My Connection Statement

 

SH3 Connect provides a roadmap for women-owned enterprises to make relevant connections, strengthen readiness skills and build business relationships in order to create greater opportunity to sell their goods and services to large companies and government.

About Me - My Biography

I established SH3 Connect with a commitment to assist women-owned businesses gain greater opportunity to supply their goods and services to large Australian companies and government.

There is ever-increasing commitment to diversity among buyers in large organisations. Yet, while women represent more than one third of business owners in Australia, we earn a tiny percentage of the money spent on goods and services by big business and government. 

Yes, I’m somewhat the idealist.  After a career in corporate life, I operated the marketing communications enterprise, Tesch Communications, for some two decades, and so understand the challenges and pitfalls of dealing with large business.  Our long-term clients included large Australian and international companies such as Pirelli, Fosters, Diary Australia, Miele and Zespri International.  

In addition, I am no stranger to gender diversity in supply.  For some years, I was also Australasian Executive Director of WEConnect International, a global non-profit that connects women businesses with predominantly Fortune 500 companies. The organisation no longer has representation in Australia.  

I believe that now is the right time to gather the support of Australian government and companies committed to gender diversity in supply. 

SH3 Connect does this, then connects the buyers of these organisations with the women-owned businesses so that they may thrive. After all, we women business owners deserve greater opportunities to grow and prove how good we are!

My Expertise

 

Marketing, communications, networking, leadership, public speaking, management, project management, entrepreneurship.

 

 

My Passions

·         Learning more about business and life’s journey;

·         Empowering others in the fulfilment of their career path;

·         Being confident in my own judgement and decision-making; and

·         Making life fun.

My Interests

Creative pursuits: making and listening to music; visual arts in their many forms; cooking and nutrition plus gardening; history and languages.  I also practise yoga and enjoy walking.

How I Can Help Other Members

Sharing my learnings and business perspectives.

Why I Became a HerBusiness Member

I seek to better my business skills and knowledge especially in this increasingly technology-driven world.  I also wish to share my start-up business journey with like-minded others on a similar trajectory.

 

My Member to Member Offer(s)

I wish to offer my advice to those of you considering joining SH3 Connect so that you can be confident it is for you, prior to your application.

As we are in start-up mode, the current fee requested to certify only covers the fee paid to the assessors of the certification.