Some of her time is spent teaching with the Australian National University in their post-graduate law courses where she enjoys enabling the next generation of lawyers. Being fluent in Italian has also enabled her to assist clients and mentees from a non-English speaking background in resolving their legal disputes and navigating their way through the legal system.

Deborah has a true passion for personal growth, combined with education, technology and the power of community. As a result, she founded Blisspot, the online experiential wellness and marketplace, transforming everyday lives through encouragement, sharing, education, inspiration, connection and tech products allowing people to experience the shifts needed to live their best life.

Deborah studied design at Charles Sturt University, human resources at the Australian College of Applied Psychology, counselling and psychotherapy at Jansen Newman Institute, and kinesiology at the College of Complementary Medicine. 

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With over 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing & Business Development of Consumer Goods throughout the Pacific Region Tanya is true strategic marketer who has a passion for building brands with a strong focus on driving profitable growth for the benefit of all parties. 

Her expertise is being able to identify market opportunities, create clear and measurable strategies to deliver against these opportunities, take them to market and then close the deal.

When she’s away from the office Tanya enjoys hanging out with her husband and two children, shopping, keeping fit and healthy and of course eating chocolate!

for major brands including Unilever, Pepsi, George Weston Foods, Fosters, Cerebos, Starbucks and Philips. Alicia has since led April5 to exponential growth creating campaigns that change behaviour, drive consumer action and deliver measurable results for a strong stable of 

clients for national and global brands like Microsoft, RAMS Home Loans, NBN Co., Nokia, H&R Block, P&O, Coty and Calvin Klein. A finalist for the Women in Media, Alicia’s expertise has been sought after and has since become an advisory member of the WeConnect Women Business Enterprise Council in Australia.

She has also judged local and international awards such as Marketing Agencies Association Worldwide (MAAW) Globes Awards, the Australian Effie Awards and currently the Shop! Australia & New Zealand Awards.

Her key strengths are helping leaders and organisations navigate change and uncertainty, connecting people, ideas and opportunity. Leesa has worked in multiple industry sectors including IT, government, private education, financial services, property, telecommunications, and managed services. Prior to working in HR, Leesa managed a number of key change projects and led high performing operational teams in sales and customer service.

Leesa is an IECL Level 2 Certified Executive Coach, and is also Certified in Career Coaching, Mental Health First Aid, Psychological Safety, DiSC and the Hogan Personality Inventory. Leesa set up her own consulting, career and leadership coaching business – Human Art, 6 years ago. Her coaching practice is heart centred and leverages the latest research in neuroscience, and future of work studies.

She has over 20 years of global experience with large organizations in a variety of consulting, strategy and delivery roles. She has helped multiple clients shape their investments to achieve strategic business outcomes and realize sustainable long term value from their technology investments.

Shilpa is a thought leader with extensive experience in Financial Services & Banking. With a customer centric approach, she is passionate about solving complex problems for enterprises.

Shilpa holds a Bachelor’s in Finance and Master’s in Computers. She grew up in India and lived in the UK before moving to Sydney. She enjoys playing board games and travelling with family in her spare time. She is always ready for a good chat – work or otherwise.

Simone’s current role is the National Sales Leader for Partners and Growth segments including the Mid Market and SMB sector for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in. Simone is responsible for HPE’s partners nationally as well as customer segments in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmanian and Western Australian sectors in Australia.

Simone leads a National team of Partner Account managers and Territory Managers who are responsible for working with our key industry technology partners with HPE’s market leading product and services portfolio, to help customers on their Data Centre modernization and Digital transformation journeys to create value for their internal stakeholders and customers.

Simone has worked with Lenovo for four years in leadership roles, most recently leading Global Accounts across Asia Pacific for emerging technologies. Previous roles include leading Global Accounts and Inside Sales for Australia. Prior to Lenovo, Simone worked at HP for more than 11 years following a number of sales roles in BCA iT, Alphawest and FishTech and Partners.

Simone Filetti is passionate about people, partnership and teams in the ICT industry. Simone has consistently brought her energy, skills and capabilities to her roles to effectively contribute to business operations and play an active part in fostering work cultures of inclusivity and empowerment. She strives in building high performance teams and driving customer value through innovation.

Simone also supports and encourages a balance of genders and generations, and different cultural, religious and educational backgrounds. Simone leads working groups across the business to highlight the importance of diverse teams which in turn enable outstanding results and creativity.

Simultaneously to this, Simone is active in her leadership and participation in HPE-partner events like Lean In Circles and Virtual Coffee Session, as well as community activities including volunteering at the Smith family, Our big Kitchen and Foodbank.

In addition to the above, Simone also makes herself available to coach and mentor young employees and early career hires through one-on-one sessions. Not only does she offer this opportunity to team members within the organisations where she has worked, but also broadly to anyone in the ICT industry, often at times connecting through social media or via word-of-mouth recommendations from her current and previous colleagues

At the same time as developing her Corporate career, Julie was the first woman to Chair the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (Melbourne) and State Trustees (Victoria). 

Bek’s is currently ANZ Director, Strategic Pursuits Practice at VMware – leading a broad team of consultants, architects and commercial analysts to strategically pursue larger transformation engagements in VMware’s top 26 clients. Prior to that, Bek was State Government and Health Industry Leader at IBM, where she was responsible for the leadership of key pursuit initiatives and brand differentiation to Market. Prior to IBM, Bek was Northern Region Business director at HP,

where she was responsible for the strategy development and team build of the Managed Services business for End User Compute, leading the business to 200% growth YoY over 5 years and teams to acquire several >$100mil new logo business deals. Bek’s professional passions are engaging with and building successful teams, developing pursuit initiatives that are unique to each client and leading businesses to successful change.

