Adam Fletcher is a proud Gringai Wonnarua man who is a member of the Lester Family. The family have Traditional Ownership connections to the Allyn River near Barrington as well as the former St Clair Mission in Mount Olive near Singleton. He is incredibly passionate about understanding and implementing the concepts of self-determination, free prior and informed consent and First Nations cultural and economic sovereignty and believes that we need to equip our future generations with the skills and networks to make their visions for a shared cultural understanding a reality.

He has worked at National Australia Bank for over 15 years, starting as a Graduate in the Internal Audit team before working in roles across Project Portfolio Governance, Group Strategy Execution, Customer-centred change delivery. He now leads the NSW / ACT Indigenous Business Specialisation and is passionate about Industry returning to education environments. Adam holds a Masters Degree in Social Change Leadership from Melbourne University, is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity. He completed his undergraduate double degrees of Business and Economics, majoring in Marketing, Management and, Money, Banking, Trade and Finance at the University of Newcastle.

Adam believes that the current models of education are ready for disruption, with a focus on place-based learning, community, partnerships and bringing the lived experience of the students and families into the school community central to improving equity.

Relevant links from this episode:

Atlantic Fellow

https://www.socialequity.atlanticfell...