Steph Cousins

Steph Cousins

Global CEO of Talent Beyond Boundaries

Steph Cousins is the Global CEO of Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), an organisation working to make it possible for displaced people to safely migrate for work, using their skills to rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose. Steph helped drive TBB’s start-up phase in Australia, including successfully advocating for the Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement Pilot, the first bespoke visa program for skilled refugees in Australia. She is now leading TBB’s global expansion, including successful refugee labour mobility programs in Canada and UK and new pilots in USA, Ireland, Belgium and elsewhere.

Steph has more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, with a focus on human rights, refugee and development issues. She has led advocacy and external affairs teams at Amnesty International Australia and Oxfam Australia. She is a Churchill Fellow and holds a Masters in Public and International Law from The University of Melbourne.