Global Australian Podcast
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -In this podcast series, Season 3 shines a spotlight on the outstanding GameChangers from the Global Australian Awards 2023, who are making a substantial impact around the world. These inspiring individuals generously share the story of their international career journey with us, the highlights and challenges, and what motivates them in their work. We celebrate their optimism, creativity and resourcefulness to succeed across the globe. We hope you enjoy listening to the stories of these remarkable global Australians.
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2023 GameChangers EP24: Dr Jessie Christiansen
October 25, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.08 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Jessie Christiansen, a GameChanger in the Emerging Leader category of the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Jessie is an accomplished Australian astrophysicist who spends her days hunting for new planets. As the lead scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Archive at the California Institute of Technology, Jessie’s research focuses on studying exoplanets, which are planets around other stars. She has published multiple exoplanet discoveries and co-authored discoveri...
2023 GameChangers EP22: Peter Osborne
October 25, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this episode, you will meet Peter Osborne ,a GameChanger in the Inspiring Corporate Leader category of the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Peter is a distinguished business leader and champion of Australian industry across Asia, supporting the growth of many now-global companies into the region over the past 30 years. A former trade diplomat-turned-corporate executive, Peter has spent the past three decades living and working in Asia. Combining decades of experience as a leader and advi...
2023 GameChangers EP21: Dr Sri (Fitri) Safitri
October 25, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Sri (Fitri) Safitri, a GameChanger in the Alumni category of the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Fitri is a digital transformation trailblazer, whose passion for customer experience and education has driven technology advancements impacting the lives of millions of people across Indonesia. For more than 20 years, Fitri has been working at the forefront of Indonesia’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, helping to develop the digital ec...
2023 GameChangers EP20: Anan Bouapha
October 23, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this episode, you will meet Anan Bouapha, a GameChanger in the Alumni category of the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Anan is an internationally renowned human rights leader, and the founder of Laos’ first LGBTQI rights organisation. As founder of Proud To Be Us Laos, Anan is dedicated to promoting equal rights for people within sexual and gender diversity communities. He is referred by the HuffingtonPost as the leader of the country’s nascent LGBTQI movement, working to integrate LGBTQ...
2023 GameChangers EP19: Dr Stefania Peracchi
October 23, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Stefania Peracchi, a GameChanger in Global Talent for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Stefania is a nuclear physicist and engineer working at the cutting edge of international space research. As an Accelerator Beamline Scientist at the Centre for Accelerator Science of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Stefania is using precision ion irradiations through powerful particle accelerators to investigate the effects of spac...
2023 GameChangers EP25: Gregory Constantine
October 23, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this episode, you will meet Gregory Constantine, a GameChanger in the Emerging Leader category of the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Gregory is an Australian tech entrepreneur whose pioneering technology company is reimaging carbon dioxide utilisation, turning a problem into a solution for the planet. As Co-founder/CEO of Air Company, Gregory is focused on converting greenhouse gases into valuable products, driving innovative solutions for decarbonisation. In this interview Gregory ...
2023 GameChangers EP23: Luke Petherbridge
October 23, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.54 MBIn this episode, you will meet Luke Petherbridge, a GameChanger in the Inspiring Corporate Leader category of the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Luke leads the largest operator of logistics real estate in the US and is catalysing innovation across logistics and supply chains. As CEO of Link Logistics, Luke oversees the largest US-focused warehouse and business park portfolio with a staggering 5% of America’s GDP flowing through their buildings. In this interview Luke shares how he fell ...
2023 GameChangers EP18: Dr Nasir Mahmood
October 22, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Nasir Mahmood, a GameChanger in Global Talent for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Nasir is a world-leading materials engineer, working at the frontline of scientific discovery and research into clean energy solutions. As a Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne, Nasir is leading a body of research into innovative new ways to leverage advanced materials for a sustainable, clean-energy future. In early 2023, Nasir and hi...
2023 GameChangers EP17: Stuart Skelton
October 22, 2023 23:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode, you will meet Stuart Skelton, a GameChanger in the Creative Excellence category for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Stuart is a grammy-nominated operatic powerhouse, who has been captivating audiences for more than 20 years as one of the world’s finest heldentenors. Winner of the 2014 International Opera Awards Male Singer of the Year, Stuart has been critically acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty and his intensely dramatic portrayals in performanc...
2023 GameChangers EP16: Elliot Kotek
October 22, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, you will meet Elliot Kotek, a GameChanger in the Creative Excellence category for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Elliot is a global creative arts leader, whose hunger for innovation and impact drives his groundbreaking approach to storytelling and content creation. Based in Los Angeles, Elliot is Founder and CEO of award-winning production company The Nation of Artists, a multi-media studio that works collaboratively to produce high-impact content ranging from documen...
