Helen Souness is a senior executive with a career that spans more than 30 years of commercial experience working in digital strategy, marketing and product across market-leading companies including Lonely Planet and ground-breaking marketplaces SEEK, Envato and Etsy. She is now a Non-Executive Board Director in fast growing digital companies including Sendle, Australia’s first 100% carbon neutral shipping service, Camplify a successful tech driven ASX listed company and is Chair of market leading K-12 edtech, Education Perfect. Helen is also a Venture Partner at seed stage fund Rampersand in Melbourne where she sits on the investment committee and supports early stage founders to scale their start ups.
In her last executive role as CEO of RMIT Online, Helen grew a 150+ strong team to support a thriving community of learners to successfully navigate the world of work through relevant, accessible and flexible skills education online. She spearheaded a suite of Australian-first courses in areas like blockchain, AI, 5G and IoT technology, in partnership with over 80 global and local industry partners, including Salesforce, AWS and REA Group. Under Helen’s leadership, RMIT Online disrupted education models, reached c$70m in revenue and scaled to deliver over 30,000 online enrolments per year.
