AESC APAC Conference 2019

Fran is a senior corporate communication professional with more than 15 years’ experience in corporate and financial communication, media relations, reputation management and strategic counsel. During a career spanning the UK and Australia, she has developed a strong track record in managing strategic communication programs and providing executive counsel to a range of firms domestically and internationally.
Edelman is the world’s largest independent communications agency, working locally with brands including Unilever, Samsung, LinkedIn, Kellogg, Nissan, Disney, KFC, PayPal and Dubai Tourism. Fran lead the Edelman’s reputation practice, incorporating corporate communications, stakeholder and employee engagement, public affairs, crisis and issues management executive counsel and training capabilities.

Dr Molenberghs, Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Neuroscience in Melbourne, is an internationally renowned researcher who investigates the neuroscience of empathy, morality, intergroup relations, and leadership. His research has attracted more than $3 million in competitive grant funding and his work has featured in the media across more than 65 countries worldwide, including stories in Time Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald and New York Magazine

Nicola is a director of Macquarie Group Limited & Macquarie Bank Limited, Lendlease Corporation Limited, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chief Executive Women, UNSW Foundation Limited. She is also a Member of the Takeovers Panel and Chair of the 30% Club Australia. Nicola has significant Asia-Pacific experience as a corporate finance lawyer and was a partner at King & Wood Mallesons (and its predecessor, Mallesons Stephen Jaques) for more than 20 years. She held several key management positions at King & Wood Mallesons including Managing Partner International in Hong Kong and Managing Partner, Practice, Sydney.

Jane is a co-founder of Hattonneale, a Board and Executive Search firm established in 2008. Over the last eleven years Hattonneale has built a strong reputation for the appointment of Chairs and Non -Executive Directors to the Boards of ASX listed and private companies , private equity backed businesses and not-for profit organisations across a broad range of industries. Hattonneale is particularly committed to promoting Board diversity and the firm has a track record in the placement of emerging Directors from diverse backgrounds. Jane is a member of the 30% Club Steering Committee in Australia and Chairs the Executive Search working Group.

Preeti has enjoyed a diverse career spanning role in business development, general management, operations, strategy and transformation for a mix of companies including; Brookfield Multiplex, Metcash (Top 100 ASX), Intuit Real Estate Solutions, Vision Software and most recently Schneider Electric. Driven to stay relevant in a fast-changing world, Preeti has forged a path in commercial leadership through tenacity, raw drive and a highly strategic mindset that is comfortable and confident in defining future business visions.

Over the past 12 years, she has built a name for strategic transformation, commercial intelligence and growth, with experience spanning ASX listed and ambitious start-ups. Providing astute sales, business development and operational leadership that maximises commercial return. Preeti brings diverse experience spanning software, construction, retail and industrial technology with a proven track record of navigating specific contexts to provide high-level direction driving major transformation. She is bilingual between the startup community and the board rooms and csuites of large companies.

Preeti’s current role is CEO, Clipsal Solar (venture by Schneider Electric), with the sole mission of using renewables technologies to enable customers to achieve purposeful living. Preeti has the ability to understand customer pain, marry it with the art of the possible — the technology and trends that are available to solve that pain — and manage a rapidly growing organization focused on effective and efficient execution.

In 2011 Preeti won the AFR’s Young Executive of the Year award, never afraid to push a boundary, Preeti has also championed many firsts during her career as a young and successful professional. She was also awarded the Scholarship for the Authentic Leadership Program to Harvard by Chief Executive Women in 2017.Preeti has completed her MBA in Finance and Master of Applied Finance. Preeti is passionate about diversity and actively supports emerging leaders through her contribution as an advisory member of Chief Executive Women and the lead for the Energy Committee for Australia India Business Council.

Professor Andrew Parfitt is currently Provost and Senior Vice-President at the University of Technology Sydney, a position he assumed in February 2017 after a decade of senior leadership roles in the higher education sector.

His career has been diverse and he has worked in public sector research agencies and academia since graduating in 1987 from the University of Adelaide. After graduating he joined the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in South Australia and worked on antenna and radar related problems. He subsequently held academic positions in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and was also Associate Dean, in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Adelaide from 1992 to 1997.

In 1998 he joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Telecommunications & Industrial Physics Division (CTIP) in Sydney, and in 2001 became Leader of the Space and Satellite Communication Systems Team. He has been responsible for a number of significant antenna and radio system research programs, including the development of antenna proposals for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Radio Telescope and the construction and commissioning of the FedSat satellite Ka-band transponder system. He led the Advanced Radio Frequency Systems program in the Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (CRCSS) until March 2003, when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the CRCSS and concurrently General Manager for Space Programs in CTIP.

In June 2004 he became Professor of Telecommunications and Director of the Institute for Telecommunications Research at the University of South Australia while continuing as CEO of the CRCSS. In August 2007 he was appointed Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice President: Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment at the University of South Australia, before taking up the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Newcastle, Australia, in December 2012.

Professor Parfitt holds BE(Hons) and PhD degrees in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Adelaide and has published over 100 technical papers in refereed conferences and journals. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of Engineers Australia.

He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has been a member of many government, professional and industry boards and committees, including chair of both the South Australia and NSW Sections of the IEEE, chair of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Radio Science and a member of the Council of the International Radio Science Union, a director of the Defence Teaming Centre, a director of the Technology Industry Association, a member of the South Australian Defence Reserves Support Council and a director of both the Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE). From 2010 to 2012 Professor Parfitt was a ministerial appointment to the Commonwealth Government’s Space Industry Innovation Council. In 2013 he joined the board of the World Association on Cooperative Education and was also appointed Chair of UON Singapore Pte Ltd, a controlled entity of the University of Newcastle.

He has served on advisory committees to the Board of Studies, Teaching and Education Standards (BOSTES) in NSW and the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) providing advice, from a university sector perspective, in the area of Initial Teacher Education.

He is currently Chair of the Universities Admissions Centre in New South Wales.

Professor Parfitt has previously held adjunct academic appointments at the University of Adelaide, the University of Sydney and Macquarie University.

Dr Candido is an architect by training and she holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) and in Environmental Science from Macquarie University (Australia). She leads the SHE (Sustainable and Healthy Environments) platform and co-leads the BOSSA (Building Occupants Survey System Australia) tool. Her research expertise and interest relate to Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE), Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), Activity-Based Working (ABW), workspace design and climate responsive design in tropical and subtropical climates. Her publication track record features research findings from field studies conducted in school, residential and office buildings in Australia and Brazil.

Australian entrepreneur and workplace innovator, Brad Krauskopf, is a national authority on coworking and flexible work​ and is the​ pioneering founder and CEO of Hub Australia, Australia’s largest privately held coworking space provider.​​ ​ Hub Australia has locations in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

Carolyn Trickett is passionate about using technology as a strategic enabler for business innovation and growth. Her experience as an IT professional comprises 26 years across a broad range of industries and technology; including eleven years in property, eight years in telecommunications, and seven years in SAP software integration.
As the Head of Business Technology for JLL Property & Asset Management, Carolyn drives IT strategy, delivery and support across the Asia Pacific region. Over the last eleven years, she has delivered a systems transformation program that has re-engineered the day to day functions for staff and provides clients with a continually improving reporting and service delivery suite. Her latest success at JLL was the design and delivery of JLL Acumen - an enterprise data warehouse and reporting system which provides staff and clients with access to portfolio and property performance data through dashboards, reports and data analysis tools.