Pete Ekstedt is the founder of Ekstedt Consulting, a specialist counselling, coaching and consulting practice dedicated to the needs of business & community leaders, creative entrepreneurs and busy professionals. Prior to training as a counsellor, Pete spent almost six years as CEO of a start-up charity dedicated to the needs of rural school leavers. Before that, Pete spent two decades working for major global corporations in the insurance, banking and IT sectors where he held a broad range of senior roles in marketing, business operations and executive communications. Pete holds a masters degree in counselling from Monash University and additional postgraduate qualifications in education (RMIT University), applied linguistics (Monash University) and Family & Systemic Therapy (Australian Catholic University). He has been certified to deliver entrepreneurship development programs by the Geneva based Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute (MEA-I) and social enterprise programs by the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship (ACRE). Pete has worked as a Lecturer at Deakin University's School of Psychology, and served in a national leadership role in men's mental health and suicide prevention with Movember. Pete enjoys spending time with his family, travel, music and a wide range of sports. For more information about Ekstedt Consulting, visit: https://www.ekstedtconsulting.com