International Women’s Day 2025: Amplifying voices, accelerating action for Aussie women in tech

With over 20 years of work experience across three continents and a multitude of industries, I am currently the Chief Technology Officer for Enterprise Commercial at Microsoft, where I lead the technical strategy, vision, and execution for our largest and most strategic customers. I have a strong background in business strategy, analysis and development and I am also a certified Prosci change practitioner.

I currently serve as the co-chair of the Military Employee Resource Group Board at Microsoft, where I support the recruitment, retention, and development of veterans and their allies. I am passionate about delivering innovative and impactful solutions that enable digital transformation, empower customers, and drive business growth. I am always looking for new opportunities to learn, collaborate, and contribute to the technology community and beyond.

Corporate finance and corporate strategy specialist. Adviser to leading companies and governments on strategy, transformation, risk, capital management and M&A.

Well regarded for strategic thinking and leadership. Recognised in the Westpac/Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards. Representative at the B20 Leaders Summit.

Direct experience in the following sectors: healthcare, energy and resources, financial services, engineering and construction, automotive, property, infrastructure and utilities, technology, services, consumer and retail.

Experience in international markets having lived and worked in China, South Korea, North America, the Middle East, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.

University medal awardee and valedictorian for undergraduate and post graduate degrees.

Global executive. Eglantine is a versatile global executive. She has delivered complex projects and led teams in 20 different countries in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific in consulting and manufacturing.

In-house transformer. Eglantine is a catalyst for innovation and business transformation, She has a demonstrable track record in projects as diverse as a new operating model with supporting ERP systems implementation, transformation through technology, mergers and acquisitions and introduction of new ways of working (introduction of Agile, flexible working arrangements).

Strategist. Eglantine has expertise in co-designing business strategy with executive peers, transforming business objectives and challenges into an IT strategy through leadership, collaboration and influence, and enabling executive peers to leverage IT effectively.

Inspiring leader. Eglantine takes leadership seriously. She is able to articulate a clear vision, and her strategic clarity and understanding of human nature equip her to lead and mobilise even teams struggling with change. She is strongly committed to inclusion and has built teams that balance gender, age and background diversity.

Coach and mentor. Eglantine provides informal coaching to her peers on how technology contributes to business transformation, cultural change or operational efficiency through curated articles, conferences, organised sessions with thought leaders and individual conversations.

Startup founder. In her spare time, Eglantine is building Boomerang Factory, a startup that helps employees develop new skills and competencies through designed experiential learning happening via internships in other organisations.

A future forward CIO leading significant transformation whilst balancing the operational challenges of complex technology platforms operating across matrix organisations. A catalyst who understands how to manage complexity and improve business agility by employing disruptive and enabling technologies where needed most.

With a proven track record of driving a ‘culture first’ approach enabling and empowering teams using right sized technology frameworks to deliver innovative solutions, address unmet business needs, and develop strategies that drive revenue growth and expand market share. Skilled in navigating diverse technology services and platforms including AWS, Salesforce, SAP, Workday, Splunk, and Microsoft.

A positive and highly tenacious CIO who takes accountability for the work that needs to get done. A long history of engaging and collaborating with Boards, Executive teams, and stakeholder groups, to define and deliver from strategy through to outcome and tangible benefits. Always brings an ‘outside in’ perspective developed from broad industry expertise including digital services, professional services, not-for-profit, and financial services, with proven ability to adapt and evolve across changing industry segments.

I am an experienced and accomplished transformation executive with a deep passion for delivering “Business Value” and providing thought leadership.

My global 20+ years of experience in managing IT and business transformation-focused portfolios enables me to drive sustainable improvements across the technology services delivery process. By leveraging my skills in delivering positive business outcomes across banking, insurance, healthcare, and logistics domains, I successfully facilitate value-driven solutions to customers through measurable operational uplift and a keen ability to recover challenging at-risk programs and projects. I focus on uplifting the quality of business outcomes, the reliability of delivery commitments, and the implementation of standard practices for delivery governance and controls.

I invest time and effort into mentoring, developing, and inspiring a high-performing team, in addition to ensuring the success of my teams through effective management of financials, vendors, and resources.

Entrepreneur, CEO and board director with 20 years’ experience in strategy, technology leadership, and innovation. Claudine is the Managing Director of O&O Consulting, co-founder and CEO of HivePix, and a Non-Executive board Director for Cuscal and Scyne Advisory. Claudine was awarded Top CIO50 in Australia in 2016. She has expertise in data, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cyber security governance and risk management.

Previously, Claudine was a Non-Executive board Director for Youi Insurance. Claudine led the Digital and Data businesses and innovation for Compass Group Asia Pacific, and was the Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Jetstar Group of Airlines (Jetstar’s Branded Airlines include Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, ANZ businesses & JVs), and Ridley Corporation; She led Consumer and Industrial Markets (CIM) at KPMG; and broad industry experience in sales, marketing, and product management.

