Women continue to be disadvantaged in male-dominated organisations.
Gunilla Burrowes and Mark Toner are passionate advocates for gender equity in business and advise organisations on how to operate more effectively through greater gender diversity. They do this by:
- Discussing gender issues with management and suggesting to them new policies and actions
- Making presentations to female staff networks on male/female differences and explaining how to play the “corporate game”
- Running workshops for staff to develop new insights and skills.
Gunilla and Mark offer a unique approach to organisation development, aimed at the equitable career development of female staff. Their approach is generated by their complementary backgrounds:
Gunilla Burrowes has had a diverse career, working in a range of industry and academic positions. She is a past Division President and National Vice-President of Engineers Australia (EA), has sat on numerous committees and boards, and is Deputy Chair of both Australian Science Innovations and Engineers Media. She established and ran the Hunter Branch of Females in Information Technology & Telecommunications, managed a Women in Engineering program at the University of Newcastle and was an instigator of Engineers Australia's very successful themed year - 2007 The Year of Women in Engineering. Her research and prominent role in diversity in engineering and gender-inclusive engineering education has given her an international reputation in this field.
Dr Mark Toner is a former CEO of Kvaerner E&C Australia (now Jacobs), a successful but extremely male-run organisation. With a background in engineering, science and IT, he is a company director and consultant,
and a Fellow of various engineering institutions and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In recent years he developed a new argument for more women in engineering based on personality types in the
engineering profession and is the only male member of EA’s National Committee for Women in Engineering Advisory Board. Mark is an accredited Myers Briggs trainer.
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| Phone: | +613 9530 6041 |
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