Marian Baird
Associate Professor: Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney.
Dr Marian Baird is Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney. Marian is also Convenor of the Women and Work Research Group in the Faculty of Economics and Business and is a leading researcher on women and work.

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.

Elizabeth Broderick
Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Lawyer, mentor and innovative leader; 2001/02 Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year and Australian Corporate Business Woman of the Year.

Sharan Burrow
President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
In May 2000, Sharan Burrow became the second woman to be elected President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). In November 2006, she was the first woman to be elected President of the global union body, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).

Jenny Fagg
Managing Director, National Bank Retail, ANZ National Bank Ltd
Appointed MD of Consumer Finance in 2004 with responsibility for more than 2,000 people; other roles include: Director Retail Lending at KPMG, executive roles at Citibank and Kodak.

Angus Houston, AC, AFC
Chief of the Defence Force
Chief of the Defence Force since 2005, formerly Chief of Air Force and Head of Strategic Command.

Jeff Jarratt
Director, Executive Central
Skilled mediator, negotiator, coach and mentor; guiding teams and individuals to greatly improve their performance and contribution; formerly Deputy Police Commissioner in the NSW Police Service.

Wendy McCarthy, AO
McCarthy Management
Wendy McCarthy began her career as a secondary school teacher and remains passionate about the power of education. For four decades she has been a teacher, educator and change agent in Australian public life. Her company specialises in providing mentors to major corporations and the public sector; she was Chancellor of University of Canberra from 1996 to 2005.

Peter McGraw
Director, Labour-Management Studies Foundation, Macquarie University
Peter lectures in the areas of management and general human resource management; and directs research for the EOWA Census of Women in Leadership and related projects.

Maxine McKew, MP
Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care,Member for Bennelong, Australia Labor Party
A multi-award winning career as a broadcaster and print journalist spanning 30 years; in November 2007 Maxine was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for Bennelong. She is the Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Development and Child Care.

Anna McPhee
Director, Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA)
Anna was appointed Federal Director of EOWA in 2004. Her work involves contact with more than 3,000 private sector organisations as well as providing policy advice to the Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations.

Robert Milliner
Chief Executive Partner, Malleson Stephen Jaques
As head of the firm, Robert has led a substantial change program focused on redirecting the firm’s business model around it culture, people and clients.

Tanya Plibersek, MP
Minister of the Status of Women and Minister for Housing, Member for Sydney, Australian Labor Party
Elected to the Federal Parliament in 1998; and appointed the Minister for Housing and the Minister for the Status of Women in 2007.

Carlos Raimundo
Founding Director, Active Learning Pty. Ltd.
Dr Raimundo's extensive experience in the fields of business, philosophy, medicine, theology, psychiatry and education enables him to integrate his knowledge and skills into all levels of society. He is a leading researcher in human behaviour and neurophysiology applied to management and leadership.

Kate Rimer
Executive Director,People & Development, Malleson Stephen Jaques
Part of the firm’s leadership team, reporting to the Chief Executive Partner; previously worked at AMP, Allens Arthur Robinson and Westpac.

Chris Ronalds AM, SC
Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Specialising in discrimination law, employment law and administrative law; conducted a number of landmark cases addressing discrimination and harassment issues; accredited mediator and arbitrator.

Ann Sherry, AO
Chief Executive Officer, Carnival Australia
Appointed CEO of Carnival Australia (division of Carnival Corporation & plc.) in July 2007; Previously was CEO of Westpac NZ and Group Executive, Westpac NZ & the Pacific; first female CEO of a bank in NZ.

Margaret Staib, CSC
Air Commodore
Currently the Director General Strategic Logistics, Joint Logistics Command and the Manager for the Logistics Companion Review in support of the Defence White Paper.

Anne Summers, AO
Journalist and Author
Writer, columnist and public speaker with an illustrious career in politics, media and non-government sector.

Nareen Young
Chief Executive Officer, Diversity Council Australia
An expert in all areas of gender equity in employment and diversity issues, Nareen works with leading Australian businesses to develop and implement practical diversity policies.