Dr Cathryn Lloyd, Founder and Director Maverick Minds has spent much of the COVID-19 lockdown period engaged in several online business collaborations, preparing to write the second instalment of The Story Cookbook, and embracing her artistic creativity. She was named as a Finalist in the 2020 Letheridge Small Scale Art...
Tamika McIndoe, Founder, Enhance Nutrition and Yoga
Tamika McIndoe started her business Enhance Nutrition and Yoga in the spectacular New South Wales Northern Rivers to combine her degree qualifications in Nutritional Medicine and her 11 years of experience (and over 500 hours) as a yoga instructor. Tamika has a specific focus on women’s health and mental health...
Kyelie Baxter, IQ Accountants
Kyelie Baxter Owner and Principal Accountant IQ Accountants is truly an industry disruptor. She has automated her business to the point that she and her staff can work productively from anywhere across the globe. Proof is in the pudding as they say, and Kyelie herself has been the test case, travelling...
Renee Henville, Managing Director, Integrated Human Resourcing
Renee Henville, Managing Director Integrated Human Resourcing started her business while on parental leave from her corporate HR role, and is now celebrating 10 years in her Gold Coast based business. Renee built Integrated Human Resourcing to serve the needs of small to medium sized businesses located across the Tweed Coast,...
Keryn Nossal, Managing Director, Fancy Films
Keryn Nossal Managing Director Fancy Films’ commitment to supporting a global trend towards business for good, has led to Fancy Films being awarded as a Certified B Corp. Passionate about embracing sustainable business practices, that ensure positive outcomes for all stakeholders, Keryn and the Fancy Films team create purpose-driven meaningful...
Economic Security4Women Connection Program, Queensland: Applications Now Open
10 female Queensland business leaders located in very remote Queensland, in a drought-affected area, have the opportunity to apply for The Economic Security4Women Connection Program. This exciting program is offered through Femeconomy Partner economic Security4Women (eS4W), and funded by the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund and applications close midnight...
Femeconomy Director Jade Collins’ Occasional Address to CQUniversity Graduates
Femeconomy Director and 2019 CQUniversity Alumnus of the Year (Social Impact), Jade Collins (BArts/BBus 1999, MBusAdmin 2008) presented the Occasional Address at the Rockhampton Graduation Ceremony on 6 December 2019. Good morning Chancellor, Ladies and Gentlemen. Firstly to all of the graduates, congratulations on achieving a significant milestone in your life...
Case Study: Venu Cameron, Owner, Venuzi Pit Paste
Venu Cameron’s career background is in corporate procurement. Venu and her family left that world and moved to live off grid in rural Northern NSW. Venu wanted to create a product that echoed her values and the sustainable world she was trying to create for her family. That is how...
Case Study: Jordana Edwards, Director Clean Tea Pty Ltd
2020 is a year like no other. And Clean Tea Director, Jordana Edwards has shown resilience, determination, astute business management and flexibility. These are all the reasons why Femeconomy nominated Jordana as an honoree for the Women2Watch in Business Disruption, where 100 women are selected globally. Jordana received the award...
Your 2020 Career Audit
Shortly, the 2019/2020 financial year will have come to an end. How fast the year has gone. When it comes to your career, have you had a great year? A good year? Or are you counting down the seconds until you can start afresh? Before you can start planning for...
Femeconomy Director Alanna Bastin-Byrne Joins Griffith University’s Entrepreneurs in Residence
Entrepreneur-in-residence (EiR) programs are growing in popularity in the Australian economy, including the higher education system. Femeconomy Director Alanna Bastin-Byrne has been invited by Dr Julienne Senyard and Associate Professor Naomi Birdthistle from the Griffith University Department of Business Strategy and Innovation to be one of three entrepreneurs-in-residence, alongside Jock Fairweather and...
Celebrating fatherhood will help women at work
Victoria MacKirdy Chief Executive Officer at the City of Victor Harbor, and a member of the South Australian Chiefs for Gender Equity group run through the SA Equal Opportunity Commission, shares her perspective on how the global COVID-19 pandemic has provided us with an opportunity for lasting change at work...
