CEO
Suzie McInerney is the CEO, Shareholder and Board Member of Six Degrees Executive, a leading independent executive search and recruitment firm operating across the Eastern Seaboard of Australia. Now in her 15th year with the business and CEO since 2019, Suzie has played a key role in shaping the company’s growth, culture and leadership capability.
With a background in consumer brand marketing and hospitality, Suzie began her recruitment career as a consultant and quickly progressed into senior leadership roles. As Victorian State Director, she also led strategic initiatives including the firm’s DE&I agenda and the development of its business and account planning frameworks.
Suzie is deeply passionate about developing strong leaders and creating a values-led, high performance culture underpinned by inclusion, holistic wellbeing and continuous learning. She has built a widely respected executive leadership team and more recently has steered the business through a cultural transformation, embracing hybrid work while staying anchored to the company’s core values.
She holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing), a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology), and is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course(2023). Suzie is also a former hospitality entrepreneur, having owned and operated a hatted 200-seat restaurant, and is a proud mum to Louis (9) and Ivy(13).
