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Rt Hon. Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister
New Zealand Government
Simone Weston
Chief Talent Officer; Leadership Development and Executive Coach
LEK Consulting; Simone Weston Co
Dr Catherine Ball
PhD, Associate Professor, Author, Entrepreneur, Scientific Futurist, and Visioneer
Hon. Mary Wooldridge
Chief Executive Officer
Workplace Gender Equality Agency
Michelle Cowan
Head of Women's Football
West Coast Eagles
Leigh Sales AM
Author and Journalist
Annabel Crabb
Author and Journalist
Jelena Dokic
Former World Number 4 Tennis Player, Bestselling Author, and TV Commentator
Georgina Williams
Board President
UN Women Australia
Stephanie Copus Campbell AM (she/her)
Ambassador for Gender Equality
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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
Simone Clarke
Chief Executive Officer
UN Women Australia
Renae Lattey
Chief Executive Partner, Australia
King & Wood Mallesons
Alexandra Coates
Managing Director, Australia
Datacom
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; Program Manager
Grit Leadership; Metro Trains Melbourne
Angela Coble OAM
Managing Director Transformation, Technology & Executive Advisory
Accenture Australia
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
Kate Jones
ARL Commissioner; Executive Director; Director
National Rugby League; Tech Council of Australia; Paralympics Australia
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
Greg Leach AFSM
Commissioner
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Leanne Smith (she/her)
CEO
Australian Human Rights Commission
Adam Copp
CEO
Infrastructure Australia
Amanda Cattermole
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Digital Health Agency
Tracy Mackey (she/her)
Commissioner
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Jim Betts
Secretary
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Hon. Sue Ellery MLC
Minister for Finance; Commerce; Women's Interests
Western Australian Government
Ashley McGrath
Executive Officer
CEOs for Gender Equity
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
Akii Ngo (they/them/theirs)
Senior Co-Design & Engagement Advisor; Accessibility Manager
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIS); Sydney WorldPride
Paul Barlow
Managing Director - carsales Australia
carsales.com
Aunty Shantelle Thompson OAM
Founder & Chief Empowerment and Visionary Officer
Kiilalaana Foundation
Mayase Jere
Delivery Manager - Data; BIT Australia Founding Member
Flybuys; Blacks in Technology
Ally Nitschke
Managing Director
Made for More
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 Chance 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 Operations Officer
NSW Department of Customer Service
Jennie Rogerson
Head of People
Canva
Majella Knobel
Director, 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
Cathy Thorpe
Leadership Development Executive and Career Coach
BBB Advisory
Annette Gray
Director
Annette Gray Consulting
Leona Watson
Keynote Speaker - Top Gun Team Building - Executive & Business Coach
Jan Kwak
Managing Director - Australia and Asia
Hatch
Carol Vale
Chief Executive Officer
Murawin Pty Ltd – Statement of the heart Uluru
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
Izzy Gardener
Consumer PR 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
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
Anna Hughes (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Office of Financial Management
Professor Ngiare Brown
Chancellor; Founding Director
James Cook University; Ngaoara
Verity Hawkins (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer
Cancer Council ACT
Alison Rose
Chief of Space Division
Geoscience Australia
Maree Meredith (she/her)
Pro Vice Chancellor, Indigenous Leadership
University of Canberra
Anthony Draheim
Chief Officer
ACT State Emergency Service
Elizabeth Lee
Member of Parliament
ACT Legislative Assembly
Clare Walsh
Deputy Secretary, Chief Operating Officer
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Thao Le
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Information Officer
ACT Government
Michelle Graham
Acting First Assistant Secretary - Integrity, Security and Assurance
Australian Department of Home Affairs
Katherine Jeffries
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Sally Druhan
Chief Finance Officer
ACT Government
Dr Susan McGinty
Founder
Aya Leadership
Kim Vella
Founder and Chief Coach
Kim Vella Coaching
Sophie Aboud
Board Director and Project Lead
The STOP Campaign
Emma Prime
Director and Principal Psychologist
Prime Psychology
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
COO
Bankwest
Mia Gous
Senior Vice President
Newmont
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
Jillian Formentin
Engineering Director
Clough Group
Tamara Callaghan
Coach and Professional Development Trainer
Discern Training
Liz Del Borrello
Leadership Coach
Chief Reputation Officer
Kendal Drew
Director, Career & Engagement Strategist
Strategic Career Management
Cindy Kennedy
Speaker Coach
TEDxPerth
Jennifer McMahon
Co-Founder & Chief Purpose Officer
Modern People Global