International Women's Day
#EmbraceEquity

In 2023, we were thrilled to celebrate International Women’s Day with an incredible group of people and organisations to #EmbraceEquity with keynote speaker Leigh Sales, AM– one of Australia’s most loved and respected journalists; and a guest presentation from Margaret Franklin, CFA, President & CEO of CFA Institute.

We were energised and excited to kick-off the CFA Societies Australia International Women’s Day event in Melbourne! Sydney soon followed with live stream events hosted in Perth and Brisbane. Leigh shared life lessons learned at the frontline in her 30 years in journalism while talking about what she’s learned regarding human nature, life and leadership. Two highlights in particular she called out “kindness matters” and “notice the magic”!

A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful MC, Yeukayi Kadzere, CFA CA and superb moderator, Kate Misic, CFA for facilitating an engaging presentation and discussion. Over lunch our 150 guests heard inspiring stories and incredible insights were shared by Leigh, Marg, Yeukayi and Kate to acknowledge the importance of embracing equity in the workplace and showing kindness.

We now rally to celebrate and raise awareness of the important role of women in all facets of society. And we encourage you to think about the role you play or can play to #EmbraceEquity to drive change and promote a more inclusive future for women in the investment management profession.

We are grateful for the support of our corporate sponsors, event committee and event team. Thank you to our platinum sponsors Perpetual Limited and T. Rowe Price, gold sponsors BlackRock, Fidante , Fidelity International, Janus Henderson Investors, Macquarie Asset Management, and our silver sponsors Franklin Templeton and Invesco Australia

IWD2023 - we celebrated the incredible achievements of women and acknowledged the work that still needs to be done to achieve true gender equality. We look forward to doing the same in 2024!