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With a judging panel including academics, business executives, entrepreneurs and innovators, the Women in Finance Awards is a peer-reviewed recognition of your capabilities in finance and passion for driving the industry forward.
Jenna Adamson is a partner with Aotearoa New Zealand law firm, Wynn Williams. A specialist property and commercial lawyer, she has an impressive international background spanning more than a decade, including leading an award-winning real estate team within top tier Australian firm, MinterEllison, and as in house counsel with global cosmetics brand L’Oréal.
Named on the NZ Lawyer Rising Stars list for 2023, Jenna advises on property leasing and development and portfolio optimisation. Her clients include global and domestic companies – including major Australian retailers entering or expanding across the New Zealand market – as well as public sector entities or land owners with large property portfolios. She also supports clients with precedent development, legal technology and internal process improvement.
Her invitation to sit on Property Council New Zealand’s Retail Committee just 12 months after returning to New Zealand is a reflection both of her passion for the sector and the regard in which her strategic, fresh and innovative thinking about its future is held.
Jenna is also highly regarded for her expertise in Consumer Markets. While in house counsel for L’Oréal, she pioneered the adoption of initiatives around e-Commerce and digital (including hybrid omnichannel and retail experiences), IT and the AI interface, data and privacy law.
Judge of LawyersWeekly Australian Law Awards 2022, the Australian Corporate Counsel Awards 2021, listed in Property Council of Australia Top 100 Women in Property 2017and herself a past Award finalist in numerous Australian industry awards - including Australian Corporate Lawyers Award In-House 2020 and LawyersWeekly Australia Top 30 under 30 Property 2017 – Jenna is pre-eminently qualified to judge Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards for a consecutive year.
Rex is a principal and the founder of M A Legal. Rex started M A Legal with an immense drive to help his clients achieve success within the framework of the law.
Rex has an extensive legal background holding roles as General Manager and Legal Counsel for a large manufacturing distribution company, Senior Solicitor acting for members of the BRW 1000 Entrepreneurs List as well as legal counsel for government bodies and charitable organisations.
He is known for his business acumen and ability to guide clients not only through complex commercial litigation and business negotiation but in their strategic growth and planning needs. He has played a pivotal role not only in start-ups but in existing large enterprises with his clients comprising real estate moguls and business leaders.
Rex brings a unique and fresh perspective to legal challenges in business and commerce as he himself engages in significant property development ventures, sits on a number of boards as well as is a founding director of the charity, Build 4 Kids Inc.
Rex develops and extremely strong rapport with his clients and is driven to achieve the best possible outcomes for them and in return has built a significant and loyal following. He is an extremely passionate individual who does not do anything in half measures; it takes one look at his collection of motor and boxing memorabilia to know that he will fight for his clients. His lovely demeanour aside, he is fierce and fearless in all his pursuits.
Rex is a family man having welcomed his daughter into the world in 2017 and has an ambitious list of pursuits outside of work not limited to snowboarding, racing cars and motorbikes, boxing, weight training, enjoying a good wine and espresso martini, and travelling.
Angela Ashton, the Founder & CEO at Evergreen Consultants, stands as a beacon of expertise in the investment consulting landscape. Armed with two Bachelor’s degrees (Economics/Science), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, and a Master of Commerce (Finance), Angela’s academic background underpins her strategic expertise in finance.
With a career spanning 30 years in Investment Markets, Angela brings unparalleled expertise to Evergreen. Throughout her career, she has held Senior Investment roles at QIC, served as Head of Ratings at van Eyk Research and was General Manager of Managed Funds Research at IWL Ltd (now CommSec). She has further contributed to the investment industry through serving on a number of education committees with groups such as Kaplan and the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA).
Under Angela’s leadership, Evergreen Consultants has established itself as a prominent boutique investment consulting firm based in Australia. Evergreen specialises in developing portfolios and collaborating closely with high-quality financial planning businesses nationwide. With them, Evergreen builds and manages investment solutions designed specifically to meet each individual clients needs and preferences.
The Evergreen Team is renowned for its innovative solutions and contributions in the industry through their significant in-house development of tools such as GreenVue, a portfolio analytics system and ERIG, a Responsible Investment Grading Index.
Sarah Barnett is the founder of content marketing solutions Social Broker and socialreview.io, which helps busy finance and property professionals get noticed online.
Sarah previously headed up marketing and innovation for a leading behaviour change consultancy where she spearheaded data-driven solutions for big banks, insurers, telcos and energy retailers. She has deep insight into the sales and marketing behaviours that high-performers consistently demonstrate to win and retain business.