2023 GameChangers EP14: Andrew Quilty
October 19, 2023 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode, you will meet Andrew Quilty, a GameChanger in Social Impact for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Andrew is an impressive multi award-winning photographer and journalist who spent a decade documenting the impact of war on the lives of civilians across Afghanistan. Andrew travelled to two thirds of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, documenting the country through pictures and the written word, shedding light on the rich and often untold stories of people and places at the centr...
2023 GameChangers EP13: Iris Lun
October 19, 2023 02:00 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MBIn this episode, you will meet Iris Lun, a GameChanger in Technology & Entrepreneurship for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Iris is an actuary-turned entrepreneur who has channelled her passion for data and technology into providing greater transparency and fairness across the insurance industry. With 20 years of international experience in the insurance industry across Australia, Asia and Europe, she honed her skills as a consultant for life insurers, before eventually co-founding in...
2023 GameChangers EP15: Annette Young
October 19, 2023 02:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this episode, you will meet Annette Young, a GameChanger in Social Impact for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Annette is an award-winning journalist and television news presenter, dedicated to shining the spotlight on the stories of women who are reshaping the world. As the creator, producer and host of France 24’s unique current affairs program ‘The 51 Percent’, Annette has developed a global platform to showcase stories about gender equality from an intentionally feminist lens. ...
2023 GameChangers EP12: Peter Hazlehurst
October 19, 2023 01:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, you will meet Peter Hazlehurst, a GameChanger in Technology & Entrepreneurship for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Peter is a global fintech entrepreneur and investor who has spent 30 years leading and building tech companies in the heart of Silicon Valley. His career has spanned from startups to big tech, harnessing his passion for building new technology, growing great teams and finding new ways of doing business. In this interview, Peter shares the details of his i...
2023 GameChangers EP11: Fa’aso’otauloa Sam Saili
October 16, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIn this episode, you will meet Fa’aso’otauloa Sam Saili, a GameChanger in Indo-Pacific Impact for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Sam is a seasoned technology expert and community leader driving digital transformation across the Pacific. With nearly 30 years of experience in the ICT sector, Sam co-founded SkyEye Pacific, designed to enable even the most grass-roots vendors to partake in the global digital economy. A fellow of RSA and a two-time Samoa Observer People of the Year awardee...
2023 GameChangers EP10: Dr Catherine Lee
October 16, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.99 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Catherine Lee, GameChanger in the Indo-Pacific Impact category of the Global Australian Awards 2023. Catherine is a distinguished craniofacial orthodontist who is dedicated to changing the lives of underprivileged children with cleft and craniofacial conditions across Asia. Catherine aims to establish a lasting global model for cleft care humanitarian efforts, collaborating and sharing knowledge to impact underserved areas worldwide. In this interview, Cath...
2023 GameChangers EP2: Dr Cle-Anne Gabriel
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Cle-Anne Gabriel, recipient of the Global Talent Award in the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Cle-Anne is a leading figure in sustainable development. With over 15 years of global experience, she currently acts as the Head of Decarbonisation Transformation at KPMG Australia. Using her expertise on climate change, sustainability and energy transition, Cle-Anne drives sustainable initiatives on a global scale. In this interview, Cle-Anne shares her incredi...
2023 GameChangers EP3: Lucy McRae
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.08 MBIn this episode, you will meet Lucy McRae, recipient of the Creative Excellence Award for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Lucy is a pioneering science fiction artist and ‘body architect,’ challenging the intersection of technology and human evolution. Her art has graced esteemed venues worldwide, and she has collaborated with institutions like MIT and NASA to continue growing her unique perspective and fuel her transformative ideas. Blurring the boundaries of film, art, architecture, ...
2023 GameChangers EP4: Andrea Della Mattea
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 8.24 MBIn this episode, you will meet Andrea Della Mattea, recipient of the Inspiring Corporate Leader for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Andrea is a global leader in technology, driving innovation and inclusive economic growth. As President of Microsoft Asia Pacific, she oversees operations across 15 different countries, using over 25 years of experience to empower individuals and organisations through technology. In this interview, Andrea shares the challenges and highlights in her role, ...
2023 GameChangers EP5: Dr Brett Parkinson
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.74 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Brett Parkinson, recipient of the Emerging Leader Award for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Brett is a leading chemical engineer at the forefront of clean energy and decarbonisation. As Senior Manager of R&D at C-Zero, Brett plays a significant role in the organisations mission to combat climate change through innovation. In this interview, Brett shares his passion for finding solutions to one of the greatest challenges of all time - climate change. H...
