Who we are.
Anna Whitlam
CEO & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
WhitlamCo. was founded by Anna Whitlam in late 2023. Anna brings close to 30 years of international experience helping CEOs and boards build better reputations through people. She is widely recognised for her work in Asia-Pacific, and for designing C-Suite functions and securing ‘fit for purpose’ executives to lead them.
Anna is the past founder and CEO of AWPeople, a global executive search firm that specialised in the functions that impact reputation. After 11 years of rapid growth under her leadership, AWPeople was acquired in August 2021 by Teneo, a US-headquartered global CEO advisory firm. Having departed Teneo in July 2023, Anna is now using her wealth of executive search and people advisory knowledge, her network, and business experience to independently support her client network under WhitlamCo.
Anna is a proud non-executive Director of the Snowdome Foundation, who collaborate with and fund world-leading blood cancer researchers, to accelerate next-generation treatments enabling Australians diagnosed with blood cancer to live longer.
Anna’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Business (HR & Marketing) from Victoria University. She is an executive program alumna of Harvard Business School in Boston (USA) and INSEAD in Singapore. Committed to ongoing learning, Anna has recently started her Executive Masters in Change at INSEAD in Singapore. She holds the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ accreditation (GAICD) and is a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW).
Maria Dickson
OPERATIONS
Maria brings close to 30 years’ experience as an Executive Assistant at Senior Executive and Office Management level within blue-chip, high-profile corporates in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. She supports Anna ensuring all client assignments and projects are fully resourced and completed on schedule. She also acts as Anna’s Executive Assistant.
Maria’s focus is on implementation and continuous improvement of business performance and functionality always delivering consistently high-quality service to our clients.