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Chief Executive Women
Chief Executive Women (CEW) is an Australian organisation that supports women entrepreneurs and those in leadership positions and those aspiring to be senior executives. It provides a network of women in these positions, as well as funding leadership scholarships. It also lobbies government on issues affecting such issues as the gender pay gap. History The organisation began in Victoria in 1985 as an offshoot of Women Chiefs of Enterprises International (WCEI), or (''Les Femmes Chefs D'Enterprises Mondiales'', or FCEM), which was founded in Paris, France, in 1945. The formation of both groups was inspired by the need to mentor and support women entrepreneurs and in senior roles in organisations, and those to aspire to either. The CEW wanted to get a fairer deal for women in Australia, and to provide a network for sharing experiences with each other. WCEI asked Barbara Cail AO, then the publisher of ''Portfolio Magazine'', to set up a branch in New South Wales, which she did by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gender Pay Gap
The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are working. Women are generally found to be paid less than men. There are two distinct numbers regarding the pay gap: non-adjusted versus adjusted pay gap. The latter typically takes into account differences in hours worked, occupations chosen, education and job experience. In the United States, for example, the non-adjusted average woman's annual salary is 79% of the average man's salary, compared to 95% for the adjusted average salary. The reasons link to legal, social and economic factors, and extend beyond "equal pay for equal work". The social factors include topics such as discrimination based on gender, the motherhood penalty vs. fatherhood bonus, parental leave, and gender norms. Additionally, the consequences of the gender pay gap surpass individual grievances, leading to reduced economic output, lower pensions for women, and fewer learning opportunities. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Service
A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies or via public financing to private businesses or voluntary organizations (or even as provided by family households, though terminology may differ depending on context). Other public services are undertaken on behalf of a government's residents or in the interest of its citizens. The term is associated with a social consensus (usually expressed through democratic elections) that certain services should be available to all, regardless of income, physical ability or mental acuity. Examples of such services include the fire brigade, police, air force, and paramedics (see also public service broadcasting). Even where public services are neither publicly provided nor publicly financed, they are usually subject to regulation going beyond that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor-General Of Australia
The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australiaofficial website Retrieved 1 January 2015. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of government ministers. The governor-general has formal presidency over the Federal Executive Council and is commander-in-chief of the Australian Defence Force. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Mostyn
Samantha Joy Mostyn (born 1964 or 1965, known as Sam Mostyn) is an Australian businesswoman and climate change and gender equity advocate, and first woman AFL commissioner. As of 2021 Mostyn is president at Chief Executive Women. She is a board member on numerous boards, including the Climate Council, the GO Foundation, Mirvac, Transurban, Virgin Australia and The Sydney Swans. The Mostyn medal, for "best and fairest" women in AFL, is named after her. Early life and career Mostyn was born about 1965 and grew up within the army, being the daughter of an army colonel. She is married with one daughter. One of Mostyn's earliest positions was working with Michael Kirby, within the NSW Court of Appeal. She was subsequently a communications advisor to the office of Prime Minister Paul Keating. Mostyn holds a BA/LLB from the Australian National University (ANU). In 2018 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, from ANU. She was an advisor to Bob Collins, as well as Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Fagg
Kathryn Joy Fagg is a professional engineer, a board member and board chair from Australia. Fagg is currently the Chair of the Board for the CSIRO and a non-executive director on the board of Medibank Private. Fagg has been a board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia since 2013, Boral president of Chief Executive Women, Chairman at Melbourne Recital Centre, and a director of Incitec Pivot, Breast Cancer Network of Australia and Djerriwarrh Investments. In 2013 she received the University of Queensland’s Inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Excellence Award and was elected fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. Four years later she was awarded the Ada Lovelace Medal for Outstanding Woman Engineer (2017) where she was reported as being “an inspiration to us all, particularly young women.” Her professional career includes: (Esso Australia now known as) ExxonMobil from 1983-1989, consulting with McKinsey and Company, banking with ANZ, leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Smith-Gander
Diane Lee Smith-Gander (born November 1957) is an Australian business executive. She holds and has held a number of governance positions on various boards, and is known for her championing of gender equity. she is also an adjunct professor of corporate governance at University of Western Australia (UWA), and chairs the advisory board of the university's Business School. Other roles include as chair of the inaugural Nominations Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency. Early life and education Diane Lee Smith-Gander was born in November 1957 and grew up in Alfred Cove, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. She attended Melville Senior High School. Her mother, Betty, was a teacher and taught accounting. She began studying science at UWA, but after her second year changed to economics. She also holds an MBA from the University of Sydney. She played basketball for Western Australia as a junior and senior, and played in the leagues that preceded the Women's National Basket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Hutchinson
