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Bernadette Haidar MCom

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Mentor at UNSW Founders
📍 Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia

Bernadette is a C-suite executive and strategist known for leading complex business transformations. With a Masters degree from Western Sydney University, she has a proven record of guiding startups, government bodies, and corporations through critical challenges. People who have worked with her describe her as insightful, strategic, kind, firm, and fair.

A self-proclaimed "Bon Vivant" and mother of three, Bernadette channels her creative energy into entrepreneurship. She founded Sparklebox, an events company, earning a nomination for the Ausmumpreneur Awards. This venture highlights her passion for creating exciting and memorable experiences outside of her corporate transformation work.

She uniquely describes herself as the "unapologetic love child of logic and creativity. "

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Mentor
Job Level
Junior
Location
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
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Supporting Women Founders
Actively mentors female entrepreneurs through the UNSW New Wave Founders Program, consistently celebrating their achievements and promoting their growth online.
Business Turnarounds
Specializes in stabilizing and restructuring organizations during complex, high-pressure situations, with a focus on whole-of-business transformation.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Mentor
UNSW Founders
2-2012
Strategic Executive | Business Transformation | Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
Bernadette Haidar
2-2012 - 6-2017
FOUNDING CEO
Sparklebox
6-2012 - 11-2014
General Manager Commercial Inhouse Counsel
Gabe Constructions Sydney Pty Ltd
4-2011 - 12-2011
Senior Agile Project Coordinator
Vodafone Australia
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Education
2003 - 2004
Masters
Western Sydney University
2018 - 2018
Telecommunication Engineering
TAFE NSW
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