Meet the Entrepreneur

28.04.28 ATSE LR 77AMCouncil members Dr Carla Boehl and Dr Yvonne Power were recently honoured to receive an invitation from Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea, PhD and Executive Director of the Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS), to share their entrepreneurial experiences and career advice to a selected group of PhD students. 

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How to Accelerate your Career?

Felicia Behind the ScenesA wonderful online discussion was had earlier this week between Phebe Cho, Founder of Accelus, and Felicia Tristanto, our National Women in Asset Management (WiAM) Chair – all about mentoring and how to identify mentors, coaches, sponsors and supporters. Some great ideas to reflect on and put into action.

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Lunch and Learn is Back!

Moniques webinar pictureWhat a turnout to last week’s WiAM Lunch and Learn webinar. Over 130 people registered to hear a terrific presentation from Monique Beedles on Sustainability and Asset Management.

It was a great taster for this year’s AMPEAK conference in April which will focus on empowering sustainable change, and many participants took the opportunity to ask oodles of questions at the end.

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The Story of WiAM

Gender BalanceWhat do businesses need to do to balance their workplace gender gap? Diversity in the workplace – especially gender diversity – is a hot topic and something all organisations should be looking at, if they aren’t already.

Felicia Tristanto is a passionate asset manager who wants to see a gender balance in organisations that manage assets. She is also keen to encourage STEM in the school system and breakdown any barriers that prevent girls taking up the STEM subjects. Based in Western Australia, Felicia manages to balance family and work as she travels all over the world with her career.

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