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The Pillars Team

The Pillars is grounded in over 25 years worth of experience, underpinned by scientific rigour. Our unique framework is used by individuals and organisations to enable people lead an epic life, while nurturing performance, relationships in times of rapid change.

The Pillars Team is based across Sydney's Northern Beaches and Noosa, but services clients nationwide and overseas.

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Mike Britton

Head of Guides and Facilitation

A seasoned entrepreneur and father of four, deeply passionate about the human experience, particularly in the realms of purpose, contribution, and connection. Throughout Mike’s career, he has led impactful ventures including Evolution, an outdoor training community serving over 30,000 people, and initiatives like You Move Me, provideding prosthetic limbs to Bolivian amputees. Mike’s work is grounded in simplifying complex ideas into practical, sustainable actions. His commitment is to distill truth and make meaningful contribution to individual and collective growth.

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Toby McKinnon

Head of Growth and Operations

A father of two girls, loves the outdoors, and just happens to also have a wealth of corporate experience. Toby’s extensive career spans decades across various industries, from Fortune 500 and ASX 200 companies, right through to startups. Having always been deeply people-centric, he has made a priority of creating positive psychosocial cultures. Toby excels in helping individuals unlock their full potential, ultimately benefiting their teams and the organisations they are part of. His approach fosters environments where people thrive, leading to enhanced personal and corporate success.

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Dr Chris Meier

Head of Data and Science

A serial entrepreneur, academic, and father of two energetic boys. Over the last ten years, Chris has founded several businesses, ranging from an event venue in Bangkok to an equipment finance business in the coffee industry. Holding a PhD in Behavioural Economics, Chris has published his work in leading journals, and has lectured at UNSW and UTS, mainly as part of MBA and other postgraduate programmes. Chris is passionate about challenging the status quo, creating meaningful impact, and gaining a deep insight into human decision making and wellbeing.

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