PAST SPEAKERS
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Michelle Cowan
Head of Women's Football
West Coast Eagles
Jelena Dokic
Former World Number 4 Tennis Player, Bestselling Author, and TV Commentator and Speaker
Ashley McGrath
Chief Executive Officer
CEOs for Gender Equity
Georgina Williams
Board President
UN Women Australia
Brigid Monagle
Commissioner
Victorian Public Sector Commission
Kate Roffey AM
President; Chief Executive Officer
Melbourne Football Club; State Sport Centres (Victoria)
Emma Woolley
Chair of Partners; Director; Director
Hall & Wilcox; Williamstown VFL Football Club; Viridian Foundation
Renae Lattey
Chief Executive Partner, Australia
King & Wood Mallesons
Alexandra Coates
Managing Director, Australia
Datacom
Jason Trethowan
Chief Executive Officer
Headspace
Sally Bruce
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer; Non Executive Director
Culture Amp; Chief Executive Women
Hon. Kristina Keneally
Chief Executive Officer
Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation
Grace Wong
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer; 30 Under 30 Winner 2018
Liven
Lil Gordon
First Assistant Secretary - First Nations Outcomes
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, and the Arts
Div Pillay
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder; Founder
MindTribes Pty Ltd; CDW (Culturally Diverse Women)
Maryam Bechtel
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
AGL
Teeshal Bal
Founder; Head of Metro Tunnel Transition Office
Grit Leadership; Metro Trains Melbourne
Angela Coble OAM
Managing Director | Chief Technology Officer - Products Group
Accenture
Lisa Annese
Chief Executive Officer
Diversity Council Australia
Renato Mota
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director; Non Executive Director
Insignia Financial; Financial Services Council
Chiou See Anderson
President
National Council of Women of Australia
Gloria Yuen
Head of Regulatory Enablement and Delivery; Member of Cultural Diversity Committee
NAB; Women on Boards
Tanja Kovac
Director & Consultant; Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Kovac & Co; Gender Lens Australia
Kristan Conlon
Chair of Partners
McCullough Robertson
Emma Olivier GAICD
Founder
Twenty Percent Disability Inclusion Advisory
Praveen Reddy
Executive Director, Freight Victoria; Women in Transport Steering Committee
Victorian Department of Transport and Planning
Christine Castley
Chief Executive Officer
Multicultural Australia
Professor Ngiare Brown
Chancellor; Founding Director
James Cook University; Ngaoara
Hon. Simone Frances McGurk MLA BA
Minister for Training; Water; Youth
Western Australian Government
Lorraine Pryor
BHP Production Technician; Motivational Speaker & Presenter
Billiton; Voice of Hope
Dr Paula Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Global Institute of Training and Presenting
Judith Barker
CEO
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Andrew Hadley
Chief Executive Officer
P&N Bank
David Fyfe
CEO
Synergy
Mark Glasson
Chief Executive Officer
Anglicare WA
Francisco Albor Consuegra
Mine Manager
Rio Tinto
Olivia Trembath
Diversity and Inclusion Manager
Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertiliser
Akii Ngo (they/them/theirs)
Disability, Gender Equity, LGBTIQA+ Educator and Consultant. Violence Survivor-Advocate; Victorian Disability Councillor; Accessibility Manager
Consultant and Trainer; Department of Families, Fairness and Housing; Sydney WorldPride (they/them/theirs)
Paul Barlow
Managing Director
carsales
Aunty Shantelle Thompson OAM
Founder & Chief Empowerment and Visionary Officer
Kiilalaana Foundation
Christine Khor
CEO, Founder & Master Coach
Peeplcoach
Lisa Martello
Director - Infrastructure Delivery; Member Board of Directors
HKA; National Association of Women in Construction
Mayase Jere
Delivery Manager - Data; BIT Australia Founding Member
Flybuys; Blacks in Technology Australia
Ally Nitschke
Managing Director
Made for More
Simone Weston
Chief Talent Officer; Leadership Development and Executive Coach
LEK Consulting; Simone Weston Co
Georgia Ellis
Leadership Coach, Mentor and Educator
Blue Chip Minds
Shelley Flett
Leadership & Team, Performance Trainer
Shelley Flett Pty Ltd
Kim Payne
Keynote Speaker, Trainer and Coach
9rok Consulting
Bron Williams
Keynote Speaker, Mentor and PhD Researcher
Giulia Savio MBA
Independent Consultant - Industry Leader in Diversity and Inclusion
AusIMM
Mei Ouw
Leadership Facilitator, Executive Coach, Culture and Change Consultant and Speaker
Sarah Derry
Chief Executive Officer – Pacific
Accor
Tima Elhajj
CEO & Founder
Tima Media & Consulting
Melanie Cochrane
CEO/Group Managing Director
A/NZ Equifax
Mandy Young
Chief Operating Officer
NSW Department of Customer Service
Jennie Rogerson
