Chloe Langbroek is a Senior Manager in PwC Australia’s Consulting and proudly drives LGBTIQ+ inclusion initiatives that help PwC employees feel they can bring their whole selves to work.

Chloe has over 10 years’ experience working in the tertiary and vocational education space. Following completion of a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons) at The University of Queensland, Chloe spent the first five years of her career as the Dean of Students and then Deputy Head of College of The Women’s College, before joining PwC’s Consulting Practice. Over the past five years at PwC, Chloe has overseen a portfolio of projects focusing on review and reform of qualifications that sit in the national vocational training register across nine different industry areas.

In 2021, Chloe was appointed Australian National Co-Chair of Shine, through which she proudly drives initiatives that help PwC employees feel they can bring their whole selves to work. Chloe is also one of the founding members of the Shine Women’s Network.

Chloe and her wife, Sian (also a Women’s Old Girl), live in West End with their cat, Pandora; they depart for the UK later this year, with Chloe commencing a two-year secondment to PwC London.

Karen McCarthy is a resilience expert with a background worthy of a melodrama. 15 years into a career as a lawyer, and 10 years into motherhood, she suffered complications from surgery to remove a tumour from her brain. She was left legally blind, and her family was told she would never be able to care for herself – if she even lived.

Determined to fight her way back to live a life she recognised, Karen proved the doubters wrong. In losing her sight, Karen gained a vision – an actionable blueprint for building resilience through adaption and growth in the face of change that has inspired people all over the country.

Monique is a proud Aboriginal woman with strong family ties to Cherbourg (Wakka Wakka country), but traditionally a descendant of the Koa & Kuku-Yalanji people through her grandparents and mother. She comes from a long line of Aboriginal artists, innovators and creative thinkers; and loves to incorporate into her work with corporates, not-for-profits and government, First Nations ways of knowing, being and doing. Monique has always been an out-of-the-box thinker with a vivid imagination. She enjoys tackling problems across a variety of industries utilising design thinking, combined with Indigenous methodologies to come up with innovative solutions.

After completing her honours degree in Sociology at UQ, Monique has worked in a variety of roles across the not-for profit, government, tertiary education and private sectors. As the Owner and Managing Director of Cultural Grounding, Monique is driven to create opportunities that embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and enable strong creative collaboration. Monique considers it is a privilege to work within the consultancy space. She believes she is where she is today because of the remarkable people including, her Elders, who paved the way before her – creating opportunities, sharing knowledge and empowering others.

Most recently, Monique has led the design and delivery of creative strategies and cultural capability training programs for the executive teams of one of Australia’s largest entertainment groups, a Go8 University, a NASDAQ-listed Global Engineering Firm as well as an ASX-listed Australian Property Group. She thrives on delivering meaningful projects and creative strategies that resonate closely with her values that are solidly underpinned by positive social impact.

Kristie Young has over 25 years’ experience with a focus on the resources industry. A technical mining engineer with strong experience across business development including Director roles with EY & PwC, and over 16 years’ experience on boards and committees.

Kristie now holds a board portfolio career with both ASX listed companies and non for profits. She is currently Non-Executive Director with Lithium Australia Limited (ASX:LIT), Tesoro Gold (ASX:TSO) and MinEx CRC. She sits on the Wesley College WA Board, is a Perth University of Queensland EAIT Alumni Ambassador and a UQ Changemaker ‘Partnering with UQ’ Sub-Committee member.

Kristie holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) Hons from UQ 1995, a Post Graduate Diploma of Education (Maths, IT) from UWA 2001, a Cert IV Human Resources 2014. She is a Graduate & Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors 2015 and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.

Kristie is also a Women’s College alumna (1992 – 1994).