Caroline de Mori founded and managed a successful corporate communications company, Porter Novelli, Purple Communications and the not-for-profit EON Foundation. She has been an expert advisor to global resources, mining and listed companies; providing communications, stakeholder relations, community consultation and strategic planning advice. In 2013, Ms de Mori was awarded the Australian of the Year WA Local Hero. In 2019, she was awarded a winner of the PwC Director Awards for Excellence in the Not-for-Profit Sector in Western Australia for her work with EON Foundation.