“The key to peak leadership is enabling and elevating people to be their best”
Antoinette Truda is an experienced executive, director and entrepreneur with a career spanning multiple industry sectors and organisational contexts.
Her most recent executive role was as Chief Commercial Officer at the Victorian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, where she led organic and acquisitive growth initiatives to strengthen the organisation’s long-term sustainability.
Prior to joining the Chamber, Antoinette served as Chief Executive Officer of Brad Teal Real Estate, a multi-office Victorian real estate network, where she oversaw the successful merger with Woodards. Earlier, she spent 11 years at NAB in senior leadership roles across Consumer and Business Banking, following formative experience in Strategy and Corporate Advisory roles. Alongside raising three young daughters, Antoinette also co-founded Girl Lane, bringing a pharmaceutical tween skincare brand to market with 15 products and more than 400 retail points of presence nationally.
At her best when navigating a diverse portfolio, Antoinette is currently an Independent Director of ASX-listed SKS Technologies Group Ltd, a Non-Executive Director of Goulburn Murray Credit Union, where she chairs the Member Experience & Community Impact Committee, and is Chair of the Advisory Board at Slimline Warehouse. A lover of sport, Antoinette also serves as volunteer President of St Therese’s Netball Club in North West Melbourne, providing competitive playing, coaching and umpiring pathways for more than 300 participants.
With a track record of leading organisations through growth, complexity and change, Antoinette brings the clarity, judgement and commercial discipline required to deliver exceptional performance in evolving operating environments. Her superpowers include her learning agility, strategic acumen and ability to cut through noise to create meaningful impact. Above all, she is driven by a deep commitment to enabling and elevating people to be their best.
It’s peak leadership. For what’s next.
Led high value acquisition & sale transactions
Trusted advisor to founders and boards delivering strategic impact
Start-up and scale-up entrepreneur - commercialisation and exit realisation
Delivered cultural and performance transformations in highly regulated operating contexts
Secured funding from government and private commercial partnerships through advocacy and influence
Represented the voice of business across mainstream media outlets
Featured as keynote speaker, MC and moderator at industry events
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