Catherine Fox

Speaker, Author, Advisor

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March 8, 2022

Lazy D&I will not deliver fairness for women

Lazy D&I: Don’t rabbit on about valuing women; run a gender pay gap audit and fix the deficit – plus handy other hints to go beyond the easy diversity checklist By Catherine Fox – Gender and Work Commentator Tags: IWD International women’s day Businesses are using diversity and inclusion policies as fig leaves to deflect...

October 21, 2021

It's not a gender pay gap, it's a yawning chasm

It’s not a gender pay gap, it’s a yawning chasm by Catherine Fox | Oct 19, 2021 | Featured, Op-eds, VIP | A recent study has illuminated the gap in pay, perception, and understanding between men and women in the workplace. They may work in the same sector, but men and women in...

September 2, 2021

The business case for diversity has been made: time to ask a different question

When was the last time you heard that workplace conditions for women will only be addressed if there is a clear ‘business case’ for diversity? Just last year I heard the CEO of a male-dominated business at a conference explain with great seriousness that the most important question to answer about women’s participation in his...

August 2, 2021

The business of sexism: 'Power Play' by Julia Banks

Everyday sexism was on show for an international audience when Australian Olympic Committee head John Coates recently gave Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk a verbal rap over the knuckles at a media conference in Tokyo (an exchange he claims was misinterpreted). Many women felt a sickening thud of recognition at the scenario which is all too...

With three decades as a journalist and advocate, Catherine is one of Australia’s leading experts on leadership, the future of workplaces and the status of women.

Her career has included interviewing management gurus, Nobel Prize winners and international CEOs. She has written five books, won a Walkley Award, presented at conferences and appeared in the media around Australia and internationally.

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current work

Catherine has a portfolio career which includes feature writing, keynote presentations, moderating panels, recording podcasts and corporate advisory work. She is an expert advisor to the Australian Defence Force, the Director of Diversity for Women & Leadership Australia and chair of its Advisory Board, and also sits on the board of the Australian Women Donors Network.

She works with a number of organisations and has recently moderated a series of discussions around Australia for CBA’s Business and Private Bank, and interviewed leading female directors for the Australian Institute of Company Directors podcast series ‘Board Level’.

As well as writing for a number of publications, Catherine speaks regularly on radio and has appeared on television, including on Q&A and The Drum. Catherine also hosts, with Jane Caro, a regular podcast series “Women with Clout’ produced by Austereo/Podcast One.

media experience

Catherine spent 23 years at the Australian Financial Review covering marketing, banking, personal finance, management and writing the weekly ‘Corporate Woman’ column. She was deputy editor of Boss magazine for several years, and one of the founders of the AFR Women of Influence Awards.

Since launching her freelance career in 2012, Catherine has worked with the an array of organisations such as ANZ, CBA, Macquarie University, AGSM, King & Wood Mallesons and industry groups including CEDA, FINSIA, the Male Champions of Change group, Chief Executive Women, Asian Leadership Project, Women in Mining. She has written regularly for The Deal, Qantas magazine, Company Director and UNSW Business Think.

Speaking Engagements

Her public speaking career has spanned presenting at corporate seminars, hosting the UN Women breakfasts around Australia, moderating panel discussions for industry bodies and business forums and acting as MC of conferences such as the annual Australian Human Resources Institute Diversity and Inclusion conference. She has appeared at Kings College London, and spoken in NZ and Hong Kong.

Industry recognition

Catherine has won a series of awards for her work including the NSW Law Society Award for legal journalism, Women’s Electoral Lobby award for journalism, and the 2017 Walkley Award for Women’s Leadership in Media. Two of her books were finalists in the Ashurst Business Book of the Year Award and her latest book ‘Women Kind’ (with Kirstin Ferguson) won the 2019 Australian Business Book Awards management and HR category.

engagements

IWD Breakfast with Kylea Tink

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There were no spare seats at the breakfast last week hosted by Independent candidate for North Sydney, Kylea Tink. The panel of Christine Holgate, Georgie Dent and Jack Jacobs discussed what has been happening as women find their collective voice and what still needs to change as a Federal election approaches. Uplifting to feel the...

Christine Holgate interview for WiBF

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This was a terrific discussion for Women in Banking and Finance. It’s clear that Christine Holgate has enormous courage but her experience, and the very public pressure, also made her quite ill, as she explains. Throughout her career Holgate has delivered time and again but agrees that telling women all they have to do...

North Sydney Conversations panel: Breaking barriers for women

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Breaking Barriers for Women in the Workplace

Asian Leadership Project: in conversation with Yeesom Lo, Network Ten

General

It was a great to talk about diversity and cultural stereotypes recently with the talented Yeesum Lo for the Asian Leadership Project (founded by the remarkable Julie Chai and this...

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The F Word

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Better Than Sex How A Whole Generation Got Hooked On Work

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Board Level

Episode 8 – the vital role of women's leadership

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Catherine Fox

Speaker, Author, Advisor

Column

Lazy D&I will not deliver fairness for women

It's not a gender pay gap, it's a yawning chasm

The business case for diversity has been made: time to ask a different question

The business of sexism: 'Power Play' by Julia Banks

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current work

media experience

Speaking Engagements

Industry recognition

engagements

IWD Breakfast with Kylea Tink

Christine Holgate interview for WiBF

North Sydney Conversations panel: Breaking barriers for women

Asian Leadership Project: in conversation with Yeesom Lo, Network Ten

View publications writen & co-authored by Catherine

Women Kind

Stop Fixing Women

7 Myths about Women and Work

The F Word

Better Than Sex How A Whole Generation Got Hooked On Work

podcasts

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