At CMI, Petra Wilton takes a lead role in building strategic partnerships in the public policy arena. She promotes the needs of practising managers through engaging the CMI’s 100,000 members and leads on a policy and research agenda that is shared with Government, business, education and the media.

Petra is responsible for building CMI’s body of knowledge and has co-authored many CMI reports. She established the Campus CMI initiative to inspire young people through developing their management skills. She manages the All Party Parliamentary Group on Management and represents CMI on external groups including the recent ABS Innovation Taskforce.