Beyond Blue
Laurie Meerwald serves as the Head of Information Technology at Beyond Blue since January 2023, focusing on strategic advisory and IT service management. With extensive experience dating back to 1994, Laurie has held significant positions in organizations such as Defy Limits as a Personal Coach, Development Victoria as CIO, and ANZ in various executive roles including Executive Manager Operations and Technology Risk Management. Laurie's educational background includes a Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation from RMIT University and multiple degrees in Project Management and Business from the University of South Australia and Monash University, illustrating a strong foundation in both technology and management.
Beyond Blue
Helping people in Australia live a life beyond feeling blue. Comments moderated in line with privacy policy: bb.org.au/40U8goX ☎ 1300 22 4636 We promote good mental health. We create change to protect everyone’s mental health and improve the lives of individuals, families and communities affected by anxiety, depression and suicide. Mental health conditions don’t discriminate, and neither do we. Our programs and initiatives support people at all stages of life, wherever they live, work, study and play. Beyond Blue has four main goals that guide everything we do, and we use our community heart and business head to achieve these. Our goals help us measure the impact of our work, ensuring our programs and initiatives remain focused on achieving our vision and mission. Our goals are to: 1. reduce the impact of anxiety, depression and suicide by supporting people to protect their mental health and to recover when they are unwell 2. reduce people’s experiences of stigma and discrimination 3. improve people’s opportunities to get effective support and services at the right time 4. use best business practices to deliver integrated, evidence-based and cost-effective initiatives through our people and resources.