Directors – P&G Purpose

Vinay Sheoran

Arpan Singh — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:35:58 +0000

Vinay Sheoran is a strategic and commercially focused finance executive with over 18 years’ experience across Australia and the United Kingdom. Vinay is currently a Partner at Hall Chadwick.

Vinay holds particular sector specialisation in the not-for-profit sector, where he has advised a broad range of clients on complex financial, operational and regulatory matters. He is recognised for his pragmatic leadership style and his ability to navigate challenging regulatory and operational environments while driving meaningful commercial outcomes.

Prior to Hall Chadwick, Vinay built his career at EY. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Master’s degree from Griffith University.

Kay Nagendra-Meynard

Arpan Singh — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:49:20 +0000

Kay is an experienced infrastructure and organisational leader with over 25 years’ experience across transport, water, energy, and utilities in Australia, UK and Asia. She has held executive and project director roles on complex, multi-billion-dollar programs and now advises organisations on strategy, governance, decarbonisation, and leadership capability through her practice, AtramGlobal.

Kay brings a deep commitment to people development, inclusive leadership, and mentoring, with extensive experience supporting pathways for under-represented groups. She is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, a Chartered Civil Engineer (UK), with an MBA from Imperial College London

She is passionately committed to inclusive leadership, mentoring, and creating pathways that elevate people and deliver long-term social and environmental impact. She has been a long-standing volunteer supporting community and under-represented groups aligned to these values.

John Frearson

Arpan Singh — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:49:08 +0000

John’s career has been in the aviation industry as an airline pilot, manager, consultant, regulator, inspector and strategy/policy developer. His career has involved posts in a number of countries including many years in Korea and the Philippines. John’s undergraduate degree was in economics and he has an MBA from the University of Melbourne. John has recently retired from his role as a Team Leader with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. His passion in the community is the Scouting movement where he was a founding Group Leader and remains very involved in his local Scout Group.

George Schroeder

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:42:31 +0000

George Schroeder is a founder, advisor, mentor, director, and community builder with nearly two decades of international leadership experience across Europe, the U.S., and Australia. He loves connecting people, exploring curiosity, and embracing diversity – starting with his own multicultural family (Sri Lankan, Swiss, American, and German).

As the founder of PeerWize, George builds peer advisory boards for SME owners and entrepreneurs. He also serves as President of the IMD Alumni Association of Australia and as a startup mentor with CSIRO, reflecting his deep commitment to innovation and community leadership.

Previously, George held senior roles at Siemens across multiple divisions, including healthcare, gaining multi-functional expertise in strategy, finance, operations, R&D, and program management. This breadth makes him a true generalist, able to lead and adapt in complex environments.

Peter Flugge

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:41:39 +0000

Peter has spent 35 years in the hospitality industry in varying capacities. From owning and operating a 5 star restaurant, cafes and a bar to nightclubs, resorts, wineries and cafes. This mixes with his own hospitality consulting business, being a hospitality teacher and being a part of different business associations and industry bodies.

Now with the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Peter finds himself immersed in a world of community support for those most disadvantaged members of our society.

Arpan Singh

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:41:07 +0000

Arpan came to Australia as an International Student and studied a Master of Commerce in Marketing at Macquarie University in Sydney, NSW. He is a passionate marketer and has almost 10 years of experience in the same field. Other than his day job as an Inbound Marketer and a Digital Marketing Specialist, he has a strong passion for entrepreneurship, sustainability, mental health advocacy and women’s rights & safety.

Organisations such as P&G encourage him to step forward and contribute to the underprivileged sections of the society who are still fighting for basic human rights. His dream is to build a society where people are identified beyond their gender preferences, social class, and economic status.

Doug Abdiel

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:39:46 +0000

Doug is a LtCol in the US Marine Corps Reserves (since ‘03), is a VP at Advanced Navigation and Chairman of Purpose and Growth. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, and an MA from the Australian National University in International Relations. He worked at Google in partnerships, strategy, operations, and deals for a decade. His deployments in the Marine Corps took him to places like Haiti, and Afghanistan where he developed a passion to try to aid refugees through employment.