Our Team
It’s the passionate and talented team at Fearless – our CEO, Board, Ambassadors, and Corporate Partners – that make it possible for us to continue to do the work we do.
At Fearless, our work complements the activities of other community-based organisations and government agencies that provide services to people with PTSD. We have a growing national presence throughout Australia and New Zealand, with the aim of having local representation in areas where there is a concentration of people who live with post-traumatic stress.
Paul Barrie
Paul is the founder and principal consultant of PBLC, a boutique strategic leadership and organisation development consulting firm and has spent the last 10 years delivering strategic leadership and consultancy services across Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. His career in consulting followed 25 years of service to the Australian Public Sector, first serving as an Officer of the Royal Australian Navy, after which he held several influential executive leadership positions within the Australian Public Service. Paul has been a keen participant and contributor to both the National Conversation’s hosted by Fearless, and in addition…...Read more
Simone Read
Simone Read’s drive to motivate and inspire penetrates every aspect of her life. With a 24 year military career, Simone is also a mountaineer, a teacher.......Read more
Belinda Neil
Belinda is an inspirational speaker, author, and former New South Wales Police Inspector. Her 18 year career as a police officer included undercover operations, major crime and homicide investigation, and as a police hostage negotiator trained to counter terrorist level. She was medically retired in 2005 due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Her best selling memoir ‘Under Siege’, outlines her policing experiences and the ‘lived experience’ with PTSD. Belinda is a passionate advocate of PTSD and continues to raise awareness about PTSD and research methods of early intervention and management tools for PTSD....Read more
Karen Williams
Dr. Karen Williams is a Consultant Psychiatrist who specializes in PTSD and other trauma syndromes. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She obtained her undergraduate and medical training at the University of Sydney, NSW. She went on to complete Masters in Public Health and obtained specialty qualifications in Psychiatry. She completed additional training in Traumatic Stress Disorders through the Trauma Centre (Justice Resource Institute, MA). Dr. Williams is a member of Family Violence Network Committee in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She is the Special Advisor on Mental Health at the Illawarra…...Read more
Dr Anastasia Hronis
Dr Anastasia Hronis (B Psych Hons, M Clin Psych, AMusA, LMusA, Ph.D) is a clinical psychologist and founder of the Australian Institute for Human Wellness, an organisation dedicated to meeting the growing need for innovation in supporting mental health and wellbeing. Services include individual and group therapy, specialised wellbeing support for performing artists, seminars for workplaces, school based interventions and psychology informed consultancy services. Anastasia also holds the position of Honorary Associate at the University of Technology Sydney, where she provides lectures and research supervision to students in the Master of Clinical Psychology program. She…...Read more
Our Ambassadors
To help share the work we do with a broad audience, Fearless rely on the support of Ambassadors who share our philosophy of helping people live a life without fear.
Our Ambassadors are high-profile people who have been involved in our community and seen first-hand the impact that our work is having.
Ambassadors support Fearless by using their role in the community and media to help us raise our profile and much-needed funds for giving media interviews, engaging their own supporters and participating and speaking at Fearless events.
We thank them all for their continued support.
