This event will be held via Zoom - click here to register and secure your spot.
Does your organisation’s procurement practices reflect its intent around gender equality?
In this virtual panel event, DPA is excited to host special guests, Jade Collins and Alanna Bastin-Byrne of Femeconomy, to discuss their recently developed Creating Gender Equality through Procurement Toolkit. The Toolkit is designed to support organisations to implement procurement strategies that create gender equality across their supply chains, and foster ethical supply practices. Dave Andrews will also join the discussion to share his first hand experience bringing the approach to life at Microsoft, sharing how they evolved their procurement processes to further gender equality.
This event will be of special interest to WGEA best-practice employers or aspiring organisations. For the first time, WGEA’s 2020-2021 Employer of Choice Citation criteria includes measures of gender responsive procurement, stating “your organisation must have procurement guidelines that encourage gender equality across your supply chain”. This Toolkit is designed to help organisations on that journey.
If you’re an inclusion advocate or a procurement specialist - you don’t want to miss this discussion. Register here.
Our Panel
Dave Andrews, Procurement Lead, Microsoft Australia and New Zealand
Since leaving university to take advantage of the mining boom in Australia, Dave has held procurement roles in construction, mining, health and now the technology industry with Microsoft. Dave is passionate about using procurement as a tool to create a more inclusive economy, driving innovation and changing the way procurement enable their business through the use of technology, simplification of policies, procedures and business led procurement.
Femeconomy Directors
Jade Collins has 20 years’ global experience in corporate executive Human Resources and management consulting roles in the Mining, Energy and Aerospace industries, leading large scale, complex multi-million-dollar change management programs. Jade finds the combination of her HR, Psychology and MBA qualifications and her leadership experience is invaluable for creating networks and engaging others to increase gender equality in leadership across industries. Jade was a member of the Queensland Government's Strategic Advisory Group for the Toward Gender Parity: Women on Boards Initiative and the 2019 CQU Alumni of the Year for Social Impact for her work with Femeconomy.
Alanna Bastin-Byrne has over 18 years’ experience in Marketing, Communications and Community Development leadership in the UK and Australia. Alanna’s experience spans a wide range of industries including Health, Arts, Events, Education, Social Housing and Tourism. The diversity of Alanna’s leadership experience has been instrumental in building Femeconomy’s engaged community to advance gender equality. In 2018 Alanna was announced as one of 80 Women2Watch in Business Disruption in US, Canada, Australia and Europe. In 2020 Alanna was a Telstra Business Woman of the Year finalist in Queensland.
