Jeniffer Deasy’s family has a strong naval heritage, with much of the male population joining the Royal Australian Navy. “I have eight siblings,” says Jeniffer Deasy, owner/director of North Australia Career & Training... read more

One of the first things Peter Burke had to do after arriving in Jos, Nigeria, was to learn how to cope with very basic conditions. “It’s chaotic,” Burke says. “You might have water once a fortnight, you might have some... read more

It was during his university days in Australia that Hong Kong executive Patrick Kwok CPA discovered his love for coffee. “I used to visit coffee shops in Melbourne [in places] like Degraves Street, Southbank, and Lygon Street and loved the... read more

The whole world, it seems, is busy downloading apps. Australians love them and they also have a raging love affair with phones – nearly half own a smartphone, the second-highest adoption rate in the world, and in the past four years have... read more

On the steps of the Lorna Jane headquarters, company employees dressed head-to-toe in the active wear label stop to chat as they step out for their lunchbreaks. At the front desk, visitors to the industrial precinct near Brisbane airport in... read more

It's not a phrase you hear often these days: “I see my job as a mission.” At least, not in public. But it’s a statement made sincerely by Bruce Gosper, the new head of Australia’s peak trade body, Austrade. Gosper... read more

Six years ago, Anna Shedrina was working with Dental Services Australia, in the process of attaining her CPA designation, working part-time at a gym and coming off the back of winning the Women’s National Olympic Trap Championship. The... read more

Michael Lim has a big job to do. As the chairman of the newly formed Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC), he is tasked with transforming the Singapore accountancy sector and helping it capitalise on the multibillion-dollar Asia-Pacific market... read more

  Ponting was earmarked at just 12 as a cricketer of talent. At 15 he was plucked from suburban Launceston, Tasmania, to train with the up-and-comers at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. The head coach there was one of... read more

Ben Packham wanted to make a big impact when he arrived in landlocked Mongolia to volunteer for a year – but the Sydney CPA soon discovered making a difference would be a lot harder than he had expected. “I had to realise you... read more

The fourth Women on Boards conference recently concluded in Sydney. This year’s conference posed the question, “Where to now?” for female leaders. INTHEBLACK spoke with one conference attendee, Coles Express national marketing... read more

“Australia’s future is going to be intimately bound up with Asia,” said Dr Margaret Byrne, Principal at UGM Consulting and chair of the final session of the fourth Women on Boards conference held in Sydney in early May. “We... read more

New Zealander Ross Buckley was well on the way to forging an impressive international career with Big Four auditor KPMG, so he didn’t bat an eye when asked to provide technical training and support in the Middle East after stints at the coal... read more

A phenomenal rise in e-commerce sales has generated a bonanza in parcel deliveries – and it’s not only Australia Post that’s reaping rich rewards. Freight aggregator Temando, a fast-growing delivery booking engine servicing... read more

If you want a position on a not-for-profit (NFP) government or industry association board, you’d better be passionate about it, is the gospel according to several experienced board members speaking at this year’s Women on Boards... read more

Future work, says author, journalist and international speaker Alison Maitland, represents a world of infinite possibilities. “For a lot of people this is here and now, but for a lot of organisations, large organisations, it may seem far off... read more

If there’s one theme that keeps bubbling to the surface at the fourth Women on Boards conference in Sydney, Australia, it’s this: while progress has been made in the area of gender equality in business, there’s still a long way... read more

“How do we measure progress? Who are we comparing our progress to? Do we measure progress by generation change? Do we measure progress by how our parents fare, how our mothers fare?” Human rights and EEO lawyer Kate Eastman posed these... read more

Dr Simon Marais prides himself on being a contrarian investor. He buys when, as a result of a shock event or a profits wipe-out, a company’s share price has collapsed and recovery looks so doubtful that most investors head straight for the... read more

Hundreds of women – from international experts on gender diversity to non-executive directors and others striving to climb the corporate ladder – will gather at the 2013 Women on Boards Conference in Sydney this month to address... read more

Drug cheats, tantrums, bribery, corruption, the elation of winning, the despair of losing. As a career sports administrator, chef de mission of six Australian Olympic teams and a member of the International Olympic Committee executive, Australian... read more

Poppy King has been called many things in her lifetime, but one of the more favourable monikers of late has been “Don Draper”. The comparison to television’s favourite ad man stems not from the Mad Men character’s dapper... read more

How do women make successful careers? And how can they help the next generation of working women? Great careers today take not only persistence and planning but often, a little help from our friends. On Wednesday 8 May 2013, the fourth Women on... read more

When INTHEBLACK interviewed Kirsty Summersides CPA in December 2006 she was working as finance manager at Richard Jay Laundry Equipment, a family-run company in South Australia. Since then the 39-year-old has moved on to the world of forensic... read more

Landing in Pakistan after the worst floods in the nation’s history, David Mikhael CPA had to draw on all his training. Around him, raging torrents had devoured bridges and homes and displaced eight million people. As second-in-charge at the... read more