ANZCHAM this June 2022

Time is flying so fast and we are almost halfway through the year. The national election is also now over and I join everyone in celebrating the generally peaceful conduct of it. Here at ANZCHAM, our focus remains the same, and we are continuing to offer our community various ways through which our members can grow and thrive whatever the situation is.

Glad to see you all again

The month of May has been exemplary in that regard, as we sought to connect, engage, and promote the interests of our members.

With regard to engagement, we held this year’s CEO Forum with the theme Redefining the Executive Agenda last 11 May. Effective leadership is one of ANZCHAM’s pillars and in this event, we engaged our members through the timely and insightful discussions between our community and Teresita Sy-Coson of BDO Unibank and Boyet Santiago of ANZ. 

And then on the connecting side, we will finally held our first face-to-face event in more than two years: our annual New Members’ Cocktail. Everyone had an amazing time catching up and chatting with friends, as well as meeting and networking with new ones in person. I am personally glad to have welcomed our new members face-to-face.

Last, though certainly not the least, is promoting. On this regard, we held the final round of the IFC Resilience Hackathon last 27th of May, where we promoted not only our values of sustainability and innovation, but also some of our members who are involved in infrastructure, engineering, and mining. We hope that this will not be the last event of this kind for us and we enjoin you to continue supporting initiatives like this that make an impact not only within our community but more importantly, outside.

Strengthening our values and helping our members grow

This month of June will be no different in our goal of further strengthening our values and helping our members grow. To start, we are launching our new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, which expands the important work that our Women in Business Committee has done. The DEI Committee envisions an ANZCHAM that “exists to promote diversity, equity and inclusiveness among its members and affiliates, resulting to organizations with equitable workplaces that foster authenticity, engagement and better business outcomes.” We hope you will give the same steadfast support like you did for our WiB Committee to this new one.

We are also continuing to invite you to join us on the 14th of June, 6:00-8:00 p.m., as we give a proper and in-person send-off to Australian Ambassador Steven J. Robinson. He has been a solid partner of our community in the past three years, and I hope to see you all there as we bid a happy goodbye. The venue will be at The Atrium at Enderun and you may register now through this link.

Our Advanced Learning Academy is also packed this month, with a fourth batch of Executive Presence commencing on the 23rd of June and Effectively Engaging Your Stakeholders happening on the 28th (register here). I’m also sharing with you a course for executives on how to they can effectively use social media, To Be or Not To Be Social, in partnership with Edith Cowan University. Happening in 15 July, we’re offering an early bird rate if you register through this link before 15 June.

Last, and most certainly not the least, is the first virtual signature event of our new DEI Committee, Fostering Authenticity in the Workplace this 23 June. Joining us in important conversations on how workplaces can foster genuineness and diversity are Julian Clarke of Telstra, Amy Haddad of Tetra Tech and Philip Gioca of JobStreet. You may register for this event through this link.