IB Woman
Issue No. 29 - June/July 2006
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by Penelope Herbert
New Women South Australian Business Ambassadors Inducted
caption: New Business Ambassador, Penelope Herbert and Her Excellency, the Governor
Her Excellency, the Governor of South Australia, Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE, recently hosted a gathering at Government House to welcome the newest appointments by the Premier, the Hon Mike Rann MP, as Business Ambassadors for the State of South Australia.
SA Business Ambassadors are business, academic and community leaders who volunteer to promote and seek potential opportunities for South Australia through their own business interests, connections and personal networks both interstate and overseas.
Membership to the South Australian Business Ambassadors Network (SABAN) is by invitation only and candidates must pass cerain criteria. Women in business joining this prestigious group include:
Julie Barbaro, Defence Teaming Centre
Lyndall de Marco, The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (UK)
Penelope Herbert, The Hot Pepper Group
Elizabeth Ho, The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
Robyn Houghton, American Chamber of Commerce
Berni Morrison, Ballast Stone Estate Wines
Analisa Paragalis, Yoco Yoghurt Bars
Gill Robotham, MyInternet (UK)
Ida Wong, Credit Suisse (Sydney)
For more information about SABAN please contact the rogram Director, Hillary Hurrell on Ph (08) 8300 0169 or hillaryh@business-sa.com.
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN BUSINESS URGED TO EXPORT
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, De-Anne Kelly is urging women in business to consider exporting. The call comes as a new survey reveals one in five females is now assuming senior roles in business.
Mrs Kelly said the findings came as Austrade, the Australian Government’s export promotion agency, launched its Women in Export seminars to provide women wit...
