Our International Women’s Day Breakfasts celebrate women’s achievements and both highlight and work to address barriers that continue to perpetuate gender inequality in the aviation/aerospace sector.

This year we will be showcasing our careers campaign video ‘No other career takes you higher’ and information pack for parents, teachers, careers advisors and students, which will be used in schools to encourage more girls to consider a career in aviation or aerospace.

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Matt Rowe | Global & Key Accounts Director at GE Australia 

Presenters
Eithne McSwiney | Managing Director at GHO Digital Creative Agency 
 

Natalie Davies | Helicopter Pilot at LifeFlight 

Natalie Davies joined LifeFlight in November 2019 afer joing the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 2007, studied at the Australian Defence Force Academy graduating in 2009 and was presented with her military wings on 225 Pilots Course in December 2011. She then started flying helicopters, qualifying on both the AS350BA Squirrel and MRH90 as an aircraft captain. 

With MRH90, she deployed to several Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) response missions including Queensland Assist after Cyclone Debbie 2017 as well as OP VANUATU ASSIST 2017. She has also conducted many high priority Medivacs off HMA Ships as well as a high profile civilian medical evacuation in the Solomon Islands in a remote village in 2018. 

Within the initial 12 months on MRH90, she was promoted to aircraft captain with a Command instrument and NVD qualifications. She also holds a Maintenance Test Pilot Qualification, an Aviation Safety Officer qualification, and has been the Flight Operations Officer on HMAS Adelaide, which is the largest class of ship to be operated by the RAN and the only one able to simultaneously operate multiple helicopters.

She has seen active service, deploying to Afghanistan as a foreign embedded attaché at the United States Army Headquarters in 2013.  During this time she was the Division Aviation Planner for all rotary assets (in excess of 300 assets) in the South and West of Afghanistan. She was subsequently selected as Executive Officer to an Admiral in 2014 on her return to Australia. 

Natalie also presents for Afterburner Australia, a company that provides High performance training to industry professionals, by keynote speaking and as a presenter and facilitator. 

A successful athlete who represented Australia at the World Championships for Olympic Distance triathlon in Chicago in 2015, as well as a Kona Ironman Qualifier and Finisher in 2015; Natalie has a BSc (Physics, Oceanography) and a Masters in Business from UNSW; and is an active member of Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia, the Australian Women’s Pilot Association, and the Women Military Aviators, Inc. 

She is passionate about women’s involvement in STEM careers and women’s employment in male dominated industries, as well as encouraging the younger generation to seek unusual and non-traditional careers. 

Dr Juliette Tobias-Webb | Senior Manager of Behavioural Science at Commonwealth Bank 

Dr Juliette Tobias-Webb is passionate about understanding how the brain influences human decision-making and behaviour to improve well-being outcomes.

She was recently awarded her PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge and has enjoyed stints as a lecturer and research officer at globally-renowned institutions including the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, the Brain and Mind Research Institute, the University of Sydney, and Bond University, Queensland. Juliette has published a number of journal articles in leading psychology and neuroscience journals, and currently works for Commonwealth Bank as a Senior Manager in Behavioural Science. Juliette has also worked with leading government and corporate organisations such as the Behavioural Insights Team, Ogilvy Australia, and Deloitte to develop programs of work encouraging and measuring positive behaviour change.

Juliette was recently recognised as one of 40 'Inspirational Women' at CBA and is passionate about inclusion and diversity.

Tickets: 
A/AA Package 2 – 1 ticket
A/AA Package 3 – 5 tickets
A/AA Package 4/Corporate Partner – 5 tickets
Women in A/AA Member – 1 ticket
NextGenNetwork Member – 1 ticket
Additional Member – $20 per ticket
Non-member – $45 per ticket