WOB Corporate Members

The following companies are corporate members of Women on Boards. They nominate women within their organisations to be part of the WOB program and we work with them to achieve a range of professional development goals.

Piper Alderman
EDS
University of South Australia
Qantas
KPMG
Clayton Utz

Piper Alderman

Piper Alderman was formed on 1 July 1988, when well known Adelaide law firms Aldermans and Piper Bakewell & Piper merged. The new firm, Piper Alderman, was one of the largest legal practices in Adelaide.

Piper Alderman expanded to the eastern states in 1998, with the establishment of an office in Sydney. This was followed by Melbourne in 2000 and Brisbane in 2004. There has been considerable staff growth in each of these offices since then. All practitioners across the firm are available to work between all offices and are not restricted by geographical boundaries.

Website: www.piperalderman.com.au

EDS

EDS is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry more than 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world.

EDS is in 46 countries and is a major player in the Australian global services market where it has worked with many of the nation's leading government and business entities since 1985. EDS Australia employs a workforce of more than 6,000 people and maintains offices in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth.

Website: www.eds.com

University of South Australia

The University of South Australia is the State’s largest university with approximately 34,000 students and 2,400 continuing and fixed term contract staff. UniSA is a national leader in collaborative industry research, has been recognised nationally for the quality of its community engagement, has South Australia's largest intake of international students, and is among Australia’s largest providers of offshore higher education. UniSA is a modern, flexible, open, and innovative university which aspires to international reach and impact. Institutional commitment to partnerships with industry, other educational providers, and the community in educational delivery and research maintains a long tradition of working with industry to educate professionals.

For UniSA, equity and diversity are both core values and pivotal to achievement of its strategic intentions. To this end the University aims to recruit and retain a workforce mirroring the increasing diversity of its student population and the communities it serves. Equity considerations are integrated throughout the University’s planning, quality assurance, reporting, and review processes.

The 2006-2008 Corporate Plan includes the goal of developing “a workplace that is family friendly, culturally diverse and supportive of the career development needs of staff” and includes a corporate performance indicator of the ratio of women staff in senior roles. The University’s efforts in implementing workforce management strategies supportive of women in the workplace have been widely acknowledged and reflected recently in its receipt of a number of distinctive awards including:

  • Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Employer of Choice for Women in the Workplace
  • Gold Award winner as 2005 Employer of the Year at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Business Council of Australia National Work and Family Awards
  • Diversity@work Employment and Inclusion Award, for Work/Life Balance (large organisation) in 2006.

Website: www.unisa.edu.au

Qantas

Qantas was founded in the Queensland outback in 1920 and is the world's second oldest airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), it has built a reputation for excellence in safety, operational reliability, engineering and maintenance, and customer service.

Today, Qantas is widely regarded as the world's leading long distance airline and one of the strongest brands in Australia. It also operates subsidiary businesses including other airlines, and businesses in specialist markets such as Qantas Holidays and Qantas Flight Catering. The Qantas Group employs approximately 37,000 staff across a network that spans 143 destinations (including codeshare services) in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Europe and Africa.

Website: www.qantas.com.au

KPMG

KPMG is the global network of professional services firms of KPMG International. Its member firms provide audit, tax and advisory services through industry focused, talented professionals who deliver value for the benefit of their clients and communities. With over 100,000 people worldwide, KPMG member firms provide audit, tax and advisory services in around 140 countries.

In Australia, KPMG operates nationally across 14 offices with over 300 partners and 4,000 people. Its local experience, enhanced by the technical and industry knowledge of our global network, enables its professionals to deliver informed and timely advice.

Website: www.kpmg.com.

Clayton Utz

Clayton Utz is one of Australia's most successful law firms. With over 1900 people nationally, and a reputation for being entrepreneurial and fresh-thinking, it is regarded as a leading legal practice in the Asia Pacific region. As one of the country's most highly regarded law firms, Clayton Utz works with some of the largest and most prestigious clients in the Asia Pacific region. Its client base includes more than half of Australia's top 100 companies, as well as over 250 Federal and State Government departments, agencies and companies.

Clayton Utz is the only large professional services firm to have twice been an Australia Quality Award finalist and was the first law firm to receive Quality in Law certification - and has also received the Australian Quality Award - high commendation in 1996 and 1998.

Website: www.claytonutz.com.au