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International Women’s Day Event
Choose to Challenge: Exploring Women’s Leadership in Australia and Korea
In partnership with the Australian Embassy in Korea and Asialink Business, AustCham Korea invites you to our upcoming International Women’s Day webinar ‘Choose to Challenge: Exploring Women’s Leadership in Australia and Korea’.
Bringing together high-profile experts with extensive public and private sector experience across Asia, the panel will facilitate a compelling data-driven conversation exploring the challenges women have faced due to impacts of COVID-19. Panellists will address some of the barriers encountered by women across the region, and explore policies and initiatives that have facilitated and supported the advancement of highly qualified women in business. They will also share their thoughts on ways to champion for a gender-inclusive world moving forward, in both Australia and Korea.
Hosted at 12 pm KST (2 pm AEDT) on International Women’s Day, March 8th, the webinar provides a platform for senior business leaders, policymakers and young professionals to connect, exchange insights and share ideas on ways to navigate the complexity of doing business in the Asia region.
Our expert panellists are:
- H.E. Catherine Raper, Australian Ambassador to Korea
- Penny Burtt, Group CEO, Asialink
- Sandra Park, Country Manager & Chief Representative – Korea, Woodside Energy
- Helen Oh, Trade and Investment Commissioner, Austrade Seoul
This event will be moderated by Jo Billing, Director & Co-CEO at JOST & Co, and Board Member at AustCham Korea, and will build upon an article initially published on the Asialink Insights platform titled “Women in Leadership – Business in Asia is gaining Momentum”.
Our expert panellists will share insights on:
- How the ‘choosing to challenge’ mantra plays out in Australia and Korea
- The impact of COVID-19 on women and what the data says regarding remote work downsides, pressures of unpaid duties in the household, and voluntary and involuntary job loss
- The type of initiatives that have shifted the needle in transforming women in leadership across the region
- Why it is necessary for Government, private sector and community to play a critical role in supporting gender diversity and equality in this ever-changing environment
This will be based on the panellists own journeys of working in leadership roles across the region.
Join us in celebrating International Women’s Day by registering your details below and submitting a question to our panel and email events@austchamkorea.org if you would like more information about this initiative.
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Panellist Introductions:
H.E. Catherine Raper, Australian Ambassador to Korea
Ms Raper is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and most recently headed the COVID-19 Coordination Unit. Prior to that she was First Assistant Secretary, Europe and Latin America Division. She has previously served overseas as Head of Post in Taipei, and earlier in Washington, The Hague and at the Australian Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization, Geneva.
Ms Raper holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Hons), from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade, from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, from Australian National University. She is a legal practitioner in the Australian Capital Territory and is married with two children.
Penny Burtt, Group CEO, Asialink
Penny is the Group CEO of Asialink, Australia’s leading centre for creative engagement with Asia hosted by the University of Melbourne. She joined Asialink from global payments company Visa, where she served as Vice President, Government Affairs, Asia Pacific. Prior to Visa, Penny led External Relations and Client Service Risk for the Asia Pacific with McKinsey&Company.
Penny is a former diplomat and represented Australia at a senior level in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and at the United Nations in Geneva and New York. She previously served as an Adviser to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Strongly committed to the social sector, Penny has volunteered with and served on the boards of non-government organisations in Asia, the U.S. and Australia. She has served on the Boards of the U.S. National Center for APEC, the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce, the Singapore American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), and the Singapore Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). She also served seven years as a governor of the Singapore Institute of International Relations and BoardAgender, Singapore’s women’s board advocacy organisation. She is currently an advisor to the Australia-ASEAN Strategic Youth Dialogue, a board member of Meridian 180 a global academic collaboration initiative and the Asian Business Trade Association.
Sandra Park, Country Manager & Chief Representative – Korea, Woodside Energy
Sandra is currently the Country Manager and Chief Representative of Woodside Energy Korea looking after Woodside’s client relationship and new business development for LNG and hydrogen.
Prior to starting at Woodside Energy, Sandra had a career with Samsung Heavy Industries. Throughout her career, she has worked on global oil & gas projects across multiple countries including Australia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Mozambique.
Sandra started her undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University and graduated from Ewha Woman’s University with Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Masters of Language (Korean English Bidirectional Interpretation).
Helen Oh, Trade and Investment Commissioner, Austrade Seoul
Helen Oh joined Austrade in October 2020. She commenced her posting in the Australian Embassy in Seoul as Trade and Investment Commissioner and Counsellor (Commercial) in January 2021.
Prior to joining Austrade, Helen led the NSW State Government's market development and international engagement program for Korea and Japan. Helen was the onshore manager responsible for developing and maintaining $1 billion investment pipeline and key accounts portfolio in Australia.
Her clients included Korean and Japanese corporates such as Samsung, Hyundai, POSCO, LG, Hitachi, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Softbank Group.
Helen is an active member of the Future Leaders Program facilitated by the Australia-Korea Business Council and the Australia-Japan Business Co-operation Committee. She represented Australia in amateur and professional golf from 2000 to 2010.
Jo Billing, Director & Co-CEO at JOST & Co, and Board Member at AustCham Korea
Jo is the co-founder and co-CEO of JOST & Co – a people-focused management consulting organisation. Jo is a veteran and pioneer of organisational change as we know it today, having worked in the change management industry for over 20 years across a vast span of industries, countries and cultures. This includes Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the US for companies such as Lonely Planet Publications, Andersen Consulting, ANZ Bank and BP.
With a genuine love and curiosity for understanding and motivating people, she has developed and delivered a multitude of methodologies and leadership development courses throughout her esteemed career. Jo has consistently established innovative ways to increase employee and client engagement and unleash the true potential of leaders across a broad range of organisations.
Jo is known for her optimistic attitude and genuine love and curiosity for people.
