Name: Rising Leaders | The Keys to Success in Any Role (APAC)
Start: 2024-10-16T02:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-16T04:00:00+01:00

APAC

Rising Leaders

What if you could uncover the secrets to not just surviving but thriving in every role you take on?

Join us for this empowering session, where you’ll learn the importance of being a continuous learner throughout your career. Discover how to effectively seek feedback, reframe problems, build resilience, and when to strategically use ‘yes’ and ‘no’ to advance and grow.

Guest Speaker
Deborah Peach, Executive General Manager at Cleanaway.

Deborah will share her extensive experience in executive management, offering unique insights into what it takes to be a successful leader at every stage.

What to Expect

Enhance Your Skills: Learn actionable steps to improve your effectiveness in any situation, in any role.
Expert Insights: Learn from a role-model leader who has successfully navigated their career to the top.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with global peers from various industries and expand your professional network.

Deborah Peach

Cleanaway

Executive General Manager

Deborah Peach is an executive leader with over 30 years experience in the mining, energy, and industrial sectors. Joining Cleanaway in September 2022 as Executive General Manager for Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Deborah is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for all matters related to HSE, Fleet, and Asset Integrity across Cleanaway nationally. Additionally, the role has responsibility for Crisis & Emergency Management and non-financial risk, assurance, and compliance.

Prior to joining Cleanaway, Deborah held executive positions at the global energy company Woodside Energy, including Vice President Operations Support, Vice President Governance, Risk & Compliance, and General Manager HSE. With a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Deborah brings a wealth of expertise in high-risk operational settings with demonstrated success in driving transformational change, aligning businesses with regulatory requirements, practical mitigation of risk, improving performance and strengthening organisational culture.

Deborah is a strategic, curious, and passionate leader applying her ability to communicate from the shopfloor to the Executive/Board to solving problems and setting performance and industry benchmarks. Throughout her career, Deborah has been instrumental in developing innovative solutions to complex challenges, from award-winning approaches to managing environmental risks to spearheading industry-wide best practice for Frontline HSE Representatives.

As the Co-Chair and Board Member of the not-for-profit organisation Safer Together WA/NT, Deborah remains dedicated to advancing safety culture and performance across the industry. Deborah is also recognised for her commitment to harnessing talent and growing others through mentoring and coaching aspiring leaders.

Deborah was announced Winner of the Innovation category in the WeQual Awards, Asia Pacific 2022. She is also a lifetime member of WeQual Executives.

Emma Hicks

WeQual

VP of Membership & Programs

Emma is an experienced strategic leader, specializing in professional development at C-suite and senior management levels. With a track record for delivering solutions across a broad range of global sectors and industries, Emma brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for continuing professional development.
Emma is a Fellow and Advisory Board Member of the Learning Performance Institute (LPI), holds certifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Association for Talent Development (ATD), and is a former Education Committee member at the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa).
Emma spent nearly a decade with the Institute of Directors leading the strategic direction of the IoD’s global professional development courses including the prestigious Chartered Director qualification. After leaving the IoD, Emma joined HR technology and services company, Connectr, initially as interim COO, and then permanently as Chief Commercial Officer. Now, Emma is Director of Global Membership and Programs at WeQual, an organisation on a mission to drive equality in the world’s largest organisations. Emma’s role at WeQual aligns beautifully with her core values and purpose – supporting women and all talent to achieve their career goals, and organisations to thrive through inclusive leadership practice.
Emma also spent five years with Reed Learning as their Strategic Partnership Manager, working with over 100 clients, external partners, and awarding bodies. During this time, Emma also designed and delivered learning programs, including internationally recognized qualifications.
Outside of WeQual, Emma has a young family (8-year-old Joshua, 6-year-old Jasmine, and a recent ‘furbaby’ addition, Monty the cockapoo), who keep her equally busy, active and above all grateful.