WOMANZ are privileged to have a fantastic “diplomatic duo” as our next keynote speakers – Chris Seed, New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia based in Canberra and Holly Bennett, Ministerial Advisor based in Wellington. Prior to becoming New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia in 2013, Chris was a Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was in the Ministry of Defence. He also served with the International Peace Monitoring Team in the Solomon Is

Four years ago Rob Wise challenged the notion of how we connect goodwill in our communities. He founded Be Collective, a social enterprise a

WOMANZ are delighted to have Andrew Holden, former Editor-in-Chief of The Age and Friend on New Zealand as our next keynote speaker Andrew Holden has been a journalist for more than 35 years, including eight years as a daily newspaper editor for two mastheads in difficult times. He was the editor of The Press in Christchurch when the recession arrived even before the GFC, and then led the team through the multiple earthquakes of 2010-11. Andrew returned to his home town of Me

WOMANZ are delighted to have Belinda Clark, the Commissioner of the Victorian Public Sector Commission as our next keynote speaker Belinda is a lawyer with over 30 years’ public sector management experience. Prior to taking up the role of Victorian Public Sector Commissioner she held a number of senior government roles in New Zealand including: Secretary and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Justice for over 10 years; inaugural Director of the Office of Treaty Settlements –

Now that the dust has settled on Netball World Cup Sydney 2015, Organising Committee Chief Executive Marne Fechner, reflects on her four year involvement. The bid, the dreaming, the lead up and the delivery – what has the event enabled for the sport globally? A key member of the successful NWC2015 bid team, Marne was appointed Chief Executive of Netball World Cup 2015 in February 2013 and led a dynamic team to deliver the most successful World Cup in history. Marne is a gradu