TIM HEWSON, FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

Tim is the Founder of Mongrels Men Health and Wellbeing and Betterment Consulting. He is a passionate and purpose driven mental health advocate, speaker and workshop facilitator.

After spending 27 years working as a leader in strategy, product and sales for financial institutions such as Commonwealth Bank, ING Bank (Australia) and Rabobank, Tim has combined his experience in corporate environments with his passion for improving the mental health of Australians by equipping people and organisations with the information, skills and tools to improve mental health and support others.

Since launching Mongrels Men in 2021, Tim has won several awards for his work in the mental health space, including Community Recognition from NSW Parliamentarian, James Griffin, MP in 2023. 

Tim is the proud father of three spirited teenagers as well as a semi-proficient, non-professional, middle-aged footballer.

After a brief career as a cricketer in England, Tim spent 10 years in sports marketing firms, before founding a content marketing agency within IPG. In 2014, on seeing the Invictus Games in London, Tim partnered with two friends at Deloitte to write the bid to bring the Games to Australia, unlocking his real desire of creating commercially viable products, experiences or services that drive emotion to elicit actions and deliver real world impact.

With both corporate and NFP experience, Tim believes that an impact focused mindset, embedded into organisations with authenticity and commitment, will attract great people to the organisation, great customers to the brand and great investors to support growth.

In 2021, a year after a kitchen table conversation with his wife and four children resulting in a family pledge to reach Net Zero carbon emissions by 2025, Tim founded My Net Zero, a data led consultancy and tech platform that helps businesses negate their employee-related emissions and engages employees in personal climate action.

Trent is the Managing Partner and Director at Kelly+Partners Private Wealth, a boutique investment firm advising high net worth families and individuals on wholesale investment portfolios and alternative investments. Trent has worked in global financial markets for more than 25 years having worked across Asia Pac in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore in various trading and investment advice roles.

Trent is a board member of The Graeme Wood Foundation, which focuses on Ethical and Impact Investments.

Trent holds an MBA (Finance) from AIM, Advance Diploma of Financial Planning and accredited SMSF specialist. He is a Fellow of FINSIA, Member of AICD and a Justice of The Peace. In his spare time, he like to play golf, read, cook and spend time with his family.

Tracy Hall is an author, keynote speaker and senior marketing executive. Over the last 25 years, Tracy has had extensive marketing exposure to start-ups, large corporations and global tech brands including Virgin Mobile, eBay, GoDaddy and Afterpay. She frequently consults for smaller companies and volunteers as a teen mentor for The Raise Foundation.

In 2019, Tracy became known as Hamish McLaren’s famous ‘last victim’ thanks to her role in The Australian’s hit podcast, Who the Hell is Hamish? Today, Tracy is an advocate for financial wellness writing and speaking publicly about intimate fraud, scams, financial empowerment, victim mindsets, resilience and our need to rethink how we trust. 

Debbie is a leading suicidologist in Australia and a trained criminologist, psychotherapist and counselor. Debbie is also a passionate educator. She is a lead trainer at Lifeline, teaching people the skills they need to help people in crisis who may be feeling depressed, anxious, or suicidal.

After spending years in the field, Debbie recognized that many people (especially men) aren’t given the time or space to discuss their mental health issues. Instead, they bottle it up, hoping it goes away. The perceived judgment from others stops people from reaching out for help. With suicide rates at an all-time high, Debbie was compelled to create interactive workshops designed to help sports teams and high-level executives to be at the top of their game.