Australian business leaders share their lightbulb moment on gender diversity

Ian Narev, CEO, Commonwealth Bank

The main criticism that we’re going to put people in jobs that don’t deserve it — that’s rubbish.

The business case for gender diversity in leadership is well known, but the personal reflections of Australian business leaders about why diversity matters have been missing from the conversation. Until now …Australian business leaders — including Ian Narev, Brian Hartzer, Gordon Cairns, Philip Chronican and Stephen Roberts — have participated in Finsia’s Lightbulb Moments project, and share unique perspectives about how men can be champions of change to improve the representation of women in leadership.They each reveal insights that will resonate with all in the finance industry on a business, intellectual and emotional level.

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The films below are free for use by organisations that wish to start a conversation about diversity in the workplace. If you have any issues with the file formats below, please contact Caroline Falshaw A Fin, Manager, Corporate Affairs, c.falshaw@finsia.com.To discuss the films on social media, please use the hashtag #lightbulbmoments.

It takes a lightbulb moment


Stephen Roberts, Citi CEO and Country Officer Australia


Gordon Cairns, Chairman, Origin Energy

In that war for talent we were recruiting from 50 per cent of the gene pool — that for me was the turning point.