Women in Leadership Speaker Series
In 2014 the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launched a Women in Leadership Strategy aimed at strengthening our capability by enabling all of our staff to reach their full potential. The Department's Women in Leadership Strategy is available here.
The Australian High Commission's Women in Leadership Speaker Series is part of our contribution to this strategy.
Speaker Series events will be advertised on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Where audio is available, it may be published on our podcast Trans-Tasman Tales. Please follow us to keep up to date.
You can listen to our previous events via the links below:
Women in Leadership Speaker Series events
Finding the Time
10 March 2020
Featuring:
Jo Cribb PhD
Consultant Jo Cribb Leadership and Governance
Stacey Shortall
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Sonya Williams
Sharesies
Bringing the whole team along
4 December 2019
Featuring:
Steph Dyhrberg
Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law
Tayyaba Khan
Khadija Leadership Network
Mary Haddock-Staniland
Diversity Works
More than a uniform
23 September 2019
Featuring:
Superintendent Naila Hassan
District Commander, Waitematā, New Zealand Police
Laura Searancke
Manager Central Ports, New Zealand Customs Service
Warrant Officer Toni Tate
Royal New Zealand Air Force
A video of this event is available here.
Embedding Girl Power
21 May 2019
Featuring:
Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen
Founder of Tech Girls Movement Foundation
Aliesha Staples
Founder of Staples VR
Lena Scanlan
Visual Effects Producer at Weta Digital
I thought it was just me: Mental Health & Imposter Syndrome
13 March 2019
Featuring:
Sheridan Broadbent
Chair of Ampli New Zealand, Deputy Chair of Kordia, Board Member of Timberlands & Transpower New Zealand & Principal at Breach Consulting
Sarah Tuck
Co-Founder of CoLiberate
Helen Durrant
Mental Health in Tech meetup organiser
He for She
12 November 2018
Featuring:
David Thodey AO
Founding member of Male Champions for Change
Mike Bush
New Zealand Police Commissioner
Colin Philp
Chief Information Officer, FMG
The video of this is event is available here.
Without Prejudice
22 August 2018
Featuring:
Dame Sian Elias
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
Hon Catherine Holmes
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Dame Silvia Cartwright
Former Chief District Court Judge, first female appointed to New Zealand's full High Court bench & 18th Governor General of New Zealand.
The video of this is event is available here. Audio from this event is available on our podcast, here, and part two is available here.
NAIDOC Week: Because of Her, We Can!
11 July 2018
Featuring:
Susan Murphy
CEO Winun Ngari Aboriginal Corporation
Dr Donna Odegaard AM
CEO Radio Larrakia
Sandra Creamer
Interim CEO National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance
The video of this is event is available here.
Commanders in Chief: Representing the Nation
28 March 2018
Featuring:
HE Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM, QSO
Governor General of New Zealand
HE Hon Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO
Former Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia
The video of this is event is available here.
Frank and Fearless: Public Sector Women
4 December 2017
Featuring:
Vicky Robertson
CEO of New Zealand's Ministry for the Environment
Liz MacPherson
CEO of Statistics New Zealand
Andrew Hampton
Director General of the GCSB
The video of this event is available here.
Women in Business: Glass half smashed?
4 October 2017
Featuring:
Ann Sherry AO
CEO of Carnival Australia, Co-chair of the Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum
Kate McKenzie
CEO of Chorus
Joan Withers
Chair of Mercury Energy and The Warehouse Group, Director of ANZ, and Trustee of the Tindall Foundation
The video of this event is available here and the podcast is available here.
Diversity or Subversity?
2 August 2017
Featuring:
Mai Chen
Managing Partner of Chen Palmer, Director of the Bank of New Zealand, Inaugural Chair of NZ Global Women, Chair of Super Diverse Women and Founder of NZ Asian Leaders
Louisa Wall MP
Labour Party Spokesperson for Courts and Youth, Associate Spokesperson for Justice (Legal Aid) and Sport & Recreation
Traci Houpapa MNZM
Chair of Landcorp and governance roles with Primary ITO, Tuhono Whenua Horticulture, Asia NZ Foundation, Pengxin NZ and Waikato River Authority.
A podcast of this event is available here.
Leadership and the Sisterhood: Are they compatible?
4 April 2017
Featuring:
Hon Nikkie Kaye MP
Minister for Youth, Associate Minister of Education
Jacinda Ardern MP
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Spokesperson for Justice, Children, Small Business, and Arts, Culture & Heritage
Julie-Ann Genter MP
Green Party spokesperson for Health, Transport, Youth, Auckland issues, Sport & Recreation