She is a 2015 graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). She has completed a Quantum Computing course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia (B.Bus) and a Diploma of Business Management from the Ecole Supérieur de Commerce Reims, France (Dip.Mgnt).

Claudine is also an advisor and coach to innovative and bold leaders from a variety of industries. She is a champion for diversity, inclusion, ESG and the role it plays in business and leadership effectiveness.

Kylie Watson is an experienced executive in the Information Technology Infrastructure, Apps, and Services Industry. Driven by a strong client focus, she supports large-scale business and technical transformation, leveraging her expertise in change management and behavioural economics. Kylie excels in leading large sales and delivery teams across multiple disciplines and regions, driving the adoption and embrace of new technologies. She is adept at growing capabilities and skills to meet market demand across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, and at building partnerships and alliances to solve client challenges.

Kylie has extensive experience working across all industries and is well-connected with key C-suite stakeholders in federal, state, and local government, as well as in retail, mining, oil and gas, utilities, distribution, health, and financial services. She has a proven track record of driving cultural change and embracing diversity and inclusion, earning awards in coaching, mentoring, and innovation.

With over 25 years of executive leadership experience in technology and consulting, spanning multiple industries, international geographies, and platforms, Kylie is well-versed in Google, AWS, IBM Cloud, and Azure. Her solution experience and qualifications include cybersecurity, data, AI, cloud, and change management. Additionally, she is an AI ethicist with some quantum computing capability.

Kylie is also a media spokesperson, keynote speaker, and author on technology topics, and serves as an advisor to universities and government agencies on cyber, technology research, and education.

With 20+ years’ experience in leading marketing & communications teams in the B2B technology sector, I have led high-performing marketing & sales development teams for Tier 1 technology brands including FullStory, Dynatrace, PagerDuty, Okta, Salesforce, Infor, Intel Security, McAfee, EMC, VMWare, IBM and Gartner.

As an award-winning, customer-focused professional, my roles have focused on pipeline generation, differentiated brand awareness & thought-leadership creation across all channels (direct, partner, social & digital).

You can count on a curious, technology-obsessed, passionate, people-focused, results-driven & inspiring leader with a strong work ethic & great sense of fun!

EXPERTISE:
– Pipeline generation & growth strategy
– Strategic marketing & business planning for Global & APJ
– Integrated marketing communications programs
– Social and digital marketing
– Channel & partner marketing
– Thought leadership research & content creation
– Public & government relations
– Account Based Marketing
– Leading, developing and motivating high performance SDR/BDR Teams
– Stakeholder management, teaming & cross-functional collaboration
– Team development & cross-functional business leadership

Throughout her career, Sally has held several key leadership positions, each marked by significant achievements. As the Chief Operating Officer at Belle Property, she implemented critical improvements across board reporting, compliance, and financial modelling, enabling the business to target opportunities more effectively. In her tenure as National Director and Head of Operations at Colliers, Sally doubled both revenue and profit for the commercial property management division in just four years, earning her the 2019 Outstanding Professional Services Award.

Transitioning into corporate strategy facilitation, she led many projects and recently spearheaded the acquisition of Proptech Group for MRI Software, instilling change management principles and achieving significant synergies within six months of the acquisition.

Believing in the power of authentic connections and relationships, Sally thrives on continuous learning, offering support, and creating opportunities. With a curious and intuitive mindset, she quickly grasps business needs, particularly in fast-paced environments. Sally’s executive leadership experience equips her with the expertise and cultural acumen necessary to coach and mentor fellow executives or collaborate with businesses in identifying and addressing pain points to ensure they achieve their goals.

MBA educated senior IT manager with exceptional track record in leading and managing small and large teams in complex IT environments. Possesses 25 years in IT with 15 years in strategic, project and operational leadership capacity. Fosters a culture of teamwork, innovation and continuous improvement to drive reductions in costs, improve IT service levels and deliver new business services. Excels in ensuring organizations have the right data, business processes and systems to run efficiently.

Digital and data transformational leader who has a rare combination of strategic leadership and technical knowledge. Susan has successfully led many Data analytics and digital strategies and programs of work. Susan is well regarded by business executives, peers, vendors and her teams as she has the influence, ability and tenacity to drive success, change and innovation. She is a leader who collaborates widely and builds strong and productive relationships across the organisation.

Susan is a passionate advocate for utilising AI in supporting business strategy. In her current role she leads efforts to ensure the ethical implementation of AI at the university. Susan focuses on fostering AI fluency, governance, and technical and organisational change capabilities while balancing opportunities and risks. She has developed clear governance mechanisms, including an AI policy to drive responsible AI utilisation and empower the university’s strategic decision-making and new ways of working.