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Our Team.

we believe success is created through positive fun team cultures

Our passion is to help organisations achieve this through delivering unique and rewarding team building events, workshops and team experiences that leave a lasting happiness.

Dwain Richardson

Dwain Richardson

General Manager

Leadership and the practice of “Positive Team Cultures” are prevalent through all aspects of Dwain’s life. An avid baseballer for over 40 years, and now the president of his childhood club Dwain “Practices what he Preaches” when leading any team.

With a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement and more than 30 years of experience in the delivery of team building, corporate health and culture programs, Dwain has a distinct passion and understanding on the importance of team culture in the workplace. When not working, Dwain loves spending time and telling dad jokes with his children Will and Charli and partner Anita.

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Anita Kropacsy

Anita Kropacsy

Workshops Manager

What Anita lacks in height she makes up for in enthusiasm. With 20 years experience in leadership coaching, facilitation and change management, Anita has led programs for the public sector, corporate and small owner led organisations.   She has a proven ability to apply evidence based learnings in simple, scalable and effective ways that have real business impact. Anita found what she describes as ‘the perfect fit’ with CCE integrating training, team building and conferences to blend her life’s work. Anita is just as enthusiastic about wine and balancing her lifestyle with long distance running. When she is not improving positive culture or hitting the pavement she loves to spend time with partner Dwain and step children Will and Charli.

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Sally Hiney

Sally Hiney

Finance Manager

Sally joined the CCE team in February 2016 and brought with her over 20 years of experience in finance and an effervescent personality that rubs off on her office peers. Sally couples hers skills of reliability, integrity and efficiency with a sense of humour that makes her an advocate to our goal of positive team culture.

When Sally is not in the office she is busy with her two children Jasmine and Josh or coaching the junior netball where she has been honoured as “club person of the year’ two years running. Sally has a passion for practising Fish! both in the workplace and in her personal life and says that while it is risky telling your teenage daughter to ‘choose her attitude’ it has developed into some great parenting!

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Rachael Ziccone

Rachael Ziccone

Marketing & Communications

Rachael started with CCE in 2008 after having completed a triple Diploma in Event Management, Business and Tourism. One of the businesses longest serving team members Rachael has experience in facilitation, conference planning and has an eye for detail second to none. She commenced CCE’s conference and events department in 2012 working as manager until a maternity leave break in 2018. Rachael’s passion for the company’s ongoing success has seen her re-join the team in 2019. Outside the office Rachael enjoys spending time with her family, husband Paul, sons Izaac and Elijah and Italian greyhounds, Gari and Terri. Health and nutrition also feature importantly in Rachael’s life.

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Shane Rakich

Shane Rakich

WA Manager

Shane is an engaging facilitator who thrives on being able to connect with his clients and peers. Shanes passion is helping organisations create an environment that promotes growth, high performance and a clear vision for positive team culture. Along with a Bachelor of Exercise Science and qualifications in training, assessment and sport’s coaching, Shane has 10 years experience leading and managing teams in the corporate and fitness industry. Outside of the office Shane always wants to be the best version of himself and enjoys reading and researching holistic health or practising daily mediation. Shanes pride and joy are his wife Elisa and three children Mikayla, Mackenzie and Mason. 

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Todd Statham

Todd Statham

NZ Manager

Todd started as the NZ manager in 2016 and brought with him 23 years of experience in the Airforce specialising in a training role, facilitating and managing courses. Todd believes that a company’s people are their greatest asset and he is driven by this passion to deliver remarkable team building and culture programs all across New Zealand. At home Todd is a family man with two testing teenagers and wife Sue of 18 years. He is currently writing a book on his extensive life experience so his children will know what crazy, fun, challenging and dangerous things their father has done. Todd lives by the belief of practising Integrity or to put it simply “Doing the right thing” and has adopted the “FISH Philosophy” which he practices daily.

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Sam Cooper

Sam Cooper

Event Manager

Introducing Coops, an experienced and people-oriented event planner. He brings a wealth of experience from his time in the outdoor education field, having worked for three seasons in the United States and six months in New Zealand. Coops holds a BSC in geography which has come in handy with all his travels! In the events industry, Coops is a seasoned professional. When his not boosting positive team cultures he has a strong commitment to non-profit events. Most recently, he planned, organised  and completed a 51KM sponsored walk which raised $8,000 for cancer charities.  He prides himself on participating in many NFP events and overall he has raised  over $17K for charities across the globe. Coops brings this passion and dedication to every event, super charging teams all across Victoria.

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Taleah Duff

Taleah Duff

Event Manager

Taleah is an adventurer at heart!

She loves to travel and explore new cultures, having recently returned from seven months in New Zealand working at a YMCA camp teaching children the power of play, and then seven months backpacking around the UK.

Taleah started working at CCE in July 2021 and spent most of her lockdown linking workplace teams through online team events, her personal favourite being online Bingo! Now she’s excited to be out on face to face events and reconnecting teams all over Australia. Taleah loves meeting people from all over the world and hearing about their different cultures and lifestyles. She has a Cert 3 in fitness and loves spending her time off in the great outdoors hiking, camping and adventuring. 

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We service Australia wide

We like to think of ourselves as the ultimate team-building service provider…for the entire country! That’s right, from the top of Queensland all the way down to Tasmania, we’ve got you covered. We understand that when it comes to team building, one size does not fit all. That’s why we have local facilitators located all across Australia, so no matter where your team is located, we can tailor a program specifically for them.

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