RICHES - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Retail Marketing Manager, EBay Australia

Anne Riches AM is an award-winning international speaker and educator on change leadership and workplace mental health. Anne develops leaders to be self-aware, model self-care and empathy, and build sustainable, productive, mentally healthy workplace cultures. For over 30 years, Anne has worked globally with organisations as diverse as airlines, agribusiness, finance, defence, aerospace systems, multi-beverage, the professions, government departments and property development. Some would say Anne has an impressive career and list of achievements. What many people find encouraging is that this was accomplished with a lifetime of lived experience and family history of mental health issues. It is this real life experience together with her depth of expertise, wisdom, warmth and sense of humour that make her programs so compelling. Anne is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor, a Black Dog Institute workplace facilitator and an RUOK? Ambassador. She has also completed training in ASIST Suicide Prevention Skills and SafeTALK - suicide alertness training. Anne was invested as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for significant service to community mental health organisations in 2022. And on top of all that, she is a passionate scuba diver and adventurer! The Black Dog Institute has recognised Anne at two special annual award events for her volunteering for the Black Dog Institute. She presents, trains others, and writes programs on mental health in the workplace. Anne has built a reputation for creating leadership capacity for destigmatizing mental health in the workplace and courageously shares her own lived experiences with depression and anxiety. Can Too awarded her ‘Legend' status for the funds she has raised for cancer research by racing in ocean swims. Anne has been a proud RUOK? Ambassador since 2017. Anne's audiences describe her as engaging, humorous, honest, thoughtful, courageous, dynamic yet down to earth, and able to share practical, instantly implementable tools and the latest research with her clients. Anne holds two degrees with honours in law, and two postgraduate qualifications, one in change management. She has been awarded Fellowships from Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Institute of Management, Australian Human Resources Institute and the Australian institute of Training and Development. Anne has a number of mental health qualifications including Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Disaster Mental Health Counsellor, and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills. Anne Riches AM is an award-winning international educator on workplace mental health. She develops enlightened leaders and teams who foster changes to create mentally healthy places to work.

Job Titles:

• Author - Management & Organisational Behaviour, Pearson Education Ltd

Anne Riches AM was ranked the best speaker with comments like "Anne Riches AM - outstanding", "Anne Riches AM - loved her "realness","Great presenter - real highlight", "An outstanding presenter, relevant, vibrant", "Obviously excellent and readily applicable to work situations", "Fantastic thought provoking workshop - very inspiring", "High energy presentation - good stuff to take away", "Invaluable information (that applies in all areas of life) presented in a fun, interactive manner", "THE most powerful and useful session I think I have attended."

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer, MinterEllison

Anne brought a hugely impactful authentic and accessible style of presentation and conversation to the eBay Australia... Anne's unique style of connecting with participants in a caring and personable way through sharing her own experiences and knowledge on mental ill health was so wonderful. We have received so many fantastic reviews from staff who said the session deeply resonated with them and has helped them know how to start those challenging but important conversations.