Isaiah Dawe

Background

About Isaiah Dawe

Isaiah Dawe is a Butchulla and Garawa First Nations Australian man. Isaiah is an entrepreneur, story teller and social change advocate and professional speaker. Also known by many as the Foster Kid to CEO. Isaiah is the Founder and CEO of ID. Know Yourself. Which is a NFP mentoring organisation supporting First Nations children growing up in the out of home care and child protection system within Sydney, Australia (Gadigal Country). Isaiah’s genesis for starting IDKY was his personal experience growing up in foster care and going through multiple homes with disadvantage and suffering. As he always says, his purpose was found in his wounds. Isaiah is a Board Director and also the Chair of the Aboriginal Advisory Council for TAFE NSW, and currently sits on the National RAP Advisory Committee for Uber, Australia and previously was a Board Director of Marist 180 Youth Care. Isaiah has also completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course. Isaiah has also worked within the financial services sector with a private equity firm, ROC Partners, which manage capital for some of Australia's largest institutions and superannuation funds and offer investment solutions for family offices, foundation, endowments and high net worth investors. In 2022, Isaiah was a nominee for the NSW 2022 Young Australian of the Year and was also one of the 2022 Sydney’s Inner West 30 most influential people under 30. Isaiah was also awarded a full scholarship by Stanford Australia Foundation to attend the Executive NFP Leadership Course at Stanford Graduate School of Business in California.