In this episode of the +1 Podcast, Dr Medo Pournader interviews Associate Professor Michelle Evans, Associate Professor in Leadership, Joint Associate Dean of Indigenous atthe Melbourne Business School and inaugural Director of Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership.

A Kurri woman from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Michelle, living in Albury on Wiradjuri country, Michelle started her higher education career in theatre studies of community-based theatre and radio. She later shifted her career to community arts and cultural development, became a co-founder of Wilin Centre at the Victorian College of the Arts, and studied leadership at Melbourne Business School.

In this podcast episode, Michelle talks about the challenges that minority academics in business schools encounter and the opportunities to boost leaders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics and business individuals. She tells Medo about the milestones and momentum that successfully drove indigenous leaders, such as the MURRA program, and her hope for the brighter future for the indigenous business sector.

The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]

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