In recognition for her contribution to the technology industry, Sharlie was awarded ARN’s Emerging Leaders Award: 30 under 30 in 2019, and was a finalist for the ARN Women in ICT: Rising Star award in 2017 and 2020.

Sharlie is dedicated to promoting the next generation of women and give them the confidence and guidance to achieve their own goals and realise their full potential.

Celine’s record of success has been achieved in driving growth for both direct, intermediated and partnership channels which has been underpinned by a diverse range of interpersonal, strategic and technical skills developed over 18 years.

In 2017, Celine was selected to lead a major Global Transformation project leading to the merger and acquisition of one of the US leading InsureTech companies which redefined customer experience and growth in the insurance industry.

Aside from marketing services, Commotion owns the globally recognised brand, Spa & Wellness Australasia’s leading consumer information brand that focuses on the booming wellness & Wellness Tourism industry. (Spaandwellness.com.au)

Kris has also authored several books sold in the UK, US, South Africa and Australia. She is also called upon as a media influencer and content creator for global brands including Hilton Hotels, Alila Resorts, Lulu Lemon, JETT Black, SnapFish, FitBit, South Africa Tourism and Lenovo.

Most recently she has launched Spa & Wellness as a multimedia digital publication  and the Spa & Wellness APAC Awards to celebrate the booming wellness industry. For more of Kris’s work, to join her blog, to try one of her programs or join one of her retreats visit krisabbey.com.au or follow @spagirlkris.

I am senior business marketer with an agile and solutions-orientated approach and proven expertise in leading and delivering complex programs, events, and campaigns to effect change, build advocacy, enhance brand reputation, and generate strong ROI.

With more than 10 years’ experience in strategic communications, publishing, and brand experiences, I have a strong commercial orientation, and am adept at developing enduring and mutually rewarding relationships.

Moran emphasizes the importance of equipping women with the right skills, tools, and resources they need to navigate complex workplace dynamics and achieve their professional and personal goals.

As a coach, trainer, and facilitator, Moran works with businesses to upskill and empower CEOs, executives, and emerging leaders to lead with clarity, courage, and confidence.

Moran is a thought leader who teaches and writes about the topics of Self Leadership and Self-Empowerment. She holds a Bachelor of Human Resources from the University of Haifa, Israel and an MBA from the University of Technology, Sydney. Moran is a Certified Woman-Centred Transformational Leader, Coach, and Facilitator.

She is passionate about helping businesses build a robust pipeline of well-equipped women leaders and closing the gender gap in leadership. Moran provides training, support, and mentorship to help women progress in their careers and reach their full potential.

Moran is a Certified Woman-Centred Transformational Leader, Coach, and Facilitator.

In her free time, Moran enjoys raising her two children, traveling, and mentoring high school girls on a volunteering basis.

Virge came to Australia in 2000, having left behind a rapid career in Estonian logistics industry where she was part of setting up a local branch for large European transport company. Virge is a solutions oriented individual with talent for organising and drive to deliver results.

Steadfast Underwriting Agencies is the largest insurance underwriting agency group in Australasia with 24 agencies and 100+ products.

Katrin is well recognised for her technical insurance knowledge, her ability to challenge the status quo and to drive new business enhancing solutions. She believes that technology should take away the ordinary tasks and enable people to do the extraordinary.

Katrin has been recognised as one of the “Elite Women in Insurance 2021” in the 10.04 issue of the “Insurance Business Australia” magazine.

Katrin is also a strong advocate of the DiveIn festival, a global festival which supports diversity and inclusion in insurance.

In addition, she was a committee member of Steadfast’s Reconciliation Action Plan, which aims to encourage a deeper understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Lastly, Katrin is an ambassador for the Children’s Cancer Institute, CEO Dare to Cure event. The number one priority of the Institute is to deliver the research that will lead to ZERO childhood cancer.

I have led teams in global and regional senior leadership positions in the technology industry, I have developed many training and development programs and mentoring programs, and most recently in the middle of a pandemic, decided to throw it all in to follow my dreams of being a coach and running my own business. From imposter syndrome, perfectionism, self-judgment, our inner-critic, conditional self-esteem, our fear of “being seen”, caring what others think, the worry of being misunderstood, feeling unheard…. I’ve seen, and experienced it all.

Now as a coach, my unique approach promotes shifts in thinking and behavioural patterns getting at the heart of what has been getting in my clients way, and helping women to move from uncertain to unstoppable leadership by building the clarity, confidence, communication skills and capability needed for success.

I look forward to giving back through Mentor Mornings, and look forward to meeting you soon.

A graduate of the University of Sydney, Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School, Leanne is a sought after expert in bridging the gap between science and business. 

Powered by her success, Leanne uses her established methodologies to teach businesses how to think differently, create value and set pathways for industry leadership.

For over 20 years, she has studied and observed the intersection of behavioural science, psychology and influence in business, sales, strategy, leadership and customer experience. Leanne regularly contributes to both local and national media outlets, including ABC radio and the Sydney Morning Herald. Leanne is also an Honorary Clinical Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, international Keynote speaker and Women in Leadership advisor