Leadership, Advisors and Influences
Dr Gary Veale - Founder, Geri
Geri is led by Dr Gary Veale. Gary is the Executive Director of Melbourne Business School’s Centre for Sustainability and Business, he is a former Director with KPMG, holds a transdisciplinary PhD in the role of nature in unlocking human potential, and is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Gary has over 25 years of experience working with leading advisory firms, in industry and startups. Gary is the founder of The Nature Of, a specialist firm focused on unlocking societal and commercial value arising from the human relationship with nature. His background includes expertise in capability development, and capability development frameworks, across a number of sectors.
Over the years Gary has worked with and advised many leading organisations and institutions in Australia and overseas. His background includes leading KPMG’s Australian grants practice, co-establishing sustainability practices in Australia at KPMG and EY, leading KPMG’s global sustainable supply chain response and delivering a diversity of strategy and operational engagements (including university feasibility studies) for clients large and small. He originally trained as a teacher at the University of Bath and has an honours degree in biological sciences from Durham University.
Advisory group and feedback
The Geri framework, approach and offering continues to benefit insights and advice from a broad group of academic and non-academic professionals, including recognised experts in engagement in Australia and overseas. The Geri approach has been reviewed, piloted and used by leading universities, and used by thousands of individuals.
A number of institutions and individuals have shared the journey as Geri has emerged and evolved in recent years, and we acknowledge their insights, ideas and contribution.
Influences
The Geri approach and framework has been, and continues to be informed by:
Leading practice in sense-making and sense-making frameworks
Published research on academic professional development
Leading practice in adult education and curated learning
Engagement-related trends and developments
Published research and thought leadership on capabilities, and capability development
Leading practice, and observed insights, from capability development approaches outside of academia (including by global professional services firms)
Contextual knowledge (university sector, institutions, faculties, teams, individual priorities, issues and opportunities).
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