Sean Appoo

Biography:

Sean Appoo is a proud Murri Man descended from the Kabi Kabi and Birra Gubba Nations, with a bit of Danish and Sri Lankan thrown in. He was born and grew up on Goreng Goreng Country where he was shown a great life amongst family and peers. Sean has worked in construction, mining, agriculture, retail, hospitality, health, corporate, government, and community sectors. For the past 20 years he has worked almost exclusively in the Aboriginal Community Controlled sector in health, consultancy and business development roles. Through all this life experience and study in health, management, and business development Sean has developed strong skills in community engagement, business development, research, and program design/implementation/evaluation. He is passionate about social justice; Indigenous knowledge and excellence; and business development “with our Mob, by our Mob”.