Linda Baxter is the Director, Continuing Professional Development and part of the senior management team at Leo Cussen Centre for Law. Having previously been in private practice followed by a regulatory investigative role, Linda also writes materials and trains legal practitioners in Ethics & Professional Conduct.
As a partner of Alex Kaar, Tim leads our Executive Services business. His focus is programs for NEDs, Executives and Leaders to lift and evolve their capability and those of the teams and companies they lead.
Throughout a corporate and executive career that spanned more than 25 years, Tim focused on the alignment of leadership, strategy and culture. He has led a diverse range of businesses spanning complex teams in global organisations to large divisions of commercial banks. Tim also has many years of experience working with companies of all sizes realizing new opportunities and finding solutions to their largest challenges. Since 2015, Tim has been working with iconic educator Colin James – supporting, advising and developing company leaders across Australia and around the world in a variety of industries.
Tim is values and purpose-led. He believes sustainable growth and performance is the product of purposeful thoughts, feelings and actions. Tim works with senior executives and their teams to develop leadership capability, communication & influence and practical commercial outcomes. His experience in corporate leadership equips him to provoke, partner and support leaders as they face into the challenges and opportunities of their careers.
Holding a number of directorships and governance roles, Tim is an experienced Chair and NED and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is the Faculty Head of the Australian Institute of Coaching. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Eco/Acc), a Diploma of Financial Services and a Masters of Applied Finance. He has partially completed a Masters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Genevieve Collins is the Chief Executive Partner of leading independent Australian law firm Lander & Rogers and a personal injuries litigation specialist with 35 years' experience. As a successful Practice Group leader, Genevieve built a dynamic, industry-leading litigation team using data analytics and insights from positive psychology.
Under Genevieve's leadership, Lander & Rogers has achieved some significant milestones. Lander & Rogers is the first Australian law firm of size to reach gender equality, with 50% of our partnership being female. Lander & Rogers is also the first Australian law firm to commit to 2030 net-zero emissions using the internationally recognised Science-Based Targets initiative. With her focus on wellness, Genevieve has ensured Lander & Rogers has received WELL accreditation (at highest platinum level) and the highest 'Gold' Mental Health First Aid workplace accreditation.
As Chief Executive Partner, Genevieve has driven the firm's innovation agenda, establishing our dedicated Client Innovation Hub for delivery of streamlined and new legal services. Genevieve also established Australia's first dedicated LawTech Hub for startups and scaleups, supporting and promoting tech innovations which are now widely used within the legal industry.
Under Genevieve's stewardship, Lander & Rogers has been assessed for each of the last five years as an employer of choice in Australasian Lawyers' and Lawyers Weekly. The firm has also been the esteemed recipient of the Financial Times' Most innovative Asia-Pacific law firms and Australasian Law Awards for Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year.
Genevieve has been named Australian Managing Partner of the Year by Lawyers Weekly and regularly, Most Influential Lawyer in the category 'Changemakers' by Australasian Lawyers.
Genevieve is a graduate of AICD, Harvard Business School and has an Executive Certificate in Positive Psychology. She is currently also Deputy Chair of SANE Australia.
Danielle Cornelissen is the CEO and Founder of 5 ELK, an offshoring business that has helped bolster the back-office of over 150 Financial Services businesses across Australia and the United Kingdom.
Based in the Philippines, Danielle is passionate about helping financial advisers unlock growth in their business and build an offshore team in a smart and secure way.
Danielle is a thought leader, keynote presenter and media commentator on all things outsourcing for Financial Services. 5 ELK was recently recognised for its strong culture and high levels of team satisfaction through the global ‘Great Place to Work’ certification.
Jeremy Danon has undertaken compliance work in a variety of businesses and industries – futures and securities broking, market regulatory, market making, foreign exchange, accounting, banking, insurance, managed investment schemes, Registered Schemes and remittance dealing. Jeremy Danon has gained an extensive insight in providing compliance expertise to a wide cross section of clients in the financial services industry, by virtue of his experience with boards, committees and management.
With formal qualifications in business, accounting and corporate governance, Jeremy Danon has maintained his competencies with memberships of the following industry bodies:
Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Master Member of the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association.
After 25 years in the financial services sector, Michael now runs a group of companies operating in the energy efficient home sector. With National Awards across Design, Sustainable Housing and Documentation the group is a leading voice in the move to building energy efficient, healthy homes. He also uses his financial background to lead Research and Development programs in the sector.
