Perimenopause and menopause aren't just personal health matters - they're critical business and equity issues that are reshaping careers, impacting workplace performance, and widening the superannuation gap for women across Australia.

Join WIS QLD to discover evidence-based workplace policies that actually work and learn how technology and AI are revolutionising menopause care accessibility. Our panel of experts will help us understand how menopause-related burnout and career exits are directly widening the super gap, with practical approaches for supporting women's long-term financial security.

Zurich Strategic Partnership Manager Dana Clarkson, Metluma CEO and Co-Founder Georgie Drury and Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation CEO Robyn Penty will unpack how menopause-related career disruptions are silently impacting organisational performance across industries and explore why this is fundamentally a leadership issue that affects entire teams, not just individual women.

With 13% of women leaving the workplace entirely due to menopausal symptoms, this is an essential conversation about transforming how we support midlife women in the workplace. Through networking and practical insights during the session, attendees will be empowered to advocate for better workplace policies and spark meaningful conversations with colleagues, friends, and family about this important topic that impacts women's career continuity and financial security. 

Our panellists include: 

• Dana Clarkson is a Strategic Client Partnership Manager at Zurich, responsible for the holistic relationship with key industry funds. Prior to joining Zurich, Dana led a team responsible for overseeing all insurance and operational matters, including managing outsourced service providers, at a superannuation trustee office for seven years. Dana has over 25 years superannuation of extensive industry experience across administration, trustee offices, group insurance and UK pensions, as well as a stint teaching English in Europe. Dana’s career has been focused on member experience and strategic partnerships, with a strong passion for advocacy. A passionate supporter of equality as well as community and environmental issues, Dana is a very active Zurich Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Champion, sitting in First Nation working groups and forums across the industry. Dana is also a member of Zurich’s Gender Equity Network (GEN) and is mentor for the GEN program.

• Georgie Drury is a femtech entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Metluma, a women's health company transforming how we support women through perimenopause and menopause. With a background in consulting and a deep understanding of data, AI, and clinical care, Georgie is flipping the script on midlife. She’s worked with global brands, government bodies, and researchers to bring menopause out of the shadows and into the boardroom. Passionate, provocative, and relentlessly solution-focused, Georgie’s mission is clear: make peri-/menopause visible, actionable, and supported — for every woman, everywhere.

• Robin Penty is the CEO of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. She has over three decades of experience and expertise in business and organisational development, donor and consumer programs, communications, community engagement, government relations, research and design. In her current role at the OCRF, Robin provides strategic direction to raise millions of dollars each year for ovarian cancer research, and presents regularly on the gender equity gap for women’s health in Australia. Past roles include executive positions at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, The Smith Family, Arts Centre Melbourne, and the Alcohol and Drug Foundation. Over this time, Robin has negotiated dozens of partnerships for a range of important causes in education, environment, arts, culture and civic design - and delivered numerous social inclusion projects for marginalised communities. Since commencing with the OCRF in 2023, Robin’s leadership has resulted in a 50% increase in annual turnover and 51% increase in OCRF grants to ovarian cancer research - an historic high for the organisation - whilst establishing global partnerships with peer organisations in the UK, USA and Canada. She describes herself as the boss of a sparkling tribe, one that pushes for more and better for women and girls every single day. Robin is also a CEO Mentor with Kilfinan Australia. 

This event is open to members only.