Business In Colour

Diana Sayed, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights. In this interview you will hear Diana’s strength and advocacy for gender equality, domestic violence, social justice and human rights. She is intelligent, carries global knowledge, she is savvy, articulate and we could have talked with her for hours. She walks us through her personal story as a refugee, from her parents courageous journey from Afghanistan to Delhi to Australia, growing up in Perth, realising her aspiration of being a human rights lawyer to her CEO role. We loved Diana’s catch phrase of not needing to be a model migrant, sticking to a lane – but respectfully challenging, advocating and envisioning a better Australia. Please enjoy this passionate and purposeful leadership of Diana Sayed.

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Del Irani, was one of the main anchors on Australia’s national TV morning show, “ABC News Breakfast.” From 2013-2016, she was one of the creators and the anchor of the award-winning talk show, “#TalkAboutIt.” She was also Fact Check Anchor for RMIT ABC News in 2017 and 2018. Del currently anchors "EY's Real Time Business" produced by Reuters Plus and she's the host of “Deeper Look from New York” on NHK World-Japan. Del started her career in journalism as field producer, traveling and living in many different countries including Bermuda, Panama, Belgium and Dubai. She immigrated to Australia from Mumbai with her family when she was 8 years old. After growing up in Sydney, Del completed her degree on a scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. In this episode, Del talks to us candidly about her career journey, navigating barriers and representation in the media. Del is as magnetic in this episode as she is in on live TV, please enjoy her wise words and warmth.

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Susan Carland is a well known Australian academic, author and television presenter best known for her ongoing media presence speaking on her academic speciality of women in Islam. In this episode, Susan shares openly how she went about her decision to convert to Islam; we talk about how there are extremists in every religion; about how Muslim women scholars are leading conversations about gender equality and Islamophobia in Australia. Susan shares three great strategies for women breaking barriers and barriers in the workplace. She talks about seizing opportunities, outsourcing your self-esteem, and failing and learning fast. Please enjoy, the insights on self-leadership from Dr Susan Carland.

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Abiola Ajetomobi is a social innovation strategist and NFP executive leader. Abiola's work and passion isabout forming creative and sustainable people-centred solutions to advance social and economic agency. Abiola leads in various capacities of influence and transformational change. She is currently the Director of Innovation Hub at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), a Board member of Plan International Australia and Chair of the Impact and Influence committee at Plan. She also Co-chairs The United African Farm and Joy Way Widows Foundation and is a founding member of the Women of Colour Melbourne Collective. Abiola's centres her efforts in spaces where her lived experience expertise can complement her skills and knowledge to bring about lasting social change. Please enjoy the magnetic leadership voice of, Abiola Ajetomobi.

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Dr. Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey is a globally recognised authority on Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. He is also the host of The Element of Inclusion; a weekly podcast that informs and educates using applied research and thought leadership. This episode is jam packed with perspectives from Jonathan that will make you pause and rethink your position on diversity and inclusion in the workplace – listen out for why Jonathan thinks D&I is a grudge purchase, how he explains 'ethnic penalties', how we compare and contrast the D&I landscape in Australia and the UK. Please enjoy the passionate and purposeful thought leadership of Dr Jonathan.

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Welcome to Season 3 of Business In Colour. We have an incredible line up of leaders for you to connect with this season. To kick us off is the amazing Kemi Nekvapil.
Kemi Nekvapil knows the feelings of fear, vulnerability and powerlessness. Growing up in foster care, many times she had the doors to validation and opportunity closed to her because of her race and gender. Learning to make her own choices and use her voice without apology were her first steps towards a bold, purpose-filled life.
Now a highly respected executive and personal coach, Kemi has created a five-step process to guide other women to build their power and transform their lives through the principles of Presence, Ownership, Wisdom, Equality and Responsibility. (POWER) Drawing from her personal lived experience and work with clients, Kemi deconstructs traditional power paradigms; explores why, as women, we so readily give our power away; and shows us how to reclaim our power, and all that’s possible when we build a power-fueled life.
Kemi Nekvapil is one of Australia’s leading credentialed coaches, She has studied leadership and purpose at The Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan and trained with Dr Brené Brown to become a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, and hosts the number one ranking podcast The Shift Series - which is now in season 3.
Join us in this powerful conversation with the incomparable Kemi Nekvapil

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Prue Gilbert founder of Grace Papers shares with us her journey to founding Grace Papers. Launched in 2015, Grace Papers is a social change business leveraging technology to drive gender equality. It is a coaching tool offering advise on negotiating parental leave and flexible working conditions for both men and women. Earlier this year, Div and I appeared on Prue's International Woman's Day Panel and there were a number of questions that we were not able to answer. Towards the end of the podcast Prue takes over hosting and asks us some of those unanswered questions.

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Shantelle is a proud Barkindji woman/warrior, born in NSW, mother to four kids, a 3 x world champion, entrepreneur, role model, story teller, survivor. Shantelle has faced many challenges and has risen from each one a stronger woman. In this podcast she openly shares her journey, how she felt as a fair skinned aboriginal woman who felt uncomfortable in her own skin, she could either be black or white but not both!One of 18 siblings she grew up fighting, however it was severe post natal depression after the birth of her twins that lead her to martial arts. Shantelle is raw and open in this podcast about her experiences and how it has made her the woman she is today. You can hear the warrior in her towards the end when we talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Regardless of what life has thrown at her, Shantelle has always had purpose, today she is committed to championing the rights of First Nations People. She is one of the most courageous people we know...
This podcast touches on suicide, mental illness, depression, if you or someone you know needs help please contact Lifeline on 131114 or Beyond Blue on 1800512348

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Rosie Wheen is the CEO of WaterAid and Non-Executive Board Director at The Australian Council of International Development. In this episode we talk about her formative education experience in Hong Kong, her entry into aid work and her journey into senior leadership. She talks genuinely about not making it to the CEO role in her first attempt and her learning, positioning and success in her second attempt. It is the kind of story you don’t hear often from C-suite leaders – how they got there. We talk about privilege and how to use it for others and we learn about the privilege of having water, sanitation and hygiene in our country. Did you know that 785 million people don’t have clean water close to home, 2 billion people don't have a decent toilet of their own? Think about living through a pandemic under these conditions and hear our collective call to action: Donate to WaterAid: www.wateraid.org/au. Please enjoy listening to the authentic, resilient and game changing leadership of Rosie Wheen.

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Mannie is also the Principal Lawyer and Co-Founder of Vision & Regal Group (VRG), an innovative disrupter in the legal industry, being one of the only law practices in Australia that places intersectionality at the core of its work. She passionately advocates for marginalised communities, regularly appearing on various media panels and programs, like The Drum, Q&A, Law in Colour to provide a voice to those who are often absent from our complex judicial system. She has been named as one of Melbourne’s most influential lawyers by the Herald Sun, and is also a finalist of Women of the Future 2021, a Women’s Weekly initiative celebrating the incredible social impact of young women in Australia. This interview filled Sadhana Smiles and I with hope for the next generation of women leaders,. Mannie is a lawyer with a humanistic touch, she is making change in the system, so it creates a more fair and equal society for all of us. Please enjoy the charismatic, Manmeet Kaur Verma.

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