ABV Leadership

Australian Business Volunteers puts the power of people to work. Our leadership team brings years of experience to our mission. We create sustainable outcomes and alleviate poverty in communities around the world by strengthening small businesses through donated expertise.

Irene Cadenhead

Executive Assistant

Irene has extensive experience as an Executive Assistant working within permanent and contract roles in Australia and the UK.

Irene has assisted small business owners in the recruitment industry, executives and fund managers within corporate and government sectors including Commonwealth Bank’s Listed Property Funds division and contract roles in Edinburgh with the Bank of Scotland and Scottish Rail.

Irene’s most recent focus has been as a single parent to her daughter whilst supporting herself and her daughter on Centrelink benefits. This lived experience encouraged Irene to develop her skill base to assist those in the community who most need assistance by completing her studies in Community Services. Irene studied and volunteered throughout Covid lockdown restrictions, connecting with, and assisting those in the community experiencing extreme hardship.

Irene is passionate about social equality, serving the community and the positive role volunteering can bring to provide resilience and strength to individuals and their communities.

Australia

PO Box 514
Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012

+61 412 827 133

ABV is a team of several hundred Skilled Business Professionals (SBPs) enabled by a small salaried team. Together we source opportunities throughout Asia Pacific and in Australia to work in partnership with corporates and deliver impactful corporate social responsibility programs. We guarantee sustainable outcomes for communities, through strengthening small businesses and not for profits, leading to poverty alleviation. With 40 years’ experience across Australia, Asia and Pacific, ABV is focussed on programs that produce outcomes, positive stories of change for the small businesses and not-for-profits that our Skilled Business Professionals and staff support through transferring Australian business know-how and experience.