Empowerment Pillar Director

Gavin has been recognised for his innovative approaches to working with asylum seekers. He presented at Oxford University on his Symbiotic Innovation theory and was awarded the 2014 Churchill Fellowship to study world’s best practice in unlocking the entrepreneurial and innovative potential of asylum seekers and refugees.

Gavin is the founder of WORCs, a world first e-Mentoring program for asylum seekers and refugees, and the creator of Australia’s only state government-funded asylum seeker vocational education and training program.