2023 GameChangers EP1: Professor Glenn Denning
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this first episode of Season 3, you will meet Professor Glenn Denning, announced the Global Australian of the Year in 2023. Incredibly, Glenn was also awarded the Global Impact Award this year. In the 12 years of the Awards, no finalist has ever received both of these particular awards. The Judging Panel were so impressed with Glenn’s incredible work, and his consistent impact and determination in different roles over 40 years, that they believed his work should be honoured with both t...
2023 GameChangers EP7: Yalda Hakim
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIn this episode, you will meet Yalda Hakim, recipient of the Social Impact Award for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Yalda is an award-winning journalist and global news presenter who has been at the forefront of the industry for nearly two decades. Known for her high-profile interviews with global leaders, on the ground reporting in global conflict zones, Yalda uses her talent to highlight poignant stories of people and places affected by poverty and war. In this interview, Yalda gen...
2023 GameChangers EP8: Prof Armand Salvador B. Mijares
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBIn this episode, you will meet Professor Armand Mijares, recipient of the Indo-Pacific Impact Award for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Armand is an archaeologist at the University of the Philippines-Diliman who garnered world-wide recognition for his discovery of the Homo luzonensis species. Specialising in early human migration with a rich academic background, alongside his work Armand dedicates his time to mentoring the next generation of archaeologists. In this interview, Armand s...
2023 GameChangers EP9: Prof Abelardo Apollo I David Jr.
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode, you will meet Professor Abelardo Apollo I David Jr, recipient of the Alumni Award for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Known affectionately as “Teacher Archie”, Abelardo is a devoted occupational therapist and educator dedicated to creating inclusive opportunities for differently-abled children across the Philippines and helping their journey of independence and empowerment. In this inspiring interview, Archie shares his journey and what motivates him in his work every...
2023 GameChangers EP6: Dr Kynan Eng
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Kynan Eng, recipient of the Technology & Entrepreneurship for the Global Australian Awards in 2023. Kynan, as CEO of Zurich-based startup, iniVation, is at the cutting edge of neuromorphic engineering. His track record includes co-founding and advising multiple tech ventures, securing over $20 million in funding. In this interview, Kynan simplifies the complex field of neuromorphic engineering and helps us understand the real and practical value of the prod...
2022 GameChangers EP32: Prof Kate Manne
May 26, 2023 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.56 MBIn this episode, you will meet Prof Kate Manne, Emerging Leader GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Professor Kate Manne is a moral philosopher, regarded as one of the world’s top thinkers in the field of feminist philosophy. A prominent writer and commentator, Prof Manne’s first book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny was published at the height of the #MeToo movement, exploring the nature, function and persistence of misogyny. The award-winning book offered a bridge between ...
2022 GameChangers EP31: Dr Lee Rong
May 23, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Lee Rong, Technology & Entrepreneurship GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Lee Rong is a global pioneer of information and communication technologies shaping the future of Industry 4.0. With over 20 years international experience in ICT and Operational Technology, Dr Rong is one of the world’s leading technical and commercial experts on 5G, cloud computing and Industry 4.0. Having studied and worked in the field in Australia, France, Japa...
2022 GameChangers EP30: Rachel G Barnard
May 19, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode, you will meet Rachel G Barnard, Social Impact GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Rachel G Barnard is a social practice artist who has used art to divert young people out of the criminal justice system. In 2011, Ms Barnard founded Young New Yorkers (YNY), an arts diversion program for teens being prosecuted as adults in criminal courts. From 2012-2022, over 1500 young people have been sentenced to make art with YNY instead of jail or other adult sanctions, an...
2022 GameChangers EP29: Dr Seiji Armstrong
February 02, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Seiji Armstrong, Technology and Entrepreneurship Awardee in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Seiji Armstrong is a quantum physicist and machine learning specialist on a mission to make the internet safer. As Head of Machine Learning in the Trust and Safety division at Google headquarters in California, Dr Armstrong leads a dedicated team focused on protecting child safety, countering violent extremism and, most recently, eradicating Covid-19-related r...
2022 GameChangers EP28: Prof Kate Crawford
January 24, 2023 05:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this episode, you will meet Professor Kate Crawford, Technology and Entrepreneurship GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Professor Kate Crawford is a leading scholar of the social and political implications of artificial intelligence (AI). As an award-winning author and academic who has dedicated more than 20 years to researching the impacts of technology on the modern world, Prof Crawford plays a critical role in shaping the global understanding of how machine learning, d...
