Liam Hayes 

People & Culture

Liam joined the Wear for Success board in 2016 and is also the Chief People Officer at Aurecon. As part of Aurecon’s global leadership team he leads the People team, which focuses on providing solutions that enable Aurecon to attract the best talent and develop their people to meet our client’s current and future challenges.

At Aurecon his team partner with the Aurecon leadership team to execute culture change, organisational and leadership development strategies, and programmes such as the award-winning Mind Matters programme, which won the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) Award for Mental Health in the Workplace and the Māori cadet programme, which won the Māori and Pacifica Diversity award at the ‘Young at Heart’ Youth Employer Pledge Awards.

He loves the impact Wear for Success has on so many lives. The combination of his professional background and his passion for seeing people succeed enables Liam to make a positive contribution to Wear for Success, particularly regarding our volunteer workforce.

Margot Stevenson

Corporate and NFP Partnerships and funding

Margot is an innovative and highly commercial executive HR leader. She has diverse experience leading national and global HR teams for corporate and not-for-profit organisations spanning employment services, higher education, technology, transport & logistics and financial services.

She has built organisational capability and created thriving cultures and she is passionate about enabling organisations to reach peak performance through highly engaged and motivated employees.

Margot leads the People and Culture function as Executive, People and Culture at Wise Employment, a national not-for-profit employment services provider, which connects and empowers job seekers and employers.

Margot joined the board as a Non-Executive Director at Wear for Success in 2018, where she also volunteers as a career coach, helping clients build confidence; supporting people on their journey towards employment and to realizing their potential.

Passionate about the work she does at Wise Employment and Wear for Success, Margot is proud to be part of organisations making a positive impact on the lives of less advantaged people in our community.

Jodie Tuckwell-Knight

Chief Executive Officer

Jodie has been employed at Wear for Success since 2014, initially joining to develop the career support program and build relationships with key referral agencies before taking on the key leadership role. Having commenced as a Saturday volunteer dresser in 2011, she continues to volunteer as it offers close contact with the clients and the opportunity to see first-hand the joy our service brings.

Jodie has worked for over 12 years in the community sector in roles allowing her to focus on people and service, things she is passionate about. A people person with a varied career spanning not-for-profits, telecommunications and digital media, Jodie has always been drawn to roles in customer service, marketing and account management.

She is focused on providing strong leadership and establishing strong relationships and collaborations that will benefit Wear for Success and allow us to deliver an outstanding service to people in need, breaking down barriers to employment.

Peter Pryn

Treasurer / Financial Controller

A board member since 2016, Peter is a Chartered Accountant, business advisor and Director at Hall Chadwick Melbourne. He leads the firm’s finance, human resources, IT infrastructure and general management. He also manages the offshore outsourcing team and turnkey services offered in the Back Office Support team.

Peter has over 30 years experience as a Chartered accountant, both in industry and professional practice, including ten years running his own accountancy practice. Peter became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in July 2008. Outside of work Peter has been actively involved in an array of community service groups, business chambers, sporting clubs and charity organisations over many years. In addition to sitting on the board, Peter volunteers as Treasurer and manages the financials for internal reporting requirements and ANC compliance.

Through Peter, Hall Chadwick provide much valued pro-bono accounting services to Wear for Success.

David Lawn 

David inspired and developed the rapidly growing lululemon Australia and New Zealand, taking it from 1 Store in 2007 to 30 Stores in 2014.

He held roles in Companies as Managing Director for 5 years at Jeanswest Australia, before gaining invaluable international retail experience in the USA market working for Express, a division of the Limited as Executive Vice President (EVP). David then took on the CEO role of a global surf wear company, Rip Curl for six years.

Since he left lululemon in 2014 he is an active investor in a number of start-up brands to establish themselves in the Australian retail market, Director and Investor of Bailey Nelson, Investor of Damselfly, Laneway Greens and former of Chairman of Ready Set / Wear for Success.

Simone Caylock

Legal Support

Simone Caylock is a Partner at Rigby Cooke Lawyers (Rigby Cooke) working within the Workplace Relations team, she joined the Wear for Success board in January 2020. She is an Accredited Workplace Relations Specialist with over 20 years of broad advisory and litigation experience in all aspects of employment, industrial relations and equal opportunity law.

Simone represents and advises employers and senior executives across a range of industries including professional services, manufacturing, transport and health.

Prior to joining Rigby Cooke, Simone was the National Workplace Relations Manager of Australia’s largest employer association and a director of its specialist employment law practice. She has also worked in international law firms and the Workplace Relations/Industrial Relations teams of organisations such as Amcor and Telstra.

Simone is described by many of her clients as a trusted business partner. This is a result of her combined legal/industry background and personal emphasis on working closely with each individual client to provide technically sound, practical and commercial solutions to their immediate and long-term employment challenges.