Business Payments & Mental Health Webinar

Victorian Small Business Commissioner Lynda McAlary-Smith will share tips on how you can give yourselves the best chance possible of being paid on time.

This session will cover everything from setting up contracts and invoices to following-up outstanding payments, and where you can get assistance in resolving a payment dispute.

You’ll also hear about how you can look after your mental health and where support is available for small business owners.

Lynda McAlary-Smith, Victorian Small Business Commissioner

Lynda commenced her role as the Victorian Small Business Commissioner in August 2021.

Lynda is a qualified lawyer and accomplished senior executive with extensive experience working with businesses across every sector within Victoria and nationally.

Lynda has two decades of experience working as regulator with 20 years of experience in multiple jurisdictions including the Commonwealth and Victoria and in workplace relations, building and construction and business regulation more generally. Previously, Lynda was a commercial litigator for businesses in the private sector.

Lynda has worked closely with a wide range of stakeholders during her time as an executive and is well known for her commitment to collaboration and solution focused partnerships with industry and government. Lynda is passionate about creating a competitive and fair operating environment for all small businesses in Victoria. Having grown up in a small business household, she lived and breathed the rewards and challenges of her parents running their small business firsthand. It instilled in Lynda from an early age the incredible value that small business people contribute to the wider community through their courage and entrepreneurship.

Lynda and the team at the Victorian Small Business Commission are dedicated to providing much needed support to Victorian small businesses.