SPEAKER

Howard Wigham

Non-Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Australia and Banksia Foundation; Advisory Board Chair, Yume; Advisory Board Member, Canngea

Howard Wigham is a Non-Executive Director of the Banksia Foundation. He is also the Executive Director of Navigate Business Advisory, which helps micro, small and medium enterprises to excel by assisting them to navigate various business, organisational and personal challenges.

Howard has enjoyed a successful corporate career as a divisional CEO and subsidiary board member in a variety of sectors, including chemicals, technology, information management and supply chain logistics. His executive career has spanned more than 25 years, spending 14 years with Brambles where his roles included Managing Director Chep UK & Ireland, President of Recall Australasia and President of Chep Asia-Pacific. Howard has lived in Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany, and has worked extensively in Asia, Europe and North America.

Howard supports various sustainability causes and is an investor in early stage companies with social and environmental purposes.

Howard holds an honours degree in Chemistry and German from Aston University in the United Kingdom, has completed employer-sponsored management programmes at the London Business School and INSEAD, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).