21
May

Event

VIC Emerging Leaders Forum 2025

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Accelerate your career at FINSIA’s Emerging Leaders Forum. 

At this event, you will gain exclusive insights from senior leaders on the challenges, changes and key career decisions they have faced in their careers. Get ready to build on essential leadership and networking skills with like-minded professionals.

 

How it works  
At each table, there will be a small group of professionals and one experienced leader. You’ll have the opportunity to talk about your career, receive valuable advice about how to make the most of the opportunities ahead of you and listen to what challenges your peers are currently facing.  

Throughout the night you will have the opportunity to change tables, giving you the chance to get a range of different perspectives and meet with fellow attendees. With two networking sessions, you’ll also have time to search out and pick the brains of the senior leaders you admire as well as build your network with peers.     

 

Early bird registration will open until Monday 28th April. All registrations will open until Wednesday 14th May or allocation exhausted. Registration requests submitted after Wednesday 14th May will be processed on a case-by-case basis. 

 

Students studying in Australia
Special rates are available for this event. Contact the events team for more details.

 

Sponsorship
Opportunities are available for this event. Contact the events team to learn more about how you can partner with us.

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Jacqui Bloom

Board Director, Left Write Hook; Investment Committee, Swinburne University of Technology

A seasoned entrepreneur, Jacqui’s career has seen her travel the globe and sit in executive operational roles with a proven track record in driving growth, raising capital, building funds, and facilitating investments within the startup ecosystem.

Jacqui leverages her extensive network combined with tactical strategy and investment expertise to propel ventures to new heights. She actively mentors aspiring entrepreneurs and evaluates promising ventures, and is currently appointed on the Investment Committee of Swinburne University and Breakthrough Victoria’s Innovation Platform.
Beyond her professional endeavors, Jacqui remains committed to philanthropic initiatives and social causes.

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Will Hamilton

Managing Director and Principal, Hamilton Wealth Partners

Will founded HWP in 2013, bringing nearly four decades of experience to the table, Will leads our strategic initiatives tailored to “keeping wealthy families wealthy,” ensuring they receive unparalleled value with a strong focus on client experience and communication.

Throughout his career, Will has navigated numerous investment cycles across different continents, including Australia, Hong Kong, and London. This global exposure has deepened his appreciation for the complexity and volatility of the investment markets.

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Islam Hassan

Chief Customer Officer, Australian Motoring Services

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Gavin Mahony

Partner and Facilitator, Leading Teams

At Leading Teams we partner with teams and leaders to help them improve their performance and become high performing. Our belief is that; 1) Culture drives performance, and 2) The leaders determine the culture.

Ultimately, we are building your team to a point where honest conversations about behaviour and performance can take place in an open team environment. It takes an expert facilitator to navigate these conversations and that’s where our skills and experience kick in. From elite sport, to corporate to the community we believe we can help any given team be high performing.

With over 30 years experience and a team of expert facilitators we can help you maximise your potential and performance. If you have untapped potential in your team and want to elevate your performance, get in touch, we’re here to help.

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Bernie McFarlane

Careers Advisor, Kaplan Business School; Career Development Professional, Find Your Way to Work

Bernie McFarlane is a registered Career Development Professional, who runs the business Find Your Way to Work. She is a Professional Member of the Career Development Association of Australia, and assists people at various stages of their professional life with career guidance and job search coaching.

She has a portfolio career covering private practice; outplacement services; and delivery of career support to students at Kaplan Business School.

Known especially for her expertise in networking, she has presented on the topic at conferences and webinars in Australia, New Zealand, India and Asia Pacific.

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Helen Wood

Chief Executive Officer, TMS Consulting

Helen is the founder of TMS Consulting and has expertise in human and organisational dynamics, enhanced through a successful 20-year career in both the public and private sectors.
Helen has successful grown and lead TMS to be a high quality sought-after consulting firm has real life experince as a leader in her own business and in interim CEO roles for clients. She is a confidant and coach to many CEO’s and senior leaders.
Helen is an order of merit graduate of the Australian Company Directors course and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Helen is an Alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education program. Helen is a sought-after speaker and facilitator for executive teams, conferences and community engagement activities.

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Dennis Zhou

Process Simplification Lead, Chief Operating Office, Business & Wealth, Westpac

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