This March, we proudly celebrated the graduation of our 2025 Leadership Excellence cohort. These emerging and current leaders spent the past eleven months building their capability, strengthening their confidence, and shaping the future of The Ville precinct through the way they show up every day.

Since the program began in 2023, Leadership Excellence has become one of our most valued development experiences. It offers practical tools, real conversations, honest reflection, and opportunities for personal and professional growth that can be applied immediately in the workplace. It has become a key pathway for developing talent across all departments.

Throughout the year, graduates participated in workshops focused on coaching, communication, people leadership, finance foundations, crisis negotiation, positive culture, recruitment, workplace wellbeing, team collaboration, and career development. They also explored their natural leadership tendencies through the D O P E Bird Personality Profiles and the 16 Personalities assessment. These tools helped participants understand how they lead, how they respond to pressure, and how they can better connect with others.

The 2025 cohort brought curiosity, energy, and a willingness to try new approaches. They embraced feedback, supported one another, and stretched beyond comfort. Their growth has already made a meaningful impact across their teams.

The graduation evening brought the year to life with reflections from cohort representatives, a keynote address from CEO Tim Richardson, and heartfelt speeches from graduates Jagat Herlambang and Ana Cristina Salas Dulanto. Peer nominated awards were also presented to recognise collaboration, development, and excellence throughout the program.

Please join us in a congratulations to our graduates: