CELIA POLLARD
Consultant, Yoga Teacher, Coach, Mentor, Board Director.
Celia is an Iyengar Yoga practitioner of more than 20 years, who has studied under some of Australia’s most senior teachers.  She is currently in the second year of a 2–3-year Iyengar Yoga teacher training program under the supervision and mentoring of Sue Everett, Iyengar Yoga Senior Intermediate 3 teacher.  Iyengar Yoga teacher training requires focused daily practice, study of yoga and human physiology texts, ongoing assessment and regular teaching.  Celia is a member of Iyengar Yoga Australia with full teaching insurance and is expected to undergo assessment under the direction of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India in 2022.

In her professional life, Celia is a management consultant and Board Director specialising in organisational performance and development with a focus on inclusion and diversity.  She has a wealth of experience in delivering leading edge programs for clients and has worked in the Human Resource Management and Development field for over 20 years. She has been a Senior Executive and consultant managing and advising on large scale change and organisational development across three Australian jurisdictions in the government and private sectors. In 2021 Celia was selected for the panel of providers for the Victorian Gender Equality Commission to provide capability uplift to public agencies in gender impact assessment.

Credentials
  • Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Certified Professional – Australian Human Resource Institute
  • Accredited Facilitator OCI/OEI/LSI/GSI, Human Synergistics
  • Accredited Practitioner Facet5 Psychometrics
  • Professional Management Program, University of Adelaide
  • The Women's Leadership Forum, Harvard Business School
  • Graduate Certificate: Human Resource Management, Monash University
  • Financial Management, Chifley Business School
  • Alternative Disputes Resolution, Faculty of Law and Management, Latrobe University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Monash University

Board Director
Celia is a non-executive Director on two Boards: 
  • Early Childhood Management Services - not-for-profit, large provider of early learning and care. 
  • Zardozi - Afghan NGO for the empowerment of Afghan women.​
Celia Pollard
Consultant, Yoga Teacher, Coach, Mentor, Board Director.