted many international delegations and programs with connections across Africa, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Ecuador, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Spain, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, USA, Vietnam, and Zambia.