Giovanna Lever

Giovanna Lever is the Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Sparrowly Group, a Sydney-based economic and community development, workforce planning and tourism strategy advisory serving Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia. 

With over 25 years’ commercial experience across public and private sectors including education, workforce development, tourism, agriculture and community development, Giovanna leads strategic advisory, business mentoring and capability programs that deliver measurable impact.

She has guided over a 1,000 businesses through mentoring and training, facilitated and co-designed complex stakeholder engagement processes, and led major business cases and evaluations that have secured more than $1.3 billion in funding for public and private sector initiatives. 

Well known for her expertise in transformational change management, collaborative stakeholder engagement and co-design facilitation, Giovanna helps clients turn insight into implementable strategy.

Giovanna is an Australian Certified Economic Developer (ACEcD), a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), co-author of research on accessible tourism and career pathways, a TEDx speaker and a director on the board of IMPACT Community Services.

Based in Sydney, she works regionally, nationally and globally to strengthen communities, industries and government outcomes.