Congratulations to all the winners of the NAB Women’s Agenda Leadership awards, announced at a lunch in Sydney on Thursday 7 March. See the full list of winners below.
Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year
Monica Meldrum, Whole Kids
Monica Meldrum launched Whole Kids, a provider of high-quality children’s health products, as a means to tackle what she sees as a rise in food-related allergies and illnesses. The company has developed a range of 22 fully-certified organic, additive free, allergen-friendly snack foods since launch.
Regional/Rural Entrepreneur or Manager of the Year
Alison Page, founder and executive officer, Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance
Alison Page launched the Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance in 2008 as a social enterprise that could facilitate the employment of hundreds of Aboriginal contractors, and strengthen the cultural identify of artists and their communities. Page has recently been appointed a non-parliamentary member of the expert panel for Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Emerging Leader in the Public of NFP Sector
Dr Kimberley Clayfield, executive manager, Space Sciences and Technology, CSIRO
Dr Kimberley Clayfield is an emerging leader in an industry where women represent less than 10% of the national engineering workforce. Clayfield played a key role that led to a four-year, $40 million Australian Space Research Program, and dedicates her personal time to inspiring high school students to get involved in science and engineering.
Emerging Leader in the Private Sector Award
Megan Dalla-Camina, director of Strategy, IBM Australia and NZ
At IBM, Megan Dalla-Camina has led the development and execution of a new wave of leadership based on positive psychology. An international speaker, she spends time mentoring and coaching women, and is a committee member and speaker for Sustaining Women in Business. She’s also just published her first book: Getting Real About Having it All.
Inspirational Ambassador Award
Prof Megan Davis, expert member, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous People and director, The Indigenous Law Centre
Legal expert Prof Megan Davis is committed to protecting the rights of marginalised members of society, and has used her position with the UN to encourage and inspire other women to be influential leaders in male-dominated industries. She was the first Indigenous Australian woman to be elected to a UN body and in 2011, joined the Expert Panel on the Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution.
Change Champion Award
Sally Macindoe, partner and head of diversity, Norton Rose Australia
Sally Macindoe was the first woman to be elected to Norton Rose’s governing body. Through her leadership, the company has doubled the number of women working flexibly, increased the rate of women returning from parental leave from 50% to 75%, and double the number of women at its partnership level.
Agenda Setter Award
Destroy the Joint (collective entry)
Destroy the Joint is a social media movement run by a collective of women’s rights campaigners, now boasting nearly 24,000 Facebook fans and 5000 Twitter followers. Launched after Sydney radio personality Alan Jones commented on air that women were “destroying the joint”, the collective started organically as the hashtag #destroythejoint took off on Twitter, and has continued the fight against sexism ever since.