Professor Ngaire Elwood AM, Beating the Odds - Women of Honour Series
Apr 22, 2024
Associate Professor Ngaire Elwood AM is driven by a strong sense of purpose that grew out of a life-changing experience that inspired her, as an inquisitive science-loving teenager, to dedicate her life to improving therapies for kids with cancer.
As a teenager, she was treated for osteosarcoma, a common form of bone...
Emerita Professor Lesley Hitchens AM - Women of Honour Series
Apr 8, 2024
In this first episode of the new Women on Boards Honours Podcast Series - featuring the 12 WOB members recognised in the 2024 Australia Day Honours - WOB co-founder and Executive Director, Claire Braund, chats with Emerita Professor Lesley Hitchens.
Lesley was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for...
Claire Braund in conversation with Lisa Carlin - Transformational change and the importance of community
Feb 12, 2024
Growing up in South Africa Lisa Carlin experienced apartheid in its truest form. “I just felt this complete sense of unfairness of it all, and that's really carried with me today” she says. Through this she has become extremely passionate about transformation to give a voice to those who don’t have one.
Lisa is...
Optus blame game: Do we treat male and female CEOs the same?
Nov 27, 2023
Is there less of a tolerance for failure for women at the top than there is for men? In the wake of former Optus CEO’s Kelly Bayer Rosmarin’s resignation from the telco following a nationwide outage that took down phone and internet services for 14 hours, Women on Boards Executive Director Claire Braund spoke...
Claire Braund in conversation with Tom Elliot on 3AW
Oct 9, 2023
Claire Braund spoke to 3AW Drive Host, Tom Elliot on 23 Sept 2023 about a decision by HESTA that they will vote against select director re-elections of ASX300 companies where the board has less than 30 per cent of female representation.
Claire says HESTA and other investment firms are taking a stance on...