Global Head of People
Canva
Majella Knobel
Access and Inclusion
Westpac
Marc England
Chief Executive Officer
Ausgrid
Paul Zahra
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Retailers Association
Rebecca Nash
Chief People Officer
AMP
Sandra Martínez
Chief Executive Officer
Nestlé Oceania
Friska Wirya
All Things Change
Fresh by Friska
Rowenna Walker
Managing Director, NSW & ACT
Aurecon
Angelique Wan
Chief Executive Officer
Consent Labs
Tara Osborne
General Manager, Strategy and Innovation; Winner AFR BOSS Young Executives 2021
BINGO Industries
Melinda Petrunoff
Country Manager, Australia & New Zealand
Sheila Vijeyarasa
Transformation Coach & Author
Empowering Intuition
Sue Tsigaros
Leadership Coach, Consultant and Facilitator for Business Performance and Career Satisfaction
Iris Group
Ida Huang
Executive Leadership Coach and Facilitator
Amplify Coaching
Ashi Bhat
Founder; TEDx and Keynote Speaker, Leadership and Consumer Marketing
INSIDER
Cathy Thorpe
Leadership Development Executive and Career Coach
BBB Advisory
Annette Gray
Director
Annette Gray Consulting
Leona Watson
Keynote Speaker - Executive & Business Coach
Mirjana Boznovska
Founder & CEO; Conscious Leadership Expert, Inspirational Speaker, Thought Leader
ONE Beyond Success
Tahlia-Rose Vanissum
Woppaburra women, Australian Public Servant, Board Director and Chairperson
Alison Woolsey
Professional Services Executive & NFP Director
Agnes Naera
Chief Executive Officer
Global Women
Jan Kwak
Managing Director - Australia and Asia
Hatch
Dave Whimpey
CEO
Surf Life Saving Queensland
Katherine Gonzalez-Cork
Chief Executive Officer
Professionals Real Estate Australia
Carol Vale
Chief Executive Officer
Murawin Pty Ltd
Beverley Rowbotham AO
Haematologist; Chair; Director
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology; Australian Government National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council; Bolton Clarke
Mike Wassing AFSM
Deputy Commissioner
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Monica Bradley
Managing Director; Chairperson
Purposeful Impact; Circonomy
Emma Wright
Chief People Officer; AFR 2023 BOSS Young Executives
WorkCover Queensland
Rhiannon Frater
Chief Communications & Corporate Affairs Officer; 2023 B&T 30 Under 30 (PR)
Domino’s Pizza Enterprise Limited
Shannon McFadden
Chief Strategy, Sustainability and People Officer
Queensland Airports Limited
Dr Jeni Wellington
CEO and Founder
Annuo Med Tech Solutions; 2023 Women in Technology Future Focused Business Achiever
Izzy Gardener
ANZ Consumer Public Relations Manager
Domino’s Pizza Enterprise Limited
Dr Diana Tolmie
D'Addario-endorsed woodwind performing artist; Senior Lecturer, Professional Practice
Griffith University
Dinesh Palipana OAM
Doctor (Emergency Department); 2021 Queensland Australian of the Year
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Cat Peppler
Group Executive Corporate
Aurizon
Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz
Professor and Chair in Digital Economy
Queensland University of Technology; Top 100 Global AI Thought Leader
Suzie Lightfoot
Personal Brand Coach, Personal Brand Expert
Sheetal Deo
Founder and Principal Solicitor; Founder and Lead Facilitator
Shakti Legal Solutions; The Diversity Collective
Sally Foley-Lewis
Middle Management & Self Leadership Expert
Cha Higginson
Intuitive Healer, Mentor and Soul Strategist
Simone Guild
Chief Executive Officer
The Extraordinary Group
Tina Ambrose MAICD
Chief Executive Officer
Valrose
Jess Karlsson
Chief Executive Officer
Mosaic Community Care
Louise Edmonds
Founder and CEO
Carbon Sync
Ruth Hatherley
CEO and Founder
Regchain
Zahra Al Hilaly
Co-CEO
Oaktree Australia
Louise-Marlena Tarrier
Chief Executive Officer
Carbon Positive Australia
Merinda March
Chief Executive Officer
Hope Community Services
Louise Vegar
General Manager, Financial Crime Risk & COO Portfolio Performance Risk CCO
Commonwealth Bank Australia
Mia Gous
Managing Director
Newmont Australia
Mark Stickells
Executive Director
Pawset Supercomputing Centre
Sandra De Kock
Executive GM People, Culture and Community, Airport Development Group
Perth Airport
Jane Mitchell
General Manager, Information Technology Services
Water Corporation
Devyani Sethi
Regional Engineering Lead
Microsoft
Kim Lancer
CEO & Executive Coach
Tall Poppies Leadership
Jillian Formentin
Engineering Director
Clough Group
Tamara Callaghan
Coach and Professional Development Trainer
Discern Training
Liz Del Borrello
Founder and Leadership Coach
Leaders Lobby
Kendal Drew
Director, Career & Engagement Strategist
Strategic Career Management
Cindy Kennedy
Founder
The Centre for Sass’n Soul
Jennifer McMahon
Co-Founder & Chief Purpose Officer
Modern People Global
Francisco Albor Consuegra
Mine Manager
Rio Tinto
Mimi Lee
Founder & CEO
Meiava