Friday, 2 May, 2014 - 13:01
Indigenous firms seek sustainability
Indigenous businesses are pushing for an increased emphasis on making the sector more sustainable in the wake of another significant native title settlement.
Kim Collard
Chief Executive / Kulbardi
Most Notable Role
Mr Kim Collard is a Balladong/Wilmen man of the Noongar Nation and is a fluent language speaker of the Balladong dialect.
During his 11 years in the tertiary education sector, he held several senior positions at Curtin University including the Undergraduate Coordinator of Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies. During this period he served two 3 year terms as a community member of the Aboriginal Education and Training Council AETC) and also served one 3 year term as a member of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee to the Curriculum Council of Western Australia (CCWA). Mr Collard has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Aboriginal Community Management and Development and a Masters in Aboriginal Health Economics from Curtin University.
Mr Collard has been the director of his own consultancy firm, Kooya Consultancy, for the past 20 years. Kooya is an Aboriginal owned consultancy firm that is Supply Nation Certified and offers comprehensive and professional Aboriginal education, training and consultancy services to the mining and resources and oil and gas sectors, corporate Australia, Local, State and Federal Government agencies and Not-For Profit sectors. Kooya Consultancy specialises in promoting intercultural understanding from the perspective of the Aboriginal Community. Kooya’s pursuits draw on the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, law, behavioural science & education to create sites of affirmation, celebration and unity in pursuit of social justice and equity.
Mr Collard is Chief Executive Officer of Kulbardi – an Aboriginal-owned business and office supplies company with a national footprint in every State and Territory. Kulbardi is Supply Nation Certified. He is also the Executive Chair of Kooya Australia Fleet Solutions (KAFS) Australia’s only Aboriginal owned Fleet Management, Fleet Finance, Long to Medium Term Rental and Salary Packaging company with in excess of 1,500 pieces of plant and equipment in the remote locations across Australia. He is also the Chairperson of the Bibbulmun Fund (BF), a community investment fund specifically designed to channel profits back into the Aboriginal communities across Australia.
