Award Winners
2008 SA Award Winners
2008 Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year
Paulette Kolarz
North Adelaide
Paulette Kolarz is General Manager Corporate Affairs, Human Resources and Organisation Development for Harris Scarfe. In February this year, Paulette also took on the role of overseeing the day-to-day operations of Harris Scarfe's flagship store in Rundle Mall, Adelaide. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Paulette's diverse portfolio gives her responsibility for attracting and retaining employees, building organisational structure which will support employees to achieve business goals, and managing community and public relations outside the business. Paulette was awarded the first Harris Scarfe Chairman's Award for excellence and commitment to the business.
Winner of the Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award
Paulette Kolarz
North Adelaide
Paulette Kolarz is General Manager Corporate Affairs, Human Resources and Organisation Development for Harris Scarfe. In February this year, Paulette also took on the role of overseeing the day-to-day operations of Harris Scarfe's flagship store in Rundle Mall, Adelaide. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Paulette's diverse portfolio gives her responsibility for attracting and retaining employees, building organisational structure which will support employees to achieve business goals, and managing community and public relations outside the business. Paulette was awarded the first Harris Scarfe Chairman's Award for excellence and commitment to the business.
Winner of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Young Business Women's Award
Paulette Kolarz
North Adelaide
Paulette Kolarz is General Manager Corporate Affairs, Human Resources and Organisation Development for Harris Scarfe. In February this year, Paulette also took on the role of overseeing the day-to-day operations of Harris Scarfe's flagship store in Rundle Mall, Adelaide. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Paulette's diverse portfolio gives her responsibility for attracting and retaining employees, building organisational structure which will support employees to achieve business goals, and managing community and public relations outside the business. Paulette was awarded the first Harris Scarfe Chairman's Award for excellence and commitment to the business.
Winner of the Business Owner Award
Angela Giacoumis
Torrensville
Angela Giacoumis is Managing Director of Careerlink Training & Recruitment Services, a human resource consultancy formed in 1991. Angela has built her company into one of South Australia's leading recruitment and training companies with 11 staff, 180 contractors and a growing annual turnover. Angela currently oversees the strategic direction of the business, while also remaining involved in writing and designing the business's leadership, sales and customer service training programs. Last year, Careerlink Training & Recruitment Services was named Most Popular Recruitment Firm by Career One and the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association.
Winner of the Community and Government Award
Kate Gould
Adelaide
Kate Gould is General Manager and Associate Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival Corporation. Initially joining the organisation in 2002, Kate was appointed to her current position in 2006 after her active involvement in restoring the reputation of Adelaide Festival of the Arts as one of Australia's best loved international arts festivals. Kate is responsible for the overall financial, marketing and strategic operations of the Festival as well as supporting and guiding incoming Artistic Directors on the development of festival programs. Kate has implemented a number of core business strategies which have increased the financial viability of the Adelaide Festival of Arts.
Winner of the Nokia Business Innovation Award
Jane Mussared
Adelaide
Jane Mussared is General Manager, Health and Community Services at ACH Group, a not-for-profit organisation specialising in aged care for more than 35,000 South Australians. Jane has developed an integrated one-stop service where older people can access all of their in-home aged care requirements by making one simple phone call. Standard procedure previously required older people to approach a number of different departments to look after all their care requirements, and the administration and hassle required was often prohibitive. Jane's innovative procedure allows older people to access all their care requirements through one channel, while ACH Group takes care of administration behind the scenes.