“Emerging Women Leaders” is a unique Leadership Program that translates theory into lived practice and goes to the core of what makes a successful leader:
Co-founded by IWFA members, Pam Burton and Chris Gillies, the program has been a career and life-changing experience for many emerging women leaders.
Governance Consultant and Executive Mentor
marion.m@coremanagement.com.au
0419 135 099
Marion Macleod is a non-executive director with over 30 years’ board experience. She has expertise in governance, strategy setting, finance, business commercialisation, I.T., change transformation, and risk.
Her executive career and experience extends across a range of industries including; technology, telecommunications, media, education, government, agriculture, banking, the health sector and logistics. She has also been involved in complex transformational change.
Marion is principal at consultancy Core Management Solutions (CMS) and is lead consultant at ThoughtPost and Peakstone global consultancies. She has been involved in a number of start-up ventures. Her current directorships include Fenwick Pty Ltd., and establishing private company boards’ governance practice. Past board and chair positions include Homeward Bound, VFF, V/Line, Metlink, Mecwacare, the CAE and Centenary president of Melbourne Rotary.
Marion consults into a variety of organisations on Board Governance and Strategy and delivered the award-winning program, The Effective Director, to senior NAB executives. She was a council member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) for eight years and has been a facilitator of the AICD’s Company Directors’ course, Boardroom Mastery, their Foundations of Governance course, and a number of their other governance offerings for over eight years. Marion is a Williamson Fellow and graduate of Leadership Victoria.
She holds a number of business and financial qualifications including an MBA from Melbourne Business School, post-graduate qualifications in finance, media and project management, a foundation degree in science and micro-credentials in AI and Sustainability.
Marion’s sector experience includes private, public and not-for-profit.
In her personal life Marion is a keen skier, family focused, a dog lover, a walker, film-goer, current affairs enthusiast and book reader.
Karina Marcar – Board review and governance consultant | Brabourne
+61 409 076 644 / 02 8274 9577
Karina.marcar@brabourne.com.au
Karina Marcar is the founder of board and governance consultancy Brabourne.
Karina’s board performance review and governance experience ranges from ASX-listed entities to public institutions, spanning financial services to the performing arts. She has also acted as adviser to the ASX Corporate Governance Council.
Her not-for-profit/for-purpose experience includes advising member-based organisations, disability services providers, research bodies and government entities.
Karina understands commercial drivers for Australian and multi-national businesses and is financially literate. She is people-focused and builds trust with interviewees in order to draw out critical themes for organisations.
Her skills working with boards are enhanced by her previous career of 25 years in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law in Australia and the UK, including over 17 years as a partner at Johnson Winter & Slattery and Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst). At the time of leaving legal practice, Karina was listed as a leading lawyer for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law in Best Lawyers Australia.
Karina is a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a member and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Karina is on the fundraising committee of the Sir David Martin Foundation, supporting youth-specific drug and alcohol detox, rehab and aftercare.
Karina and her lovely husband are parents to an awesome 16 year old daughter, as well as an independently-minded golden retriever called Mike.
Reyna Matthews – Executive and Leadership Coach – Diversity in Leadership Specialist – Keynote Speaker
+61 417 272 139
My mission is to inspire and support people to actualize their full potential. I deliver results for organisational clients through their most valuable resources – people. Through amplifying leadership impact and invigorating leaders so that they are energized, connected and performing at their very best. CEOs, executives and senior managers engage me to assist them and their teams with reflecting on, challenging and changing their leadership practice through tailored individual and group coaching, bespoke training experiences and network development programs.
I am able to help with identifying leadership strengths and challenges, articulating vision, and committing to strategic or behavioural change that will drive your organisation forward. With future-focused practice in a supportive environment, and diversity and inclusion, I help leaders find their voice and influence.
I have coached more than 2000 leaders working with clients from 60 nationalities across a diverse breadth of 70 industries from ASX 200 companies in Australia and Asia-Pacific across a range of industries, including financial and professional services, banking, property, and government.
Known for my network growth expertise, I create powerful dynamics to bring people together to leverage their talents, lean in to the key issues and address the barriers to leadership so that they develop and grow their influence. I welcome opportunities to bring what I have learned to audiences by delivering keynote presentations on the following topics:
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Michèle Stokes – Vice President – PCI Pharma Services – APAC Region
+61 431 366 911
Michèle is an entrepreneurial and strategic growth leader who has over 20 years of industry experience in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, building and leading teams through growth in Europe, US and across Asia Pacific.
Her Executive experience has been focused in pharmaceutical development holding senior roles in Business Development and operations, specialising in drug delivery technologies, IP, new market growth and expansion, most recently across APAC.
Michele is currently Vice President of APAC for PCI Pharma Services a Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) responsible for all business activities in the region which includes a packaging and distribution facility in Melbourne supplying new drugs to clinical studies across the region. She has also been involved in a startup company developing a new drug for the US market and spent several years focused on the growth of Australian healthcare consumer products into APAC markets through contract development and manufacturing services helping businesses grow in this fast-paced market.
Passionate about building high performing, customer focused teams she is also a strong advocate for developing female leaders of the future and volunteers as the Governance Chair of Girl Guides Victoria. Michele has held several Non-Executive roles with Girl Guides across Australia over the past 7 years working on key projects in Child Safety, risk and advocacy.
Michèle has a PhD in Cell & Molecular Biology and is an AICD graduate.
In her private life, Michele enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 English Springer Spaniels, loves great food and wine and has an interesting classic car collection.
Sally Curtain – CEO – Bendigo Kangan Institute
Sally Curtain is an accomplished public sector senior executive with significant experience in leading transformational change across state and local government. Prior to her appointment as Bendigo Kangan Institute’s Chief Executive Officer, Sally successfully led organisational and operational changes within diverse and complex public sector agencies.
This included restructuring the former Department of Justice to better meet the needs of regional communities, creating new agencies such as the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC), scaling up services to a burgeoning population in City of Casey, and operating as a regulator to modernise registration and licensing at Victoria’s largest service provider, VicRoads.
As Chief Executive Officer of Bendigo Kangan Institute, Sally brings vision, innovation and passion to its people while placing customer needs at the centre of focus. In her role, Sally oversees the operations of four businesses:
Bendigo Kangan Institute supports workforce participation and productivity through education, employability and skills assessment services.
At Bendigo Kangan Institute Sally has driven an ambitious strategy and organisational transformation program, realised with Bendigo Kangan Institute being named 2022 Victorian and Australian Large Provider of the Year.
Sally works with government representatives, business and community leaders to grow the organisation with the primary focus on meeting and exceeding the needs of students, employers, industry and the community.
In 2022 Sally was made a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Victoria) for her outstanding contribution to public administration and exemplary service to the Victorian community.
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