Mind the gap: Mary Wooldridge on why we need to be ever vigilant about gender equality in the workforce
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Release Date: 08/30/2021
Claire Braund OAM: 20 years of advocacy, opportunity and impact
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
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E22 | Susan Rix AM: Saying Yes, Serving with Purpose and Staying Curious
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
In this episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast, speaks with , an accomplished business leader, chartered accountant and corporate adviser whose career has run alongside more than four decades of board service. From her first board role as treasurer of Noah’s Ark Toy Library to major Queensland Government, infrastructure, education, community and private sector boards, Susan’s board career has been built less around a carefully mapped plan and more around being willing to say yes, contribute her skills and keep learning. Susan reflects on growing up in Lismore, spending a...
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E21 | Dylys Bertelsen OAM GAICD: What Boards Are Really Looking For
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
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E20 | Nadia Moffatt OAM: Resilience, Representation and Finding Your Place at the Board Table
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
In this episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast, Claire Braund OAM speaks with Nadia Moffatt OAM, a South Australian non-executive director, governance specialist and long-standing consumer advocate whose board career has been shaped by resilience, independence and a determination to ensure different perspectives are heard. Nadia’s story begins with her Italian migrant family and an early introduction to business, helping with her father’s accounts and compliance from a young age. At just 12, her life changed dramatically when she suffered a major brain haemorrhage. After being...
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E19 | Elizabeth Crouch AM FAICD: Opportunity, Resilience and Service
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
With an extraordinary portfolio spanning health, education, water, banking and sport, Elizabeth Crouch AM FAICD has built a board career defined by leadership, continuous learning and a deep commitment to public service. In this episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast, Elizabeth joins Claire Braund to reflect on the experiences that have shaped her journey from a 16-year career in the federal public service to becoming one of Australia’s most experienced Chairs. Today, Elizabeth chairs six organisations, including Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, the Customer Owned Banking...
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Ep18 | Margie Haseltine: Resilience, Determination and a Portfolio Board Career
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Former CEO and experienced director has built an extensive portfolio career across listed and private companies, including Metcash, Inghams Group, Kennards Hire, Real Pet Food Company and Active Tree Services. In this episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast, Margie joins to reflect on the journey from growing up on a dairy farm in New Zealand to becoming CEO of MasterFoods Australia and, ultimately, building a successful board career. Margie stepped away from executive life in 2007 after 20 years with Mars. With three young children and years of extensive travel behind her, she...
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E17 | Kerry Skellern OAM: Engineering a Board Career and Making a Difference
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Chemical engineer and experienced director Kerry Skellern OAM has built a board career spanning infrastructure, financial services, housing and community organisations. In this episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast, Kerry joins Claire Braund to discuss how her technical background has shaped her approach to governance and why boards benefit from a broader mix of professional perspectives. Kerry’s executive career included roles with ICI, James Hardie, CSR and GE, often in heavily male-dominated environments. It taught her the importance of speaking up and being prepared to make...
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E16 | Joanna Brand: From Brazil to Boards to Bitcoin
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
Senior executive, lawyer, company secretary and experienced director has built a career across corporate governance, capital markets, infrastructure, energy, aviation and the arts. In this episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast, Joanna joins Women on Boards CEO and Co-founder to reflect on the experiences that shaped her career, the value of curiosity and adaptability, and the governance challenges boards cannot afford to underestimate. Born in Brazil, Joanna spent her early childhood moving between Trinidad, the United States, the Netherlands and Australia before returning to...
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E15 | Helga Svendsen OAM — Stronger Together
Women on Boards - 20th Anniversary Series - Inspire | Influence | Impact
In this episode of 20 Years of Women on Boards: Inspire | Influence | Impact, host Claire Braund sits down with Helga Svendsen OAM, facilitator, leadership and executive coach, non-executive director and podcaster, for a conversation that traces a career built on empowering people. Helga takes us from her formative years in a close-knit Melbourne community, through leadership roles in government and as CEO of the Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project, to building an extensive board portfolio across health, government and the not-for-profit sector. She shares how the Williamson Community...
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E14 | Robin Buckham’s Unexpected Path to the Boardroom
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What do steelmaking, universities, ports, family businesses, cemeteries and rowing have in common? For experienced chair and non-executive director , they've all played a role in shaping a remarkable governance career built on curiosity, transformation and making a meaningful contribution. In the latest episode of the 20 Years of Women on Boards podcast, Robin reflects on a career that has never followed a conventional path. From an Arts degree and teaching, she unexpectedly found herself leading a major steel manufacturing business before moving into senior executive...
info_outlineMary Wooldridge is a woman who believes that if you want change on the big social issues then you get engaged in purposeful action to get policy change and action taken.
As Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, the issues currently in her sights are gender inequality, including closing the 14.2% gender pay gap, and ensuring that women and men are equally represented, valued and rewarded in the workplace.
As a Victorian Member of Parliament from 2006 to 2020 with several Ministerial portfolios (Mental Health, Community Services and Women’s Affairs) Mary had a strong reform agenda. This included establishing the Commissioner for Children and Young People and Australia's first Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, instigating the Shergold Report into Reform of the Human Services Sector to improve partnerships between the government and community sector organisations, implementing the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 and being instrumental in establishing Our Watch, the national family violence prevention agency.
Prior to being elected to Parliament, Mary was the CEO of The Foundation for Young Australians and worked with McKinsey & Company and Consolidated Press Holdings. She is now Chair of the Australian board of Global Citizens - whose mission is to end extreme poverty worldwide by 2030
In this podcast, Mary speaks to Claire about why the Liberal Party should implement quotas for women, why we need to be ever vigilant about gender equality in the workplace and why Australia needs to invest in all industries in our COVID world, not just male-dominated industries like construction, to ensure men and women can both benefit equally from any government-funded recovery.
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