Success Stories From Catherine Robson

Louise Kavanagh is a Managing Director at TH real estate in the Asia Pacific region.In this episode of Success Stories, Louise is back in Australia for a bit and joins Catherine Robson to fill her in on the ups and downs of life overseas, her trajectory to real estate and fund management and the importance of networking outside your organisation.

Helen Rowell is Deputy Chairman at APRA, she was appointed in 2015 and is serving a five-year term. In this episode of Success Stories, Helen talks with Catherine Robson about her love of maths and her background as an actuary. She has participated in the Royal Commission on banking and uses a financial advisor. Plus, the quote she loves and the best investment she's made.

April Palmerlee is Chief Executive Officer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. It's Australia's largest and most influential international business organisation providing assistance to U.S. and Australian companies by promoting trade, commerce and investment to and from Australia.In this episode of Success Stories, April speaks with Catherine Robson about being an American in Australia, the career decisions that led her to Australia and the AmCham and how she fits in ultra marathons and learning so very many languages - there are a lot of them.

Alice Breheny is Director of Property, Global Head of Research at Henderson Global Investors based in the United Kingdom.In this episode of Success Stories, Alice visits Catherine Robson in her favourite city, Melbourne, to talk about why property should be in an investment portfolio. Alice talks about the appeal of staying with one company and which cities are on her radar for investments and why. Plus, she makes a case for shopping malls.

Sian Simpson is Director of Community and Content at Kiwi Landing Pad, an organisation that supports entrepreneurs and companies through the journey from an idea to building a global business.In this episode of Success Stories, Sian reconnects with Catherine Robson over Skype to chat about her pathway to becoming location independent, how she sells her array of experience (there's a lot) and how personal loss has formed her outlook on personal and professional development.

Deb Noller is co-founder and CEO of Switch Automation. Switch is the world’s first 'cloud-hosted Enterprise Operations Platform for managing buildings and building data'.In this episode of Success Stories, Deb chats with Catherine Robson her pathway that led her to start Switch, the ups and downs of raising capital and how she divides her time around the Switch offices - it's now a global company. Plus, she talks her preferred exercise and whether or not she's a tea or coffee person.

Samantha Crompvoets is is a Director at Rapid Context, a research consulting firm built on the premise that 'academic rigour and rapid delivery can enjoy each others company'.In this episode of Success Stories, Samantha speaks with Catherine Robson about transitioning from a career specialising in the Sociology of Health to founding her own business and building a team that buys into the company's mission. Plus, she has some thoughts women's networking groups.

Olivia, Liv, Pennie is founder and CEO of BEcoME designs products and programs to inspire children and young adults to explore, design and manage their careers in this increasingly evolving world.In this episode of Success Stories, Liv catches up with Catherine Robson about the importance of encouraging children to imagine a world of career possibilities, how her commercial and advertising background has helped get BEcoME off the ground and her pick for an 'escape book'.

Dr Helena Popovic is a medical doctor and a leading authority on how to improve brain function. In this episode of Success Stories, Helena talks to Catherine Robson about her work, how she became best-selling author and international speaker. Plus, she is an advocate for the importance of education and how it shapes who you are.

Christine Bartlett is an experienced company director, business advisor and chair of the Smith Family Foundation among many other roles. In this episode of Success Stories, Christine talks to Catherine Robson about the wide spectrum of roles she is tackling at the moment, what it takes to have such a varied career and the benefits of having a feminist husband.

Baroness Susan Greenfield is is a research scientist, author and broadcaster based in Oxford and is currently CEO of a biotech company Neuro Bio that she founded in 2013.In this episode of Success Stories, Susan chats with Catherine Robson on subjects ranging from her work on dementia prevention and her start as a STEM role model to her thoughts on what having a work/life balance means to her.

Anna Draffin is Executive Director of ShareGift, Australia. ShareGift enables corporations and individual shareholders to donate shares to the community at no cost - from just a few shares to large gifts.In this episode of Success Stories, Anna speaks to Catherine Robson about how philanthropy became her passion, her work with the YWCA as their non-executive director and how she keeps her family on the same schedule.

Dr Judith Slocombe is a professional board director and business consultant with extensive experience. Her expertise spreads across corporate, Government and non-profit organisations.In this episode of Success Stories, Judith sits down with Catherine to chat about how her love of animals propelled her to a starting a pet pathology group which was later sold to the Gribbles Group. In 2001 Judith was awarded Australia's most prestigious award for women in business, the Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. And she happens to be the mother to nine children, including two sets of twins, born 20 months apart.

Angela Perry is Partnership Committee Member at Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership, works with Scale and is director of Sisterworks, just to name a few of Angela's roles.In this episode of Success Stories, Angela talks with Catherine Robson about her English roots and how she landed in Australia. They discuss her start as an angel investor, how she stays motivated and chose her her career path.

Olivia June is Founder and CEO of VINA - a friendship app for women.In this episode of Success Stories, Olivia chats with Catherine Robson about the genesis of the idea to create VINA, a “Tinder for (girl) friends”. Being based in the Bay Area spurred Olivia's entrepreneurial spirit and it was this motivation that helped her land investments from Greylock, Tinder, and NEA. But it's working to end the feeling loneliness that really drives Olivia.

Penny Locaso is a happiness hacker, yes you read that right.In this episode of Success Stories, Penny meets Catherine Robson to talk about how she said farewell to a corporate career to become the world's first happiness hacker. She explains what that term means to her, why she thinks 'busy' is bullshit and how getting to 100 no's can be beneficial. Plus, she's just come back from NASA.

Kathryn McDonald is Head of Rosenberg's sustainable investing initiative focusing on ESG and sustainability research, thought leadership, and portfolio implementation.In this episode of Success Stories, Kathryn catches up with Catherine Robson about how growing up in a rural part of the United States fuelled her ambition and how you can do good and still make some money and how to balance the ESG factors. She reflects on the importance of art in her life and where she goes a couple of times a week to unwind.

Clara Brenner is co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in the future of cities located in San Francisco.In this episode of Success Stories, Clara speaks with Catherine Robson about what investments she's excited about, finding work/life balance in the Bay Area and which books she is recommending at the moment. (HINT: one has the backing of the city of San Francisco).

Johanna Mendelson Forman is a Distinguished Fellow with the Managing Across Boundaries Initiative at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C.In this episode of Success Stories, Johanna speaks with Catherine Robson about the mission of the Stimson Centre, the role of food in forming societies and learning about other cultures, plus her personal reinvention(s).

Chrissa Pagitsas is Director of Green Financing Business at Fannie Mae in Washington D.C.In this episode of Success Stories, Chrissa chats with Catherine Robson about how she got her start, how she developed a strategy and led a team to grow Fannie Mae’s Multifamily Green Financing Business and how she like everyone else, needs to check where her personal money is going.