Violet Roumeliotis

• Member of the Order of Australia
• 2017 Telstra Business Woman of the Year and national winner of the For Purpose and Social Enterprise category
• 2018 AFR 100 Women of Influence
• 2018 InStyle Women of Style Community Champion

Violet Roumeliotis AM has spent nearly 40 years leading for-purpose organisations, providing human services that promote equal opportunity and change the lives of individuals and families experiencing inequality.

She is currently the CEO of Settlement Services International (SSI), a community organisation and social business that supports newcomers and other vulnerable individuals in achieving their full potential. During her 11 years as CEO, Violet has taken SSI from a Sydney-based organisation with 68 staff to a 1200-plus workforce that supports more than 50,000 people nationally each year across a range of human services.

Violet is a previous National Telstra Business Woman of the Year and one of the AFR 100 Women of Influence. Her Non-Executive roles include the Australian Council of Social Services board, a member of the NSW Women’s Advisory Council, the NSW Ageing and Disability Commission Advisory Board, the Australia Post Stakeholder Council, and the NSW Commissioner’s Modern Slavery Advisory Council.