Roxanne Persaud

Roxanne brings a spirit of innovative enquiry to the challenges encountered by social sector leaders. She is a curious and bold thinker, able to examine other industries, academic perspectives, and alternative approaches in order to connect ideas and sense potential opportunities.

Roxanne is good at exploring what is going on in the world and how to think about what that means when making decisions, especially when things are going wrong.

Roxanne has developed professional expertise by integrating academic research with practice over three decades. She works on the principle that social action should be driven by high-quality analysis and grounded in experience. Her doctoral research centres on how failure is experienced and managed in social entrepreneurship. Her teaching and training work supports individuals and organisations as they navigate complex demands and expectations of social business development. Roxanne is ready to serve any purpose-driven organisation interested in making ‘lessons learned’ a reality.

Roxanne is good at exploring what is going on in the world and how to think about what that means when making decisions, especially when things are going wrong.