Launa Innman is General Manager of Apparel and Accessories for Target Australia Pty Ltd, and one of 16 women in the top 100 senior management positions at Coles Myer Ltd. Launa is responsible for all apparel divisions including clothing, sleepwear, shoes and accessories. All apparel divisions are currently achieving sales growth of nearly 20 per cent per annum. In this respect, Launa has contributed significantly to the turnaround of Target's $32 million loss at the end of 2000, to a $68 million profit 18 months later.

Christine Cameron is the co-owner, Sales and Marketing Director and Company Secretary of Rockcote Pty Ltd, an architectural texture coating business. Beginning its operations from a backyard shed, Christine has helped grow Rockcote to a $17 million dollar turnover business employing over 80 staff. Christine oversees all marketing activities and has input into the company's ongoing training schemes.

In a career devoted to Australian vocational education and training, Marie Persson has moved from managing a classroom to managing the largest vocational education and training organisation in Australia. As Director of Sydney Institute of TAFE, Marie has been responsible for increasing enrolment numbers and commercial revenue. She has been at the forefront of national training reform and was one of the original executives of the Australian National Training Authority.

At just 24 years of age while finishing her final year at university, Zahava Elenberg launched Elenberg Fraser, an architectural practice. Five years later, the practice employs 18 full-time staff and has successfully completed many building projects in Melbourne, including Liberty Tower a 28-level apartment building. In 2002, Zahava established a second business, Move-in, a service which provides everything you need to furnish a new home or investment property.