Judges for SWECO
Dr Philip Brown, principal and chief executive of Newbold college of
higher education, UK.
Dr Philip Brown has
extensive experience in the Education sector in senior management and leadership
roles. Positions held include:
Vice-President, Learning and Teaching,
Philip was recognised as a Fellow of the
Philip has extensive consulting experience in areas such as: strategic planning, change management, project management, building teams, organisational development, K-12 curriculum development and K-12 educational assessment and measurement, including modern test theory.
Sue Conde AM Unifem
Sue
Conde is the President of Unifem
Sue
joined the UNIFEM Australia National Committee in 2002 and was elected Vice
President in 2005. From 2003-2007 she was actively engaged as a member of the
National Leadership Group in UNIFEM Australia’s launch of the new Australian
initiative – the White Ribbon Campaign.
Building on her strong engagement in the women’s NGO sector over the past 10
years, Sue has previously represented UNIFEM Australia on the Australian Women’s
Coalition (AWC). Sue served as President of the AWC for three years from
2003-2006.
In
January 2005 Sue was appointed as a Member in the Order of
Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO, Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS)
Cassandra has had an extensive career in the human rights and community service
sector in
Cassandra has previously been the Director of the Homelessness Legal Rights
Project at UNSW, a consultant to UN Habitat, Senior Executive with Legal Aid in
Cassandra has also been President of NTCOSS and Board Member of ACOSS
(2001-2002) and was an ACOSS Law and Justice Policy Advisor (2000-2006).
Avril Henry, Managing Director of Avril Henry Pty Ltd
Avril
Henry graduated from the
She
embarked on a career which spanned senior roles in Finance, IT Project
Management, Change Management and HR. The companies she has worked for include
De Beers, Barclays Bank, Midland Bank, UBS Warburg and Westpac. She has worked
in
From
1994 to 2003, Avril held senior HR and HR Director roles at Westpac, DMR
Consulting Group, Merrill Lynch and Clayton Utz, with a focus on leadership
development, people management strategies, cultural change and integration.
During a time of significant cultural change at Westpac in the mid 1990's, Avril
developed and implemented two programs on diversity and sexual harassment which
resulted in two awards for Westpac from the Australian Human Rights Commission.
In 1996 she went on to win a Silverscreen award for a video on child care titled
"Care for Kids" in Chicago, and received a special recognition award for her
role in producing a video titled "What's Sex Got To Do With It?", which was a
finalist at the New York Film and TV Festival Awards.
She is a past Chair and co-Founder of the National Diversity Think Tank, a past
president of the Sydney Business & Professional Women's Club and was a member of
the Westpac Delegation to the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference in
Dr Grace McCarthy,
Dr Grace
McCarthy is a Senior Lecturer, Teaching and Learning Coordinator and Director of
the Master of Business Coaching at
Katy McDonald, National Director of People & Development at Minter Ellison
Katy
McDonad has degrees in Arts and Law from the
Katy
worked in private legal practice for seven years as a commercial litigator at
Barker Gosling in
Katy
joined Westpac in 1999 where she worked for ten years in the role of Head of
Employee Relations Legal and then Head of Employee Relations, Diversity and
Policy. She has held a number of directorships for not for profits and is
an accredited mediator. She is currently Acting as National Director of
People and Development at MInter Ellison Lawyers.
Nareen Young, CEO of Diversity Council
Nareen Young was appointed CEO for Diversity Council Australia (DCA) in June
2007. This appointment is the most
recent highlight in her notable career as a senior strategic diversity
practitioner and acknowledges her role as one of
Nareen was the Director of the NSW Working Women’s Centre from 1998 to 2005. In
2003 she was nominated for a Human Rights Award and Medal for her leadership in
developing and implementing activities so that the Centre could play a
significant role in employment matters in NSW.
Prior to her appointment at the NSW Working Women's Centre, Nareen was a trade
union official and during this time served in female affirmative action
positions on the executive of Unions NSW and the Australian Council of Trade
Unions.
Nareen has presented and published widely and considers the many career
opportunities she has been presented through working in diversity to be a great
privilege.
Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey, Executive Director, CLW
Dr Diann
Rodgers-Healey’s career has spanned diverse sectors including education, the
corporate and not-for-profit sector. She has held positions of leadership and
management in
Diann is the
Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Leadership for Women, a virtual
Centre at www.leadershipforwomen.com.au which she founded in 2000. Through the
Centre, she has established national leadership awards for women and contributed
to federal policy development and published research reports on gender and
leadership issues in politics, education and the corporate sector.
Diann is an Honorary Lecturer for Sydney Business School at the University of Wollongong. Rodgers-Healey’s PhD thesis led to the development of a co-existential leadership model for workplaces for men and women. In 2009 she was awarded The World of Difference 100 Award from The International Alliance of Women (TIAW) in Toronto, Canada. In 2011, she received UOW Vice Chancellor's 2011 Early Career Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning. Diann has been featured in print, radio and online media including in the Australian Financial Review for her research findings on women and boards.