Beyond UWA

Leading seismic change in healthcare

Glen Travers graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1976.  After training to be a Chartered Accountant here in Perth, Glen built a $700 million venture capital operation with the support of some major financial entities.  Following a move to London and having been involved in various industry sectors, Glen moved into the biopharmaceutical sector and was involved with taking medical breakthroughs to market, which have changed the face of medicine.  Glen is a member of the UWA Business School’s Ambassadorial Council UK Chapter.
Glen talks about his amazing personal journey and reflects on the COVID-19 crisis.

Exploring Africa: From Back Roads to Board Rooms

Pamela Watson graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in 1980. She was a Commonwealth Scholar and completed an MBA at the University of Toronto. Pamela is a strategy and change management professional who has worked with some of the world's largest international consultancy firms. She later founded her own consulting practices in Ghana and Nigeria, and social enterprise in Nigeria.  She is also an author who has written about her solo cycling journey through 17 African countries in the nineties (which gave us her first book Esprit de Battuta: Alone Across Africa on a Bicycle), and her thrilling entrepreneurial and diplomatic adventures in Nigeria in the 2000s (the subject of her new book Gibbous Moon Over Lagos: Pursuing a Dream on Africa's Wild Side) and her ongoing work in Africa, usually from her London home.
Pamela's books are published by Hardie Grant Books and can be ordered online via these links: Gibbous Moon Over Lagos|Esprit de Battuta. They are also available through online stores or your favourite bookshop, including independents.
Follow Pamela on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter.  During Covid19, she will be starting some live chats on LinkedIn and Facebook with people who know Africa, so check out the events page on her website: pamelawatson.com or Facebook page.
Pamela also invites fellow UWA graduates to reach out to her at: hello@pamelawatson.com
 

Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 in Singapore

The recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Singapore shows that there are limits to what national responses to a global pandemic can achieve. Stephanie Arrowsmith [DipModLang '14, BHlthSc '14], Senior Associate, Network Development Lead at SecondMuse and Impact Hub Jakarta Co-Founder shares the impact on people's lives after the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore, and how businesses today can deliver a positive impact during, and after COVID-19.

Time to upskill: How the Coronavirus has changed working forever

Join Performance & Mindset Consultant, Inspirational Speaker and High Performance Coach Shona Rowan, Managing Director of Skills of the Modern Age (SOMA) Nate Sturcke, and Practice Leader - Future of Work Tech at PeopleStrong Adrian Tan discuss how the Coronavirus has changed working forever.
Resources
www.shonarowan.com
https://skillsofthemodernage.com.au/
https://adriantan.com.sg/

Everyone Included: Social Impact of COVID-19

Poppy Wise [BA '03], Director in the Economic and Social Advisory team at Urbis specialising in social and environmental policy research, evaluation and advice, dissects the social impact of COVID-19, and which groups have been left in a vulnerable position. 

Tips for being mentally tough during COVID-19

Dr Domenic Crouch [BSc '07, BSc(Hons) '08, PhD '14] is the Founder of Think Feel Perform and the Chief Operating Officer and Director of The Good Chat Foundation. Dr Crouch will share his tips for being mentally tough during COVID-19, taking advantage of opportunities, and how to embrace the unexpected. 

Director and founder of 3D HR Legal - Jo Alilovic [MHR&IR '07]

Jo Alilovic is the Director and founder of 3D HR Legal – a modern, virtual employment law firm. The firm’s purpose is to help proactive business leaders feel confident in their decision making, get over the dread of difficult conversations and give them peace of mind that they are legally compliant.
In her almost 20 years of experience as an employment lawyer, Jo has helped hundreds of businesses create thriving workplace cultures by going from people problems to teams that get results. A key way she does this is through her Prosper Program – which helps leaders overhaul their business and set in place the essentials for successful employment relationships.
In addition to this, Jo has a keen focus on supporting flexible work and gender equality. Her law firm is designed for all staff to work flexibly, she provides consultation services to employers on implementing flexible work arrangements, and she also co-hosts “The Juggle” podcast, which is designed to help professional career women and their employers find a mutually beneficial way to enable professional career women to continue their career whilst also enjoying time with family.
When not practising law, Joanne can be found reading, attending business events, dreaming of travel, and spending time with her family in their Donnybrook country home.
Visit Jo Alilovic blog https://3dhrlegal.com.au/blog/
The Fair Work Commission have a great deal of information which is regularly being updated as changes are made to awards and legislation: https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/coronavirus-covid-19-updates-advice
Jo Alilovic created a Facebook group with a business lawyer from NSW, which is designed to provide support and information to employers about changes due to the coronavirus: https://www.facebook.com/groups/203947814198705/