Frank is a Senior Partner at Alex Kaar having joined the firm in 2006, leading the CFO, HR, Technology and Legal, Risk and Compliance practices.
Frank has a focus on senior leadership appointments with a client portfolio spanning a variety of industries including; financial services, services, property and infrastructure, professional services, utilities and resources. Frank has actively facilitated senior executive appointments in disciplines including but not limited to; general management, finance, human resources, legal and strategy and has also facilitated searches for Board level appointments.
At the centre of his approach, Frank believes in the value of candid and honest conversations to assist both clients and candidates to make informed decisions. Frank works collaboratively with stakeholders, sharing valuable market insights to deliver true value to the decision-making process.
Frank commenced his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he developed his sophisticated advisory skills supplemented with sound commercial capabilities to advise some of Australia’s largest ASX listed organisations as well as subsidiaries of key multinational clients. Frank holds a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma of Taxation Law from The University of Melbourne and maintains an active involvement in the professional services sector.
Frank is also a Director on the College Council at Genazzano FCJ College as is a passionate contributor to a range of community social justice initiatives including playing a role as an inaugural mentor for the Education First Youth Foyers Program in partnership with Hanover and Brotherhood of St Laurence.
Jason Goodacre has spent more than 25 years working in the finance industry, delivering stand-out customer experiences. As Customer Relationship Manager, Jason makes sure Loanworks fulfills service levels and continues to improve products and services to meet, and go beyond, client expectations.
Jason is the key local contact for all of Loanworks’ software, technology and outsourcing services clients, and is responsible for expanding and deepening those customer relationships. He also represents Loanworks at industry events, professional development days and conferences.
Prior to joining Loanworks, Jason was Sales Manager at Thomson Financial (now Reuters) for 11 years, and had previously served in a variety of business development roles for fintech companies, including with IRESS, Powerwrap and City Networks.
Jason holds a Certificate in Financial Markets from the Securities Institute of Australia and an RG 146 – Provision of General Advice from Kaplan Australia.
I’m an entrepreneur, financial adviser, cross-fitter, and D&I activist; helping young professionals achieve financial freedom.
Prior to launching Fox & Hare, I was a Macquarie Banker for more than a decade!
I honed my craft in various roles from institutional broking to wealth management, finally leaving mid-2017 as one of the youngest Directors in the company.
Diversity and inclusion sits close to my heart. During my time at Macquarie, I often found myself wondering "where are all the advisers who look like me?"
Fox & Hare was launched to fill that gap. We saw young, diverse Australians being left behind and knew we could make a lasting and positive change.
We believed (and still believe!) that financial freedom should be accessible to all - not just the older, wealthier among us.
Since launching Fox & Hare I’ve:
Voted Independent Financial Adviser (IFA) - 'Thought Leader of the Year'
Further, I've been nominated for:
And Fox & Hare was a finalist at the 2018 Sydney City Regional Business Awards.
When I’m not at our office in Darlinghurst, I am either at CrossFit, by the beach or travelling.
With 30 years an award-winning Global Brand Strategist, International Keynote, Thought Leadership Expert, Executive Management in Financial Services and a National and Global Awards Judge, Nicole has designed strategies for CommBank, CommSec, TikTok, Foxtel, Woolworths, Subaru, Electrolux, Yahoo, Mirvac and Telstra and shared the stage with Brené Brown, Seth Godin and Arianna Huffington.
Paul Kofman (PhD Erasmus University Rotterdam) was appointed Professor of Finance at The University of Melbourne in 2001. In 2012, Professor Kofman became the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Paul’s research interests and publications are in the ethics of finance, quantitative and behavioral finance and the regulation of financial markets. He has received numerous competitive research grants and was one of the founding directors of the ARC-funded Financial Integrity Research Network.
With his colleague Clare Payne, Paul introduced one of the first online ethics in finance subjects, and their text book “A Matter of Trust – the practice of ethics in finance” was published by Melbourne University Press in 2018. With his colleague Sean Pinder, Paul also designed and developed the first Coursera MOOC specialization, Essentials of Corporate Financial Analysis and Decision Making, in partnership with BNY Mellon.
Jackson Millan - The Wealth Mentor has spent the last 16 years helping service businesses understand the language of money and manufacture financial freedom for themselves and their families.
He has successfully helped thousands of clients build in excess of $3 billion in combined wealth and has scaled multiple 7 figure businesses. He is a master of helping business owners make money work for them and turn their business profit into personal wealth.
