2008 Women and Management Dinner
Jun, 2008
Pera Wells, Secretary General of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and Laura Hartman, Vice President for Academic Affairs at DePaul University in Chicago, are this year’s speakers for the Women and Management (WAM) dinner on Tuesday 5 August.
Pera Wells is a former Australian diplomat who held posts in Ghana, the UK and the UN. She was the Director of the first Human Rights Section in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and also established the first Human Rights Unit of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, where she worked closely with the Program for the Advancement of Women. Now based in New York, she oversees an international network of over 100 United Nations Associations. She is an alumna of Melbourne Business School (Management Development Program 1989).
Laura Hartman is a leading scholar in business ethics, specialising in the alleviation of global poverty through profitable corporate partnerships. A professor of Business Ethics and Legal Studies, she is also Research Director of the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics at DePaul University and holds the Gourlay Professorship of Ethics at MBS/Trinity College at the University of Melbourne (2007-2008).
The pair will be speaking on how women can lead the efforts of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Clare Pullar, Director of Advancement at MBS and MC for the event, says the School is privileged to have such acclaimed individuals together for one occasion.
"These women are nudging global community in distinctive ways towards a common outcome – that of leaving a positive legacy in sustainable, economical and political futures."
Now in its 11th year, the WAM dinner is a pre-eminent forum for exploring issues relating to gender, diversity and leadership in the workplace. The event features high-calibre guest speakers and attracts over 600 guests - men and women - from corporate, government and community sectors.
The 2008 dinner will be held at Sofitel Melbourne on Tuesday 5 August.
