Perth Speakers | Women in Leadership

Jess Fox

3 x Olympic Gold Medallist

Diane Smith-Gander AO

Chancellor

The University of Western Australia

Sally Langer

Non-Executive Director; Deputy Chair

Northern Star; Sandfire Resources; The Gold Corporation; Federation Mining; Jupiter Mines; Hale School; Ronald McDonald House Charities

Peta Slocombe

Chief Executive Officer

Performance Story

Ben Lambert

Managing Director, Western Australia and Northern Territory; Non-Executive Director

Aurecon; CEOs for Gender Equity

Janie Plant

Chair

Women in Technology WA (WiTWA)

Tolu Okitika

Chief Impact Officer; Research Fellow

Perth Children's Hospital Foundation; Global Center on AI Governance; Founder, ParadAI Solutions

Ashlee Harrison

Chief Executive Officer

Zero2Hero

Tania Cecconi

Lead Partner WA

Perpetual Limited

Ileola Owhondah

Contracts Principal

Hanroy

Liz Del Borrello

Founder and Leadership Coach

Leaders Lobby

Georgina Williams

Board Chair

UN Women Australia 

Kim Farmer

Magistrate; Patron and Vice Chair; 2025 WA Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee

Children's Court of WA; Polly Farmer Foundation

Dr Jennie Gray

Chief Executive Officer

Women’s Legal Service

Premila Jina

Chief Executive Officer

Strategic Transformation Advisory

Jessica Farrell

Vice President Innovation

BHP

Grace Mugabe

Founder

Financially Empowered

Erica Jensen

Vice President, Operations

Worley

Samantha Giannasi

Australia Managing Director

Albemarle

Dee Adeyemi

Senior Manager, People and Culture

PwC

Zainab Zaki

Chair; Partnerships Coordinator Aboriginal Health

Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Services; The Kids Research Institute Australia

Sheldon Smith

Senior Advisor Equity, Diversity and Belonging

Curtin University

Simon Holmes à Court

Founder & Co-convenor

Climate 200

Natalia Kacperek

Chair; Chief Data Officer

WA Government AI Advisory Board; Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA

Paula Rogers

Chief Executive Officer

Committee for Perth

Jacqueline Shervington

Network Facilitator – Western Australia

Best Practice Network

Kate West

Chief Officer; Business and Markets APAC

Arup

Jodi Graham

Executive Director, Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group

North Metropolitan Health Service

Veena Mendez

Strategy Advisor; Founder and Chair

Chevron; Women in Oil and Gas

Suzanne Dodds

Managing Director

Complete Home Filtration

Shamsa Nasr

Director, Innovation and Strategy

Anglicare WA

Olivia Trembath

Executive Coach

Grace Papers; UN Women Perth Chapter

Denice Kickett

Cultural Architect

Muminbulah Wilak Cultural Services

Zoe Daniel

Speaker, Consultant, Author, Journalist, Former Federal MP

Alison Terry

Board Member

UN Women Australia

Joanne Abbiss

Chief Executive Officer

City of Armadale

Henry Cooper

Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Manager

CEOs for Gender Equity

Megan O'Donnell

Chief Preventative Officer

St John Ambulance

Bernadette Cullinane

Asia Pacific Chair, Partner, Energy, Resources and Industrials Industry Leader ; Energy and Chemicals Sector Leader

Deloitte

Aimee Ryan

First Nations Coordinator

City of Melville

Raquel Todd

Managing Director

Blak Line Industries

Anna Black

Founder

Strategic Career Planning

Mel Thorpe

Executive Coach, Strategic Facilitator

Melanie Thorpe

Julie Rene

Director, Breathwork Facilitator

PranaLab

Meet the Speakers

Jess Fox

Diane Smith-Gander AO

Sally Langer

Peta Slocombe

Ben Lambert

Janie Plant

Tolu Okitika

Ashlee Harrison

Tania Cecconi

Ileola Owhondah

Liz Del Borrello

Georgina Williams

Kim Farmer

Dr Jennie Gray

Premila Jina

Jessica Farrell

Grace Mugabe

Erica Jensen

Samantha Giannasi

Dee Adeyemi

Zainab Zaki

Sheldon Smith

Simon Holmes à Court

Natalia Kacperek

Paula Rogers

Jacqueline Shervington

Kate West

Jodi Graham

Veena Mendez

Suzanne Dodds

Shamsa Nasr

Olivia Trembath

Denice Kickett

Zoe Daniel

Alison Terry

Joanne Abbiss

Henry Cooper

Megan O'Donnell

Bernadette Cullinane

Aimee Ryan

Raquel Todd

Anna Black

Mel Thorpe

Julie Rene

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