Australian - Victoria

Up Coming Business Forum


August 18th 2010

WENDY SIMPSON - IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION

Wendy is currently Executive Chairman of Westray Engineering.  Westray is a privately  owned global precision metal manufacturing company with operations in China, Thailand and Australia.  She is also a director of Venture Capital and consulting and Alliance Tooling.

Find out about:

- Five Essential things leaders must become. 

- Three events that Tranformed Wendy's business

- The 10 people who mentored me and what I learnt

- Five keys to a good business partnership

- Things to remember when you are a women in a man's world.

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Calendar of Events


Febuary 10 2010

COLIN BENJAMIN - RECOVERYING THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE

Colin needs no introduction, when Colin speaks Government and private Enterprise listen, he has a reputation for telling it as it is, Colin has had a long and varied career in the public sector and amongst many senior positions held by Colin was to head the futures Division of Ogilvy and Mather (World Wide). Colin over the years has developed many major futures studies for Government and private enterprise, his company assisted the entry of the Bank of Cyprus into Australia and for the past fifteen years has been running his own consulting practise in various industries and detailed consumer orientated retail strategic planning with extensive global business development in the Asia Pacific

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MARCH 3 2010

RUTH MEDD - GAINING THAT BOARD POSITION

Ruth has been pursuing a career as a non-executive director since 2000.  She is Chair of Australian Ethical Superannuation Ltd, WOB Pty Ltd (Women on Boards) and a director of the National Foundation for Australian Women.  She is a former director of The Infants Home Ashfield and the NSW Casino Control Authority.   Her NED experiences to date have enabled her to contribute her finance and business management expertise as well as her in depth understanding of the public policy, regulatory and business interface.   Prior executive roles include the Executive Director of the Australian Association of National Advertisers and senior positions with Telstra, the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal and the Federal government. 

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May 19 2010

Dr GREG CHAPMAN - AVOIDING THE MILESTONE MISTAKES IN GROWING YOUR BUSINESS

Dr Greg Chapman is a professional speaker, author and small business strategy and marketing advisor.  He is founder and editor of the Australian Small Business Blog.  Publisher of the Small Business Achiever.  Business owner Brief and also teachers small business subjects at Melbourne University.  He is a Leading Advisor of Emerging Businesses.

Greg is the CEO of Empower Business Solutions.  Prior to starting his business in australia, greg ran businesses  in the US and UK for seven years.

He is a member of the Australian Insititute of Company directors, and the International coaching Council.  he is a judge for the Telstra business Awards as well as the marketing Communication Executives International Awards.  Greg has an MBA and is a Certified Master Coach.  Greg is the internationally recognised author of "The 5 Pillars of  of Guaranteed Business Solutions"

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JUNE 30 2010

CLAIRE HUDSON - BRANDING FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Claire Hudson an international entrepreneur with a number of successful start ups under her belt, grown from Zero to multimillion dollar businesses

Her businesses won tenders over much larger and slicker competitors, with margins 100 times higher than her competition.  Giant British companies were so keen to build killer brands they offered Claire the right to immediatly sack liaison staff if she was not happy with their performance.

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August 18th 2010

WENDY SIMPSON - IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION

Wendy is currently Executive Chairman of Westray Engineering.  Westray is a privately  owned global precision metal manufacturing company with operations in China, Thailand and Australia.  She is also a director of Venture Capital and consulting and Alliance Tooling.

Find out about:

- Five Essential things leaders must become. 

- Three events that Tranformed Wendy's business

- The 10 people who mentored me and what I learnt

- Five keys to a good business partnership

- Things to remember when you are a women in a man's world.

DOWNLOAD PDF BROCHURE