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Leaders in Conversation | With Ita Buttrose AC OBE

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Published on 16.07.2020 by Australia-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce

The Australia–United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce is delighted to launch its Leaders in Conversation series with our first event to feature the iconic Ita Buttrose AC OBE. Ita is a truly exceptional Australian: a legendary media trailblazer, businesswoman, best-selling author, committed community and welfare contributor and 2013 Australian of the Year.

Leaders in Conversation | With Ita Buttrose AC OBE

LAUNCH EVENT | LEADERS IN CONVERSATION

With Ita Buttrose AC OBE

 

The Chamber is delighted to welcome Ita Buttrose AC OBE as our first special guest speaker to launch our inaugural Leaders in Conversation event series. Ita is an Australian icon: a legendary media trailblazer, businesswoman, best-selling author, committed community and welfare contributor and 2013 Australian of the Year.

 

Ita will share reflections on her career, including lessons on effective leadership during times of volatility, as well as look at how the media landscape has evolved since 1972 when she started out as founding editor of Cleo magazine. This session will also include an opportunity for Q&A from the audience and we encourage you to pre-submit questions when you register your place.

 

We look forward to welcoming you to this fascinating discussion that is not to be missed! 

 

ABIE Members - Complimentary

 

Non-Member Early Bird Tickets - £15 Early Bird Rate

 

[Please note: this is a live event only on Zoom platform- no recording will be available and Chatham House Rule applies]

 

Purchase your tickets here.

 



Ita Buttrose AC OBE

 

Ita Buttrose AC OBE is a truly exceptional Australian: a legendary media trailblazer, businesswoman, best-selling author, committed community and welfare contributor and former Australian of the Year.

 

In 2019 Ita became a Companion of the Order of Australia for her service to the community through leadership in the media, the arts, the health sector and as a role model.

 

Current Work

Ita is Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Chair of the Australian Mental Health Prize Advisory Group. She balances her high profile role with charitable responsibilities include serving as National Ambassador of Dementia Australia following her term as National President from 2011-2014. She is also Emeritus Director of Arthritis Australia and Ambassador for Breast Cancer Network Australia.

 

An accomplished communicator with a wealth of experience across a broad range of industry sectors, Ita works behind-the-scenes and in the public eye for major corporates, small business, governments and charities.

 

In 2019 Ita was chosen as a Shero Barbie, one of a collection of 20 Barbie Dolls that globally recognise female role models and achievers.

 

Previous Experience

Media: Ita was the founding editor of Cleo, the youngest ever editor of The Australian Women’s Weekly, the first woman to ever edit a major metropolitan newspaper in Australia as Editor-in-Chief of the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, and the first female director of News Ltd Australia. She has hosted prime time shows on radio and television.

 

She later started her own company, Capricorn Publishing, and created ITA Magazine, a magazine for the woman who wasn’t born yesterday.

 

In 2011, her earlier career was immortalised in the acclaimed ABC mini-series ‘Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo’.

 

Ita was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame in 2017.

 

Author: Ita has written 11 successful books, including her best-selling autobiography ‘A Passionate Life’.

 

Awards: In 2018, Ita was conferred with the University of New South Wales’ highest honour – an honorary doctorate in medicine in recognition of her eminent service to health, being an inspirational role model for aspiring women in business and making a difference in society. In 2015 she was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Wollongong, for her contribution to mental health and ageing. In 2014 Sydney's Macquarie University conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters on Ita in recognition of her contribution to the arts. She was the Inaugural NSW Excellence in Women’s Leadership award winner. (2014).

 

She received an AO in 1988 for her services to the community especially in the field of public health education when she spearheaded Australia's HIV/AIDS Education Program, an OBE for her services to journalism, and a Centenary Medal for business leadership. 

 

 

 

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