The Perpetual Hustle: Transferable skills, career themes and becoming NED young - with Andrea Staines OAM
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Release Date: 01/29/2021
E7 | Kerryn Newton on What Makes Great Boards Work
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Few people have observed Australian boardrooms as closely as Kerryn Newton. For almost two decades, Kerryn has advised boards, recruited directors and worked alongside organisations navigating governance challenges across the corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors. Through her work as Founder and Managing Director of Directors Australia, she has developed a unique perspective on what separates high-performing boards from those that struggle to achieve their potential. In this episode of our 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast series, Kerryn joins Claire Braund OAM to reflect on her...
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E6 | 20 Years of Women on Boards Series: Susan Benedyka on Rural Leadership, Purpose and Contribution
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Few people understand the power of regional leadership quite like Susan Benedyka. A passionate advocate for rural and regional Australia, Susan has spent decades helping communities, organisations and leaders create lasting impact. Her governance journey has taken her from community committees to influential board and leadership roles, all underpinned by a commitment to ensuring regional voices are heard where decisions are made. In this episode of our 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast series, Susan joins Claire Braund to reflect on her leadership journey, the lessons she's learned from...
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E5 | 20 Years of Women on Boards Series: Amanda Heyworth on Curiosity, Growth and Contribution
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
In this episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards – Inspire | Influence | Impact series, WOB co-founder and CEO Claire Braund OAM speaks with Amanda Heyworth FAICD about building a board career while balancing executive leadership, family life and continuous professional growth. Amand is a professional company director with governance experience spanning startups to ASX 200 companies across technology, finance, property, innovation and venture capital. Amanda discusses the realities of building a board portfolio over time, including reducing executive commitments gradually while expanding...
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E4 | 20 Years of Women on Boards Series: Julie Garland McLellan on Governance and the Evolution of Women in the Boardroom
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
As part of the 20 Years of Women on Boards – Inspire | Influence | Impact vodcast series, WOB CEO and co-founder Claire Braund OAM speaks with governance expert Julie Garland McLellan about board careers, governance and the changing role of women in the boardroom over the past two decades. A non-executive director, educator, author and producer and narrator of the Directors Dilemma newsletter, Julie reflects on a career spanning more than 27 years across boards, governance education and consulting. She shares lessons from board turnarounds; governance failures and...
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E3 | 20 Years of Women on Boards Series: Ruth Medd’s Inspiration, Influence and Impact
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
In this very special episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast series, Claire Braund sits down with Ruth Medd, the original architect behind the Women on Boards idea and co-founder of WOB, a conversation that truly reflects Inspire, Influence and Impact in action. This episode offers a rare and insightful reflection on how one idea, sparked in the early 2000s, grew into a national movement that has shaped the board landscape in Australia. From the earliest conversations following the Sydney Olympics to the formal launch of Women on Boards in 2006, Ruth’s vision and...
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E2 | 20 Years of Women on Boards Series: Cheryl Hayman’s Purposeful, Reciprocal and Energetic Board Career
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Cheryl Hayman is one of WOB’s longest serving and most successful Women on Boards members. Coming into boards at a relatively young age from a global marketing background, she had several hurdles to overcome. Her focus on how to build her own board brand, awareness of the need to adapt and innovate and willingness to learn and finesse her governance style has seen her step onto a range of boards across the listed, private and NFP sectors. She is a WOBSX Alumni, a WOBSX Program Chair and WOB Mentor. With a two-decade board career spans the rise of women and non -traditional skillsets into the...
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E1 | 20 Years of Women on Boards Series: History of WOB with Claire Braund OAM
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Inspire | Influence | Impact Lasting change begins by making opportunity visible and accessible. For 20 years, Women on Boards has done exactly that, helping reshape leadership and governance across Australia through the vision of co-founders Claire Braund and Ruth Medd. In this episode, Claire reflects on the origins of the organisation, from an informal network inspired by the Sydney Olympics to a national organisation driving measurable change in boardroom representation. She shares the challenges of confronting entrenched systems, the strategies that improved transparency and access, and...
