*Part of Inclusive Leadership Series*
WA International Men’s Day Leaders Breakfast 2026
We’re proud to welcome Charlie Gunningham, Meshpoints Head of Ecosystem Engagement and StartupWA Chair to one of Western Australia’s most important and purposeful leadership conversations.
And Charlie Gunningham has spent his career helping tell it.
In a state whose economic identity has been shaped predominantly by resources and extraction, the emergence of a vibrant, connected, and genuinely world-class startup and innovation ecosystem represents something more than an economic diversification story.
It represents a fundamental shift in how Western Australia sees itself and what it believes it is capable of building.
Charlie Gunningham sits at the very heart of that shift.
That work is leadership.
Not the kind of leadership that requires a title, a corner office, or a large team to exercise. But the kind that requires vision, generosity, and an understanding that the strongest ecosystems are not built by individuals competing against each other they are built by communities investing in each other.
In Western Australia’s startup and innovation community, Charlie Gunningham embodies that standard and his presence at this breakfast brings a perspective on leadership, collaboration, and community-building that every leader in every sector needs to hear.
He brings to this conversation insights that go far beyond the startup world:
✅ Ecosystem leadership building communities that invest in each other
✅ Collaboration over competition the model that builds lasting success
✅ Innovation and entrepreneurship in Western Australia’s evolving economy
✅ StartupWA and the future of Western Australia’s startup ecosystem
✅ Purposeful male leadership grounded in generosity and collective impact
✅ What it means to lead with vision in a community rather than above it
The leaders who will define Western Australia’s next chapter are not the ones who got there first.
This breakfast is for everyone.
Men and women are equally welcome at this table because the conversation about purposeful male leadership, innovation, and the future we are building together belongs to every leader who believes in it.
Lead with Purpose. Inspire with Integrity.
Not as a slogan. As a standard.
State Reception Centre, Fraser’s Kings Park, Perth WA
19 November 2026
From 6.30 AM
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