Meet The Team

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Aaron Dawes

Managing Director

Aaron is the managing director and founder of Aequitas. Motivated by firsthand experience of the systemic failures of the justice system, he sought to establish an effective means by which individuals can seek justice in a system founded on inequality.

Aaron is a strong believer in protection of individual rights and autonomy, advocating for constitutional and institutional reform. He is the driving force behind Aequitas, leveraging his knowledge of political science and his extensive experience in project management in the banking and finance sector to bring professionals, academics and ordinary Australians together for a worthy cause. 

Dr. Andrew Shepley

Director

Andrew is a research scientist who is passionate about using cutting edge technology to make the world a better place. Andrew strongly believes in democratization and dissemination of knowledge and technology to empower individuals. 

Andrew’s cutting-edge work has been published in multiple peer-reviewed academic journals. As an expert in the field of artificial intelligence, Andrew feels obligated to raise awareness of the significant positive impacts that technology can have on people’s lives and has built a career developing the tools to make change happen. 

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Teresa Leclercq

Director

Teresa is an edupreneur with a passion for empowering those marginalized by the increasingly inequitable education system. While studying law, Teresa found her true vocation in education and entrepreneurship, where she feels she can make the biggest difference in people’s lives. 

Unconstrained by institutional procedures and expectations, she mentors those who fall between the ever-widening cracks in the educational system, developing highly personalized learning strategies to empower students from school to tertiary levels. She is a strong believer in the right to education, particularly in a society where acquisition of knowledge and skills are the surest path out of disadvantage.

Chantel Plum

Director - Philanthropic Strategy

Chantel is a senior executive and director of Plum Consulting. She has over sixteen years of experience raising revenue and delivering effective fundraising programs for for-purpose organisations  including the Cancer Council, White Ribbon Australia and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Chantel applies her expertise in developing innovative strategy, optimising operations, managing multi-channel fundraising programs and aligned marketing and communications to advance advocacy for better natural rights protections. She focuses on building valuable, lasting relationships with stakeholders.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where we work and live. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land.

 

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