How the post-COVID future will be different: Predictions about the future of work to help your mood (and your sanity)

Throughout a crisis, leadership is more important than ever. Hear from two industry leaders, Vanessa Vershaw [BA] and Dr James Kelley [MMgtRes, PhD] discuss the future of work, organisational culture, and how we can support others in isolation.
Vanessa Vershaw is an Elite High-Performance Coaching Psychologist for Fortune 100 companies globally and one of Australia’s leading voices in Organisational Psychology. She is also an Author, Keynote Speaker and Media Commentator. She works internationally with senior leaders, executives, boards and teams as a catalyst for psychological transformation for sustainable high performance. She also engages with organisations at a systemic level to help them navigate through high speed change, unleash creative potential, build brave cultures and accelerate business growth for competitive advantage.
https://www.instagram.com/vanessavershaw/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-vershaw/
https://www.facebook.com/ReinventionConsulting/
https://www.facebook.com/bfightbook/
Dr James Kelley, Ph.D. is the CEO and Co-Founder of qChange, and is the international author of The Crucible’s Gift: 5 Lessons from Authentic Leaders who Thrive in Adversity. James has spent the last 15+ years working in consulting, marketing and higher education with a cross-section of leaders and organizations. James is highly sought after speaker on the topics of leadership and corporate wellbeing, appearing on over 50 of the top podcast on leadership, personal development, and start-ups.

Founder & CEO of Alternatively Healthy - Asha Holland [BSc '17]

Asha Holland is the founder of rapidly growing brand and movement, Alternatively Healthy.
She is an Accredited Exercise Scientist who combines her knowledge of the human body with her own personal experience of disordered eating, body dysmorphia and extreme burnout, to teach girls around Australia to accept and love themselves exactly as they are!
From a teen who struggled with her self-worth and the need for “perfection”, to a highly sought-after speaker and young leader who has impacted thousands of lives around the country, Asha’s journey is incredibly inspiring.
Awarded as one of Australia’s Top 50 Small Business Leaders, a Telstra Business Women’s Award finalist and featured in Girlfriend Magazine’s Top 25 Female Leaders Under 25… She is one to watch.
INSTAGRAM: @alternatively.healthy
WEBSITE: alternativelyhealthy.com.au 

Founder, CEO and Director of medical device start-up Stelect - Elise Sutherland [BSc '15]

Elise Sutherland [BSc '15] is the Founder, CEO and Director of medical device start-up Stelect. Learn about Stelect's (a med start-up in Melbourne) patented technology, an ultrasound imaging balloon catheter, has already received praise by interventional cardiologists.
BIO
Elise is a Biomedical Engineer, entrepreneur, speaker and women in STEM advocate. Elise is highly awarded for her career in medical devices and the start-up field, including being the grand prize winner of Med Tech's Got Talent, a national MedTech start-up competition. Elise is passionate about improving health outcomes for patients and the role that innovation and technology plays in the future of healthcare. Elise is the Founder, CEO and Director of medical device start-up Stelect, which was born out of The University of Melbourne’s BioDesign Innovation Program. Elise undertook the course in 2017, and Stelect was formally formed in November of 2017, a business revolving around improving stent selection and accurate placement in interventional cardiology procedures. Elise is a strong leader and an innovative and strategic thinker who has successfully taken an idea into a venture backed business creating impactful technical innovation with a large-scale commercial impact.