Graeme Wise

Graeme Wise is the Chairman of The Adidem Group, which comprises The Body Shop, Children’s Centre, D’fine Creative, Sensaura Day Spa, Affirm Press Publishing, Recluse Home Automation, TickBox computer solutions, and the Wise Foundation. Graeme is the Founder and Patron of The Big Issue street newspaper (Australian edition), Director of MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research Board, and past director of Indigenous Enterprise Partnerships, the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Prahran Mission and Philanthropy Australia.

Graeme’s business philosophies revolve around the humanising of business, which extends to ensuring that each business has a responsibility to put back into the society in which it operates.

The social projects The Adidem Group and companies operate revolve around principles of self-help and building of business skills that will provide ongoing generation of economic opportunities for marginalised people and communities.