Carol Vale

Chief Executive Officer of Murawin Pty Ltd, Carol Vale is a specialist inter-cultural consultant and facilitator. She specialises in working with clients across a range of industries, to enhance their organisational capacity through social research, community consultations, stakeholder engagement and evaluation services. Carol has been a senior manager with extensive experience in Aboriginal issues in government and not for profit sectors, which is supported by formal qualifications, including but not limited to a Masters of Indigenous Studies, a Bachelor of Arts, and Graduate Diploma in Public Sector Leadership.

Since 2014, Carol has been collaborating with her clients with the intentional purpose of strategically integrating Indigenous perspectives into projects. Her objective has been to add value and improve economic and social outcomes for Indigenous Australians. In doing this, Carol works hard to ensure her work helps build her client’s capacity to provide more proficient, effective, and quality services to their consumers. Read on...

Penny Taylor

Penny is an experienced social researcher. She is the former Head of Research at the Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation and has a PhD in building non-Aboriginal capacity for constructive engagement with Aboriginal people. Prior to this she was a human rights lawyer. Penny is passionate about advancing social justice and social cohesion. She enjoys finding creative and entertaining ways to facilitate communication and understanding. 

Penny joined Murawin in 2021 as a Senior Consultant (Lead).  She brings to the team a strong background in social research having recently completed a PhD on Aboriginal perspectives on race-relations and mainstream Australian culture. She is experienced in the design and delivery of qualitative research with vulnerable populations. Early in her career she worked for UNICEF Pacific assessing legal systems throughout the Pacific for compliance with international human rights standards for children. Prior to this she was a corporate lawyer with the Sydney office of King & Wood Mallesons. Read on...