Ed, Davis AM
Dean, Division of Economic & Financial Studies (EFS), Macquarie University
Professor Ed Davis AM is Dean of the Division of Economic and Financial Studies at Macquarie University. From 1988-2002 he was a Professor at Macquarie Graduate School of Management and was Deputy Director from 1996-2002. He holds a Master of Arts from Cambridge, a Master of Economics from Monash and a PhD from La Trobe University. During 1992 he held the post of Distinguished Academic Visitor at Queens College, Cambridge.

Valerie, Pratt AM
Visiting Professor, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
From 1986 to 1994 Professor Pratt was Founding Director of the Commonwealth Government's Affirmative Action Agency, responsible for implementation of the Affirmative Action Act 1986. Prior to this position she was Divisional Personnel Manager for CSR Ltd, and held various roles involved in social planning, personnel policy and research. She represented Australia at the ILO Conference in Equal Opportunty and Restrictive Legistation in 1989 and co-hosted the Conference on Equal Opportunity in the South East Asian Region in 1990.

Juliet Bourke
Partner, Aequus Partners
Employment lawyer, organisational change expert and author. Juliet works with leading companies to improve diversity and equity outcomes through research, training and investigations/mediations.

Kerry Fallon Horgan
Managing Partner, Flexibility At Work
Kerry Fallon Horgan is an author, trainer, facilitator and coach. She is the CEO of Flexibility at Work and the Women’s Healing Organisation International. Kerry specialises in diversity management, life coaching and creating flexible workplaces.

Melanie O'Connor
Managing Director, The Academy Network
Melanie is considered to be one of the foremost advisers in Australia in the development of talent management and capability strategies. She ran her own business, Strategic Human Resource Solutions Pty Ltd for many years and prior to that was General Manager, Human Resources for NRMA Ltd.

Sandra Triulzi
Senior Consultant, UGL Consulting
Over the past two decades Sandra has consulted in organisational development and change management strategies and implementation. She currently holds the position of Senior Consultant with UGL Consulting and has previously worked with QANTAS, Westpac and Lend Lease.