Where are they now?

PRIESTLY - COLLEGE CAPTAIN & CLASS OF 2011

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I am currently on a sabbatical from my role as a Senior Manager at PwC's Indigenous Consulting (PIC) where I normally work as an economist and project manager, and I will be returning to that role in July 2023. While I am on leave, I have been lucky enough to travel around the world (I am writing this from Mexico) and have been very lucky to have had the support of PIC to take this time off

In terms of my pathway from CCW, I graduated from Cathedral and then completed a Bachelor of Commerce. Hons (Economics) at the University of Melbourne where I developed a keen interest in behavioural economics and how better-designed and implemented policies can lead to better outcomes for individuals and communities Having received the Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship with the support of CCW, UoM was an obvious choice for me I found the flexibility of the B.Com fabulous as I had never even thought of studying economics prior to first taking microeconomics 1 in first year! I certainly never thought I would go on to complete an economics honours thesis three years later or that I would even teach first year economics as a tutor - these opportunities at university were so

important for working out what I wanted to pursue in my future career

After university, I commenced as a graduate consultant at PwC's Economics and Policy consulting team in 2016. After two years in that team, I was approached by PIC (a separate majority Aboriginal owned, lead and staffed business of PwC) to undertake a secondment with their team Following my secondment, it was a great fit, and I was incredibly lucky to stay on in a permanent role where I now manage a variety of social policy projects.

I love my role and the chance to work on a huge variety of projects that are all motivated by PIC's purpose to enable meaningful change in Indigenous communities. One of my proudest projects has been working with PIC and PwC to publish a research report estimating the economic cost of the over-incarceration of Indigenous people in Australia, this was a challenging and rewarding piece of economic and research analysis and something I am immensely proud to have been a part of it.