Dr Renée Ralph - Lecturer and Unit Coordinator at the Faculty of Business and Law, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University. For over 20 years, she has worked at a senior level, publishing creative works, managing brand and communication portfolios for new start-ups and established multi-national companies.

Renée's research speciality and curiosity lie in how organisations and individuals arrive at their decision point - in particular, how these decisions impact on the overall strategic cross-cultural communications, employee engagement, stakeholders, international partnerships and the wider community.


Her in-depth interviews explores the decision making processes and perspectives at Board and Senior Management level - the relationship between Western Australia, Australia and China within the resources and iron-ore industry.


The issues of cultural competence, decision frameworks that incorporate cross-cultural communications with various stakeholders are vital to a successful working relationship between the East and the West.

She is Co-Founder, The Brilliant Foundation www.thebrilliantfoundation.com since 2020