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Joel Anderson

Go-getter · DISC type d
Board President at EveryMan Australia
📍 Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia

Joel Anderson is the Founder and CEO of Foremind, a mental health platform for industrial sectors, leveraging his background as an engineer from The Australian National University. Driven by lived experience, he is a 2023 Snow Entrepreneur dedicated to making psychosocial safety and mental health support accessible to all Australian workers, especially in blue-collar industries.

Outside of Foremind, Joel is the Board President for EveryMan Australia, an organization supporting men with high and complex needs. His passion for mental health extends to volunteering for Menslink and the Make a Wish Foundation. He is a new father and enjoys following the NRL, NBA, and EPL.

Unique fact: Joels personal experience with mental health, including a suicide attempt, is the driving force behind his mission to prevent others from reaching a crisis point.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Board President
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia
Personality Overview

How Joel shows up

Decisive
Vision Oriented
Fast-Paced

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics Joel cares about

Mental Health Advocacy
Driven by his own lived experience, he founded Foremind to make proactive mental health support accessible and prevent suicide in blue-collar industries.
Social Entrepreneurship
Recognized as a 2023 Snow Entrepreneur for his work building Foremind, a for-purpose company aimed at creating significant social impact.
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Career

Work history

11-2023
Board President
EveryMan Australia
1-2022
Founder & CEO
Foremind
5-2020 - 2-2023
Strategic Account Director
Merkle Australia
8-2019 - 5-2020
Strategist
Pursuit Technology Australia
1-2018 - 7-2019
Collaborative Innovation Manager
Canberra Innovation Network
In the press

Media appearances

Former construction worker pushing to change the stigma around mental health – founder of Foremind speaks out. Featured in ABC News (Australia)
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Balancing the Grind with Joel Anderson, Founder at Foremind. Featured in Balancing the Grind
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Education
2011 - 2015
Engineer's Degree
The Australian National University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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