2022 GameChangers EP24: Cameron McLean
January 24, 2023 04:00 - 11 minutes - 8.05 MBIn this episode, you will meet Cameron McLean, Inspiring Corporate Leader GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Cameron McLean is a global leader in the rapidly growing fintech industry. Since starting out at Westpac in Sydney more than 25 years ago, he has built a global career as a senior executive working at the intersection of technology and financial services. Today, he is Senior Vice President for Europe and Australia Enterprise at PayPal, where he’s responsible for the c...
2022 GameChangers EP25: Caroline Malcolm
January 24, 2023 04:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this episode, you will meet Caroline Malcolm, Education & Research GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Caroline Malcolm is one of the world’s most influential voices on blockchain and digital assets, and their impact on international public policy. As a senior leader working at the intersection of technology and financial systems, Ms Malcolm has spent the past decade at the forefront of global policy-making on tech, finance and tax issues. She was the founding Head of the ...
2022 GameChangers EP26: Khunapong Khunaraksa
January 24, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBIn this episode, you will meet Khunapong Khunaraksa, Sustainability GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Khunapong Khunaraksa is an energetic advocate for sustainability and social impact in Asia, and has dedicated his career to solving the region’s toughest sustainability issues in water sanitation and plastic pollution. He has pioneered sustainable market-based models to address the intersection of environmental, social, and financial barriers to build inclusive and circular...
2022 GameChangers EP27: Craig Leeson
January 24, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBIn this episode, you will meet Craig Leeson, Sustainability GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Craig Leeson is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, presenter and entrepreneur, on a mission to end single-use plastic within a generation. He is the executive producer, director, writer and narrator of landmark global documentary A Plastic Ocean (2016), which documents the devastating global impact of plastic pollution on people and the planet. This year, he released his much ...
2022 GameChangers EP23: Tanya De Hoog
January 19, 2023 01:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this episode, you will meet Tanya De Hoog, Inspiring Corporate Leader GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Tanya de Hoog is a world-leading structural engineer placing impact at the centre of structural engineering. As a Principal at structural engineering and design firm Thornton Tomasetti, Ms De Hoog has built a global platform for driving social and environmental innovation across the industry. After almost fifteen years establishing, growing and leading the firm’s Londo...
2022 GameChangers EP22: Frances Voon
January 18, 2023 23:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBIn this episode, you will meet Frances Voon, Social Impact Awardee in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Frances Voon is a global human rights leader who has dedicated her life to advancing the rights of refugees. As Executive Manager of UNSW’s Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Ms Voon provides strategic leadership at the world’s first centre for international refugee law, with the aim of placing evidence and principle at the centre of what remains a divisive t...
2022 GameChangers EP21: Prof Phiala Shanahan
January 18, 2023 23:00 - 10 minutes - 7.5 MBIn this episode, you will meet Prof Phiala Shanahan, Education and Research GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Professor Phiala Shanahan is a world-leading theoretical physicist and an inspiration to aspiring young scientists all over the world. At just 31 years of age, Prof Shanahan was just 27 years old when she became the youngest Professor of Physics at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where her research in theoretical nuclear and particle phy...
2022 GameChangers EP19: Dr Hum Gurung
January 18, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Hum Gurung, Asia Impact GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Hum Gurung is a relentless conservationist dedicated to ensuring communities are placed at the centre of environmental sustainability. He has dedicated his professional life to promoting environmental conservation and has become a respected ambassador for conservation between Nepal and Australia. In this capacity, he has provided and continues to seek opportunities to strengthen p...
2022 GameChangers EP20: Dr Siobhan Martin
January 18, 2023 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Siobhan Martin, Inspiring Corporate Leader Awardee in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Siobhan Martin is a global champion of diversity and inclusion, whose leadership is transforming the experiences of workers and communities around the globe. Named one of the world’s most influential HR Practitioners and top 10 global LGBT executives, Dr Martin has combined a PhD in Forensic Psychology from Monash University, with decades of global experience in hu...
2022 GameChangers EP18: Noni Purnomo
January 18, 2023 22:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, you will meet Noni Purnomo, Asia Impact GameChanger in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Noni Purnomo is one of South-East Asia’s most influential business leaders and is a champion of education for all, with a strong focus on supporting female entrepreneurship. Ms Purnomo is the President Director of Bluebird Group Holding as well as the founder of Bluebird Peduli, a philanthropy division of Blue Bird Group. She is also a founding member of Angel Investment group, ANGIN,...
