Deb Barwick

Deb Barwick is the CEO of the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Inc. Deb is also a national and international award-winning Aboriginal entrepreneur and business owner who believes that Aboriginal people themselves are the solution to social and economic parity and that enabling Aboriginal leadership regionally, nationally and globally is a strategic and wise investment toward a stronger Australian economy and nation.

Deb’s many professional achievements include:
Establishing Australia’s first Indigenous chamber of commerce in 2006 and leading the establishment of state and national peak bodies since 2009 to represent the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned businesses and social enterprises. Today, the national network of Indigenous Chambers of Commerce represent over 5,000 members.

Deb received a NSW Premiers Award for Excellence recognising the impact of her work since 1999 to support the establishment and growth ofIndigenous owned businesses in NSW and for advocating their inclusion in government and industry supply chains. Today she is a highly sought after procurement advisor and strategist in the development and implementation of social procurement policy working with both sides of the supply chain for best practice sustainable engagement.

Deb’s accomplishments are complemented by her many successes and accomplishments as a business owner. Her company Winya Indigenous Furniture, established in 2016, has won multiple local, state and national awards in Australia including the overall business of the year award by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Management and in 2018 became the first and only Australian company to win a United Nations Sustainability Goals Award.