He is a 5 x international best-selling author in 8 countries in 15 categories and is a regular media commentator on financial freedom for business owners.
Professor Fariborz Moshirian is the Director of the Institute of Global Finance (IGF) at the UNSW Business School, Sydney. The IGF does collaborative research on Systemic risk, financial innovation and global financial stability with NYU, UCLA and has done joint work with the Asian Development Bank, the IMF, the World Bank, PwC and a number of world-class research centres. Fariborz was the Bertil Danielsson Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics. He is a consultant to the Asian Development Bank. He served as the Head of the School of Banking and Finance at UNSW for over four years.
Fariborz has published a number of influential research works in leading international journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and the Journal of Banking and Finance. These research works cover subjects such as global governance, global financial stability and prosperity, interconnectedness, world order, systemic risk and the financial and social challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century.
He has been the editor of several publications on global financial, economic and social issues published by Elsevier. He has also been a co-editor of a number of policy works with senior researchers from the World Bank, the IMF, the Bank for International Settlements, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of Australia including the following publications: “Globalization and Financial Services in Emerging Countries”; “Global Financial Crisis, Risk Analysis and Risk Management”; “Systemic Risk, Basel III, Governance and Financial Stability” and “Systemic Risk: Liquidity Risk, Governance and Global Financial Stability”
Dr Rahat Munir is a Professor, Head of Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University. With extensive experience in all forms of academic endeavours - research, teaching and engagement, Professor Munir offer an unbeatable track-record of excellence in curriculum development, research leadership, change management, building teams, effective human resource and financial management. He has published in leading international journals as well as presented at international conferences and seminars in many parts of the world. He is affiliated with several professional bodies. Professor Rahat Munir is actively involved in learning & teaching and research activities and brings a host of administrative and service experience across a wide range of contexts. Professor Munir has earned numerous national and international level research and teaching awards during his career.
Mike has 20+ years of experience in leading and scaling businesses across the technology, start-up & data markets. His expertise includes consulting, general management, sales, partnerships and business development. He is currently Global CEO of MogoPlus, a data analytics business that provides decisioning insights to the lending market.
Sarah Penn is the CEO of Mayflower Consulting. Mayflower partners with fund managers and super funds to streamline their PDS management, enhance communications and navigate through change effectively. Sarah founded Mayflower in 2014 after senior roles at Macquarie Bank and Asgard Wealth Solutions. She is passionate about the funds management industry, chairing the FSC Tech and Innovation Expert Group and the ASFA NSW Legislation Discussion Group, and is also the MD of CREW – Compliance and Risk Executive Women, which now boasts more than 1700 members across Australia.
Andrew Phanartzis is currently the Director of Property Association, a consultancy firm for residential developers in Australia. The company offers a suite of services including, acquisition, planning, creative, sales and property management.
Andrew is extremely motivated, knowledgeable, loyal and reliable. He prides himself in exceeding expectations, adding dollar value to clients and sets the bar high. He believes the property market is dynamic and constantly evolves his strategic approach to enhance its effectiveness.
Andrew’s exposure to large residential developments, master planned communities and house and land subdivisions has provided a wealth of experience with some of the largest developers in Australia.
Andrew is a licenced real estate agent, holds a BA in Human Resource Management & English from the University of NSW and has completed PS146 Financial Planning qualifications.
With a firm footing in the financial sector in Zurich and New York, Carmen came to social finance organisation Good Return via a journey of running her own social purpose organisation. Heading up the partnerships team, Carmen is driven to build support for Good Return because of her own passion for social equity and justice and her connection to Good Return's mission. By working at Good Return she has seen first-hand the power of finance for Good, and is proud to represent a team of experts in the field who are breaking down barriers for women entrepreneurs and changing the financial system so more women and thrive and succeed. If you care about economic stability for all in Australia and our region and making sure marginalised communities can build resilient livelihoods for themselves and their families, then Carmen is the person to talk to. Carmen is an avid traveller off the beaten path, with 2 teenage sons and a penchant for Australian native flora and birds.
Helen Spiropoulos is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Associate Editor of Australian Journal of Management and Managerial Auditing Journal. Helen is a Chartered Accountant and researches and teaches in the areas of sustainability and financial reporting, corporate governance and gender-diversity. Helen has published in a number of leading academic journals and her research has featured in the Australian Financial Review, BOSS magazine, ABC Radio and many others.
