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Inspired, intrepid and (almost) invincible. Meet the INTHEBLACK Young Business Leaders 2014.TRANSCRIPT
WHO ARE THE NEXT LEADERS?
THEY’RE DISRUPTERS, COLLABORATORS AND AGILE NETWORKERS. Many display a strong desire to make a personal impact by using their business know-how in social enterprises. All of this year’s INTHEBLACK Young Business Leaders are aged under 40 and most have a finance qualification, but their careers are extraordinarily diverse.
MEET THE JUDGING PANEL
Penny Egan FCPAPresident and chairman,CPA Australia
Alex Malley FCPAChief executive,CPA Australia
David Spong FCPACFO, Ericsson Australia, NZ and Fiji
Jen Dalitz CPAGender balance consultant and founder, Sphinxx
Preston Kevin LewisManaging director, Warner Bros Consumer Products, Australia, NZ and India
Aaron Musca CPACFO, IKEA Australia
“You need to ask silly questions when you are in the early part of your career, before you are seen as ‘the expert’.”
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied, 22Ground well engineer, Shell
“The motivation was really trying to create something from the ground up.”
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Paul Luczak CPA, 31Director, White Sky
LEADERSHIP DOES NOT JUST EQUATE TO EARNING BIG DOLLARS. There is a genuine passion and vision to do something that makes a difference and the commitment there is so refreshing.
“When you have that accounting background, you realise it’s still a numbers game if it’s engineering or another kind of firm.”
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Matthew Tee Kai Woon CPA, 38Group executive director
Bina Puri
“Sound financial management makes a difference where it really matters.”
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Chelsea Collins CPA, 29Finance Manager, Oxfam GB
Panel insight: “They’re very driven towards making sure that whatever solution they come up with, it’s not going to be a five-minute fix. It will be sustainable.”
“We turn out great technology but because we are a small market we have a much harder job.”
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Israel Cooper CPA, 32Co-founder, CFO and senior VP
Trigger Happy
“We were trying to solve the challenge of the chicken or the egg: whether you get the people or the clients first.”
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Vickie Ping Wai Fan CPA, 37Managing partner, Fan, Chan & Co
THEY APPLY EARLY SUCCESS TO A BIGGER CANVAS. Young business leaders should always be looking to develop their skills for a larger map of leadership; to test themselves all the time with their capacity to influence better behaviour.
“I’ve never let age get in the way of anything I wanted to do.”
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Matt Baxby, 37Group executive
Retail and online bankingBank of Queensland
“The first 10,000 users are the hardest to get and we are just at that stage.”
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Tim Fung, 30CEO and co-founderAirtasker
Panel insight: “This generation has seen so much change so quickly that the way they look at the world is different.”
“How you manage people determines how successful you will be.”
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Neel Augusthy CPA, 36CFO supply chain
Johnson & Johnson Medical
“You always have to overcome something in the process of innovation.”
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Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, 37Group executive,
institutional banking and markets, CBA
LONG TERM EMPLOYEES ARE BECOMING RARE. Young leaders’ careers are fluid in nature, with a disregard for geographic boundaries or traditional hierarchy being both a benefit and a challenge for organisations.
“I believe in a quiet, strong and grounded leadership.”
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Rachael Chong, 32Founder, Catchafire
“If you over-plan you can blindside yourself to opportunities.”
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Greg Angenent CPA, 38Acting director, financial accounting and operations Department of Parliamentary Services
Panel insight: “They like to be in their own game, ride their own wave.”
“You have to have a lot of passion but if you can’t pay the bills it doesn’t work. But I’m an accountant and it’s natural to me.”
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Steve Hui CPA, 38CEO and founder, iFLYflat
“Having a replicable model, we can to expand at a much quicker rate for the next 18 months..”
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Katerina Kimmorley, 26Co-founder, Pollinate Energy
THEY ARE ALL DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY. Today’s young leaders play their own game – they are not predictable. They make a name for themselves by being disruptive. Yet there is also an eagerness to collaborate.
“Most Asian countries are trying to reform their accounting and auditing framework to comply with international standards.”
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Le The Viet CPA, 36Deputy director general,
Nexia International
“I force myself out of my comfort zone and take on challenges, because if you don’t, you don’t know what you’re capable of.”
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Nicolette Maury, 35Country manager and managing director, Intuit Australia
“I do feel motivation to do something that contributes to a better world, not only to make money.”
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Dorjee Sun, 36Social entrepreneur, founder & CEO Carbon
Conservation, director Carbon Agro
Panel insight: “Young leaders have a global vision and a collaborative take on leadership.”
“You have to think as though you are one of the owners of the business.”
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Fergus Lam FCPA, 39Director, internal audit and management services, Sa Sa International Holdings
“The growth has definitely been surprising. And through word of mouth.”
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Ned Dwyer, 30CEO, Elto
“The best advice I’ve had came from my dad: you are never really the owner of the business, you are the gatekeeper for the next generation.”
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Katherine Brown, 32Brand manager Brown Brothers
INNOVATORS. ENTREPRENEURS. HIGH ACHIEVERS. The individual approaches of the 2014 INTHEBLACK Young Business Leaders inspire a bright future for enterprises in all sectors.