2022 GameChangers EP17: Nicole Rycroft
January 05, 2023 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBIn this episode, you will meet Nicole Rycroft, Sustainability Awardee in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Ms Rycroft has been transforming unsustainable supply chains to save the world’s forests for over two decades. As founder and Executive Director of award winning environmental not-for-profit, Canopy, Ms Rycroft works with some of the world’s biggest publishing, print and fashion companies to introduce sustainable solutions for the manufacture and distribution of everyday products. A ...
2022 GameChangers EP16: Tara June Winch
December 20, 2022 03:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this episode, you will meet Tara June Winch, The Arts Awardee in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Wiradjuri author, Tara June Winch, is one of the greats of contemporary Australian literature. Through her writing, she tells the stories of characters forced to live at the margins, compelling readers to understand the complexity of life for those who society has rejected, ignored and abused. Through Ms Winch’s cast of critically-acclaimed novels and short stories, she has brought to lig...
2022 GameChangers EP13: Dr Martin Seneviratne
December 19, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Martin Seneviratne, Emerging Leader Awardee in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Seneviratne is a doctor-turned-data scientist, bridging the divide between technology and healthcare. As a Senior Clinical Scientist with Google Health in London, Dr Seneviratne is an emerging leader in the nascent field of digital health, working on mobile tools and machine learning to improve the quality and accessibility of care. Hear Dr Seneviratne share more about hi...
2022 GameChangers EP15: Dr Barry Kirby AO
December 19, 2022 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Barry Kirby AO, Science and Healthcare Awardee in the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Kirby AO is a carpenter-turned-doctor whose radical career change is now saving the lives of new mothers and babies in remote communities across Papua New Guinea. The founder of not-for-profit organisation, The Hands of Rescue, Dr Kirby has dedicated the second half of his life to reducing maternal mortality across PNG, providing remote maternal health checks, training ...
2022 GameChangers EP14: Dr Antoni Tsaputra
December 19, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Antoni Tsaputra, GameChanger in the Alumni category of the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Tsaputra is a champion of inclusion and accessibility for people living with a disability. Following extensive studies in Australia, Dr Tsaputra has combined his positions as a government official, academic researcher and disability activist to drive systemic change in the way government policy is developed to include and benefit those living with a disability. Hav...
2022 GameChangers EP12: Madhavi Shankar
December 19, 2022 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.77 MBIn this episode, you will meet Madhavi Shankar, GameChanger in the Alumni category of the Global Australian Awards 2022. Ms Shankar is a tech entrepreneur breaking through barriers for women in STEM across India and beyond. As co-founder and CEO of one of India’s fast growing tech startups, SpaceBasic, Ms Shankar inspires women and girls across her country, eager to overcome gender and cultural stereotypes, to become leaders in business and entrepreneurship. She represents a new generatio...
2022 GameChangers EP11: Rachel Davis
December 15, 2022 23:00 - 14 minutes - 9.82 MBIn this episode, you will meet Rachel Davis, GameChanger in the Social Impact category of the Global Australian Awards 2022. Ms Davis is a passionate advocate for human rights who has played a critical role in shaping the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The Guiding Principles have set the benchmark for how business must operate in a human rights context around the world. Today, as co-founder of New York based non-profit Shift, Ms Davis continues to influence the way tho...
2022 GameChangers EP10: Dr Shafali Gupta
December 15, 2022 00:00 - 11 minutes - 8.23 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Shafali Gupta, GameChanger in the Australian Global Talent category of the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Gupta is a molecular biologist on a mission to eradicate plastic pollution. As Co-founder and Co-CEO of sustainable packaging startup Uuvipak, Dr Gupta is chasing the ambitious goal of replacing 1 billion plastic products with their biodegradable, vegan, edible eco-packaging by the end of 2025. Dr Gupta leapt into the world of entrepreneurship in 20...
2022 GameChangers EP9: Dr Rosemary Morrow
December 14, 2022 03:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Rosemary Morrow, GameChanger in the Science & Healthcare category of the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Morrow is a global expert on one of the most critical metrics of climate change: sea level. As a leading oceanographer, based at the Laboratory of Space Geophysical and Oceanographic Studies (LEGOS) in France, Dr Morrow’s research over the past three decades has played a central role in scientific understanding of sea level variations, and the connect...
2022 GameChangers EP8: Dr Stephen Hicks
December 14, 2022 03:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this episode, you will meet Dr Stephen Hicks, GameChanger in the Science and Healthcare category of the Global Australian Awards 2022. Dr Hicks is a scientist-turned-tech entrepreneur whose pioneering work is changing the lives of people living with visual impairment. An award-winning Oxford neuroscientist, Dr Hicks has spent the past decade researching and inventing at the cutting edge of medical innovation, combining neuroscience, computer vision, augmented reality and wearable techno...