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 Home : Business Achievement Awards : 2005 Awards : Finalists 2005

EOWA congratulates the following finalists in each award category:

Award 1: Leading CEO for the Advancement of Women

  • James Laussen, Overnewton Anglican Community College;
  • Gregory Pickering, Mt Pritchard & District Community Club (Mounties);
  • Giam Swiegers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu;
  • Sally Walker, Deakin University; and
  • Michael Hawker, Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

Award 2: Diversity Leader for the Advancement of Women

  • Patti McNulty, ExxonMobil Australia Pty Ltd;
  • Kerry Baxter, Swiss Reinsurance Company;
  • Sara Rasmussen, Insurance Australia Group Ltd; and
  • Heather Cameron, Griffith University.

Award 3:Leading Organisation for the Advancement of Women
<500 employees)

  • Overnewton Anglican Community College;
  • Novita Childrens' Services;
  • RSPCA (Victoria) Incorporated;
  • Swiss Reinsurance Company; and
  • Gadens Lawyers Sydney Pty Ltd.

Award 4:Leading Organisation for the Advancement of Women
(>500 employees)

  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu;
  • Aust Scan, trading as Ikea;
  • University of NSW;
  • Jones Lang LaSalle; and
  • ANZ.

Award 5: Outstanding EEO Practice for the Advancement of Women

  • ExxonMobil;
  • Macquarie University;
  • Citigroup Global Markets; and
  • Westpac.

Award 6: Outstanding Result for the Advancement of Women

  • Hays;
  • Flinders University;
  • ANZ;
  • SCI Fleet; and
  • GE Plastics (Australia).

Award 7: Outstanding EEO Practice for the Advancement of Women in a Non-Traditional Area/Role

  • Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia;
  • Century Drilling Limited (a division of Downer EDI limited);
  • VICTEC Limited;
  • Chubb Security Personnel;
  • G & K O'Connor Pty Ltd; and
  • AUSDOC Information Management.

Award 8: Outstanding EEO Practice for the Advancement of Mature-Aged Women

  • Royal Freemasons Benevolent Institution of NSW;
  • The Windsor Hotel;
  • Aglient Technologies Australia;
  • St Luke's Anglicare; and
  • AAPC Limited Accor Asia Pacific

For the judging criteria for each category, please see the 'category' page.
 
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Companies with the highest percentage of female executives delivered earnings far in excess of the median for other large firms in their industries.

(As reported in 1998 Harvard Business Review.)