Spotlight On Women

Louise Davidson AM is a CEO with significant influence in Australia, leading the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, whose combined members have more than $1 trillion in funds under management. This massive sum enables the ACSI to provide a strong voice on key issues impacting Australians' retirement outcomes, such as corporate responsibility on climate change, diversity on boards, CEO pay and more. But Louise's impact extends well beyond her paid work, having been a co-founder of the inaugural Mother's Day Classic in 1998, which has raised more than $44 million for breast cancer and now ovarian cancer research. Louise shares how she goes about her work and discusses the power of coming together around a shared goal and purpose to make a difference. This is the Spotlight series where we examine key industry areas to profile women building gamechanging and influential careers with purpose, thanks to our partnership with Grant Thornton Australia. The Spotlight series is produced by Agenda Media, publisher of Womne's Agenda.

Just lean in, or invest more or ask for more money! No. Australia's gender superannuation gap is about much more than fixing women, it needs an overhaul to make it work for everyone. This week, Jo Kowalczyk joins the podcast to share more on how Women in Super is advocating for change, as well as how continuous learning and management and advocacy experience have underpinned her rise to CEO, joining Women in Super in 2022. In this episode, Jo shares more on how we can fix superannuation in Australia and how she's build a purpose-led leadership career. At the helm of Women in Super, she's leading an NFP that works to improve women's retirement outcomes, by advocating for a super system void of gender-based inequality. This is the Spotlight series where we examine key industry areas to profile women building gamechanging and influential careers with purpose, thanks to our partnership with Grant Thornton Australia. The Spotlight series is produced by Agenda Media, publisher of Womne's Agenda.

Mary Delahunty is the CEO of the Association of Supernnuation Funda Australia, with many valuable life lessons to share around pursuing a career with purpose.And she believes that working in superannuation offers a sweet spot for anyone who wants to deliver change, given the very real and dramatic life outcomes superannuation can have, especially for women.Mary wants to see more people talking about superannuation. especially regarding just what it can deliver and the power of the more than $3.5 trillion Australia currently has in superannuation.She believes more conversations about super can go beyond personal outcomes to wider societal outcomes that bring more Australians together.In this episode, Mary shares more on how she made her leadership career, including how purpose has underpinned the key career moves and decisions she's made.This is the Spotlight series where we examine key industry areas to profile women building gamechanging and influential careers with purpose, thanks to our partnership with Grant Thornton Australia. The Spotlight series is produced by Agenda Media, publisher of Womne's Agenda.

Superannuation can be a loaded topic for First Nations Australians, says Larisha Jerome.The proud Jarowair, Wakka Wakka and Wulli Wulli woman has dedicated her life to helping empower Indigenous Australians and breaking down barriers of economic injustice.But as she explains in this conversation, money was never a topic of conservation for her growing up and she saw firsthand the opportunity to end distrust in tools like superannuation.Reservations around superannuation and other limiting beliefs around money are what Larisha has been working to change as a self-concept and mindset coach at First Nations Foundation.She shares her incredible story, including being homeless as a teenager and buying her own home at age 21, determined to build wealth her own way.This is episode three of the Spotlight series, where we examine key industry areas to profile women building game-changing and influential careers with purpose, thanks to our partnership with Grant Thornton Australia. This is a partner podcast series.Spotlight On Women is produced by Agenda Media, publisher of Women's Agenda. You can check out our other podcasts, including The Crux and The Leadership Lessons.

Shani Jayamanne admits she was once terrified of publicly speaking, despite now being a regular media commentator on finance and investing in her role with Morningstar. But determined to better communicate topics related to investing, including on superannuation, and bringing in the experiences of her parents, who arrived in Australia from Sri Lanka and had to start again, Shani shares her story in this episode, including how her ideas about money were shaped and why she decided to pursue a career in financial communication and research. This is episode two of the Spotlight series, where we examine key industry areas to profile women building gamechanging and influential careers with purpose, thanks to our partnership with Grant Thornton Australia. 

Christina Hobbs seemed the perfect choice to kickstart this series profiling women passionately pushing to transform superannuation in Australia.She’s an entrepreneur and the founder of Verve Superannuation, Australia’s first superannuation fund for women. Rather than transforming the system from within, she sought to do something entirely different and start Australia’s first superannuation for women, Verve Super.Christina shared her career story just weeks after Future Super acquired Verve Super, and following an impressive rise for Verve that has seen Christina winning a large lineup of awards, including being named Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year at our 2018 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards. Christina outlines the career that brought her to entrepreneurship, which included ten years working for the United Nations on complex humanitarian emergencies. She shares why she came to focus on super in Australia and the power of super to create better outcomes for Australians, including on climate change.This is episode one of the Spotlight series, where we examine key industry areas to profile women building game-changing and influential careers with purpose, thanks to our partnership with Grant Thornton Australia. This is a partner podcast series. Spotlight On Women is produced by Agenda Media, publisher of Women's Agenda. You can check out our other podcasts, including The Crux and The Leadership Lessons.

Over six weeks, we're profiling women in superannuation as part of our "Spotlight on Women" series, in partnership with Grant Thornton Australia. We talk to six women about how they are transforming superannuation for good -- as entrepreneurs, educators, CEOs and changemakers. Join us over six weeks as we learn from women with purpose-driven careers. They share why they've identified super as an are they can transform, the potential in super for everyone, and how they build careers that make big change happen. This series is made possible thanks to Grant Thornton Australia. It's produced by Agenda Media, the publisher of Women's Agenda.