Our Story
Tinai Colawai relocated to Australia from Fiji in 2016. She launched knext in 2021 to work with individuals from CaLD ( culturally and linguistically diverse ) backgrounds on designing and shaping a sustainable career and organisations on helping them embed tailored people solutions and build inclusive workplaces. She is now using lessons she’s learnt throughout her career in People & Culture , her lived experience as a migrant to Australia, design thinking, data and analytics and strategic People & Culture experience to work with individuals and organisations on capacity building.
Tinai has industry and business area experience in the Public Sector, Not-For- Profit (NFP), Finance and Banking, Wealth Management, Digital Technology, Internet of Things (IoT), Space Technology and Enviro-technology.
She partners with deep-tech start-up Founders, CEO’s and executive leaders at a country, divisional and global level.
In addition to running her business, Tinai serves as a Board Director at International Womens Development Agency (IWDA) . IWDA is an Australian-based organisation, resourcing diverse women’s rights organisations primarily in Asia and the Pacific, to advance its vision of gender equality for all.
Success matters when it’s shared.
Our paths couldn’t be more different but they share one truth: our successes are best shared. knext offers that platform, with social impact partners, to tackle inequity together.