Belinda Jane Hutchinson (born 4 August 1953) is an Australian businessperson, accountant and philanthropist. Education Hutchinson graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1976. Career She was a member of the board of directors of Australian companies AGL Energy and QBE Insurance. Hutchinson was appointed chancellor of the University of Sydney in 2013. In August 2015 she was made chair of Thales Australia, the local branch of a French arms manufacturer. In July 2017 the University of Sydney created a memorandum of understanding with Thales "to work closely together over the next five years to develop new technologies and capabilities". The university says that Hutchinson had no part in the memorandum of understanding. In December 2016, the university senate reappointed Hutchinson for a second term as chancellor. In May 2020, the university senate reappointed Hutchinson for a third term as chancellor. Honours In 2019, Hutchinson was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Livingstone
Catherine Brighid Livingstone, , (born 17 September 1955) is an Australian businesswoman who has held positions in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CSIRO, Macquarie Bank and Telstra. Professional After finishing her degree in 1977, Livingstone joined the accountancy firm of Price Waterhouse, working in both Sydney and London. She then held several accounting and management roles at Nucleus Ltd, finally reaching the position of Chief Executive, Finance, before being made the CEO of one of its subsidiaries, Cochlear Limited, in 1994. A year later she floated the company for $125m on the Australian Stock Exchange. Livingstone has been an independent voting director of the Macquarie Bank and the Macquarie Group and a director of Future Directions International. She remains a non-executive director of WorleyParsons and a member of the Business/Industry/Higher Education Collaboration Committee. Previously, she was the CSIRO chair from 2001 to 2006, director of the Sydney Insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jillian Broadbent
Jillian Rosemary Broadbent (born 1948) is an Australian public figure and businesswoman. Early life Broadbent attended Ravenswood School for Girls and graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics and Mathematics from the University of Sydney. She is the daughter of John Raymond Broadbent (Major General) Career Broadbent is a member of the board of Macquarie Bank. Prior to that she was a Director of Woolworths, the National Portrait Gallery, the Reserve Bank of Australia and Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. She was Chancellor of the University of Wollongong (UOW) for 11 years, until September 2020. She also has been a Director of the Australian Securities Exchange, Special Broadcasting Service and Qantas. Earlier in her career she spent 30 years in the banking sector in Australia and overseas, most recently as a senior executive and departmental head at Bankers Trust Australia. In 2017 she (along with Graeme Samuel and John Laker) form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabelle Bennett
Annabelle Claire Bennett (born 8 January 1950) is the Chancellor of Bond University and a former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Early life and education Annabelle Claire Bennett (born Darin) was born in Sydney, Australia, to Emanuel Darin (born Finkelstein) and Raissa Darin (born Atlas). Bennett's father was a lawyer, and at an early age she had hopes of following him into the legal profession. Her father, however, thought that law was a bad career choice for women, because "you had to be better than the best to break even" and discouraged his daughter from pursuing this ambition. Instead, Bennett studied science at the University of Sydney and completed a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the same institution. In 1980, still interested in the legal profession, Bennett went on to study law at the University of New South Wales. Career After graduating from the University of New South Wales, Bennett began practising as a barrister, specialising in intellectual property law. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ita Buttrose
Ita Clare Buttrose (born 17 January 1942) is an Australian TV network chairperson, television and radio personality, author and former magazine editor, publishing executive and newspaper journalist. She was the founding editor of ''Cleo'', a high-circulation magazine aimed at women aged 20 to 40 that was frank about sexuality (and, in its infancy, featured nude male centrefolds) and, later, the editor of the more conventional ''The Australian Women's Weekly''. She was the youngest person to be appointed editor of ''The Weekly'', which was then, per capita, the largest-selling magazine in the world. Buttrose was a panelist on the Network Ten morning program ''Studio 10'' from 2013 until 2018. In 2019 Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Buttrose as the new chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Early life Buttrose was born at Potts Point, Sydney, and named after her maternal grandmother, Ita Clare Rodgers (née Rosenthal), pronounced (rhyming with 'figh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda Roche
Imelda Joan Roche (born ) and her last husband, Bill Roche (2022), is an Australian entrepreneur and property investor who established Nutrimetics International (Australia) Pty Limited in 1968. Biography The couple met in a supermarket in 1956 and started in business selling lamps door-to-door. In 1968 the couple bought the Australian franchise to Nutrimetics, starting with $6,000 of stock. In 1991, they acquired the worldwide interests of Nutrimetics International. The Nutrimetics Group was sold in 1997 to the Sara Lee Corporation. At the time of sale the company had a turnover of A$250 million a year. Bill and Imelda Roche expanded into property development and investment. They started their real estate investments with the purchase of a Sydney warehouse in the late 1950s. They subsequently owned residential land subdivisions, rural properties and office complexes. Imelda Roche was Acting Chancellor of Bond University from 5 August 1999 to 25 November 1999, and served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