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The Tables Turn: Claire Braund Interviewed by Adelle Howse on the New CEO Toolkit
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
On the eve of WOB’s 20th anniversary, Claire Braund steps into the guest seat to share the story of Women on Boards, her leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way. In the latest episode of The New CEO Toolkit podcast, hosted by WOB member Adelle Howse of Howse River, our very own Claire Braund OAM, CEO and WOB co-founder shares the story of co-founding WOB and driving lasting change in board diversity. From launching Women on Boards in 2006 with co-founder Ruth Medd, to championing the 40:40:20 vision for gender balance, Claire reflects on two decades of driving change in...
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Dr Jan Tennent OAM: Making the leap from lab bench to the boardroom
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Dr Jan Tennent: Making the leap from the lab bench to the boardroom In this Women of Honour podcast Claire Braund talks to Dr Jan Tennent OAM - an internationally recognised researcher with specialist knowledge of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and the discovery and commercialisation of vaccines. Jan was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to research science, and to business, and today Jan says she hopes to use the OAM “a platform for my future work to remove barriers to women and indeed to all great scientists”. But despite being six foot tall with a...
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Woman of Honour: Board recruitment specialist Bernadette Uzelac AM
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
‘If the door is closed, climb through the window’. That’s the message from board recruitment specialist and director, Bernadette Uzelac, who has been made a member of the Order of Australia (AM), for significant service to the community of the Barwon Southwest region in Victoria. Growing up in Geelong, Bernadette was married with a baby and selling Mary Kay products by the time she was 18. Three years later she had completed a commerce degree and welcomed her second child. By the 1980s, driven by a hunger to put her own stamp on something, Bernadette started her own recruitment business...
info_outlineIt’s not often you get the chance to hear directly from Australia’s first female airline CEO, OAM and full-time Non-Executive Director, the admirable Andrea Staines. This week Claire Braund digs deep with Andrea on matters of living abroad, solo parenting, becoming NED at age 41 and why it’s crucial to understand your transferable skills.
Unlike many of her peers from country Queensland, Andrea, Australia’s first female airline CEO, OAM and full-time Non-Executive Director (NED), was fortunate to have the undivided support of her loving parents who encouraged her to be brave and to set her sights high. At age seven, she knew she would go to university and likely study medicine and become a GP for her local community. However, when she was awarded an all expenses paid for scholarship to complete her high school education in Singapore, her whole outlook on life changed. She took to international life like a duck out of water and has since worked and studied in the US, Asia and Australia.
She has been a Director in the listed, private, government, social enterprise and foundation spaces, and for the past decade, has been a full-time Non-Executive Director for a range of Australian and New Zealand entities in transport, infrastructure and retail service arenas.
Andrea worked in financial roles with American Airlines at their Dallas headquarters in the early 1990s before returning to Australia with her two young children to join Qantas. At age 38, Andrea became Australia's first female airline CEO for Australian Airlines (mk II), a Qantas subsidiary flying between Asia and Australia, which she co-launched.
At age 41, Andrea left her C-Suite career to establish herself as a Director; a decision she made to support her home life. But securing her first board role didn’t come without struggle and hustle, despite her impressive CV.
It was a further four years before Andrea scored an ASX listed position. It was her ability to step back and look at her career and skillset that gave her the insight she needed to propel her NED career.
Today, Andrea is highly sought after by companies planning significant transformation. She is the NED of Acumentis (ASX), SeaLink (ASX) and UnitingCare Queensland, and the Deputy Chair for Australia Post.
In 2010, Andrea was invited to join Australia's Chief Executive Women, and in 2019, she was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her efforts as a role model and mentor for women.
Hear from Andrea on why it's important to have two career themes as a NED in Australia, how to recognise your transferable skills and her reminder to be brave every step of the way.
Andrea Staines' roles at time of broadcast:
- Deputy Chair for Australia Post
- NED Acumentis (ASX)
- NED SeaLink (ASX)
- NED UnitingCare Queensland
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