Past Speakers
Senior leaders from across business, government, and community have shared practical insights on navigating change, building resilient teams, and leading with purpose.
Jess Fox
3 x Olympic Gold Medallist
Melissa Leong
TV Week Gold Logie-nominated Television Personality, Freelance Writer, and Food Critic
Zoe Daniel
Speaker, Consultant, Author, Journalist, Former Federal MP
Shannon Fentiman
Queensland’s Shadow Treasurer | Member for Waterford
Anna Cody
Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission
Professor Muriel Bamblett AM
Chief Executive Officer
Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Cooperative
Adam Copp
Chief Executive Officer
Infrastructure Australia
Andrea Ryan
Partnerships Manager; Owner
Mission Australia; Limitless Women Lead
Angelique Wan
Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer; 2022 NSW Young Woman of the Year
Consent Labs
Catherine Clark
Commissioner; Independent Director
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission; Super Rugby Pacific
Professor Margaret Sheil AO
Vice-Chancellor and President
Queensland University of Technology
Georgie Harman
Chief Executive Officer
Beyond Blue
Jane Pickering
Chief Executive
Eldercare Australia
Kate Farrar
Chief Executive Officer
Brighter Super
Melissa Librandi
Managing Director
News Corp Australia SA | NT | WA
Paul Lewis
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Great Southern Bank
Sandy Pitcher
Chief Executive
Department of Human Services
Virginia Nelson
Chief Superintendent
Queensland Police Service
Annabel Crabb
Chief Online Political Writer
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Erin Phillips OAM
Dual Olympian and 3 x AFLW Premiership Player
Simon Holmes à Court
Founder & Co-convenor
Climate 200
The Hon Katrine Hildyard MP
Minister for Child Protection, Minister for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Minister for Women
Government of South Australia
Julie McKay
Director; Chair Of The Board Of Trustees
Full Harvest Advisory; Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Alison Leighton
Chief Executive Officer
City of Melbourne
Amanda Cattermole
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Digital Health Agency
Andrew Hadley
Chief Executive Officer
P and N Bank
Annika Freyer
President
Fondation CHANEL
Catherine Hunter
Chief Executive Officer
Diversity Council Australia
Dr Carolin Kautz
Consultant; Academic Tutor
SinoVise; UNSW
Haidee Kozman
Chief Operating Officer, ANZ
Salesforce
Jody Broun
Chief Executive Officer
National Indigenous Australians Agency
Kerri Hayman
Former Chief Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand
Dominos Pizza Enterprises
Mia Gous
Regional Operations Manager
First Quantum Minerals
Paula Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Committee for Perth
Sarah Walsh
Chief Operating Officer, AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 LOC
Local Organising Committee AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Pty Ltd
Wendy Ah Chin
Chief Superintendent
Queensland Corrective Services
Leigh Sales
Australian Journalist and Author
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Madison de Rozario
Australian Paralympic Athlete
Diane Smith-Gander AO
Chancellor
The University of Western Australia
Wendy Pavey
Brand Strategist
Executive Brand
Kate Roffey
Deputy Chancellor; Chief Executive Officer
Victoria University; Melbourne Sports Centres
Alison Rose
Chief of Space Division
Geoscience Australia
Amelia Evans
Non Executive Director; Panel Member
LifeFlight Australia; Nature Based Tourism
Angela Skandarajah
Chairperson; Director; Chairperson
Development Victoria; WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; Aeria Management Group)
Carol Vale
Founder; Activator
Murawin; SheEO™
David Hill
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Asia Pacific
Ed McManus
Senior Operating Partner
The Riverside Company
Hang Vo
Chief Executive Officer
Sacred Heart Mission Incorporated
Judith Barker
Chief Executive Officer
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Kim Farmer
Magistrate; Patron and Vice Chair; 2025 WA Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee
Children's Court of WA; Polly Farmer Foundation
Natalia Kacperek
Chair; Chief Data Officer
WA Government AI Advisory Board; Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA
Peter Woolcott
Australian Public Service Commissioner
Australian Public Service Commission
Sandra Martinez
Chief Executive Officer Pacific
Nestle Australia
Rt Hon. Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher
Minister for Women, Finance and Public Service
Parliament of Australia
Dr Niki Vincent
Commissioner for Gender Equality in the Public Sector
Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector
Hon Fiona Simpson
Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security | Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships | Minister for Multiculturalism
Tracy Vo
Australian News Jounralist
Nine Entertainment
Louise Adams
Chief Executive Officer
Aurecon Group Brand
Amy Glancey
Chief of Staff, Office of the CEOs, Founders
Atlassian
Angela Fox
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
Dell Technologies
Caroline Rawlinson
Chief Financial and Operating Officer
Culture Amp
David Locke
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Ombudsman
Australian Financial Complaints Authority
Fiona Dorman
President
National Council Of Women Australia
Jan Kwak
Managing Director - Climate Change, Thought Leadership and Communications
Hatch
Justine Cain
Group Chief Executive Officer; AFR Women in Leadership 2025 Finalist
Diabetes Australia
Louise Vegar
Licensee & Director
Westralian International Real Estate
Patricia O'Callaghan
Director General
Queensland Government
Richard Feledy
Managing Director
Allianz
Suzana Ristevski
Chief Marketing Officer, Australia and New Zealand; Non Executive Director
Google; Australian Association of National Advertisers