Australian Ambassador’s Award for Women in Leadership
This award is designed to celebrate and honour a woman who not only inspires others but has also proven herself a leader in her field.
Opened to female alumni only, nominees may come from any sector, including business, government, non-profit and academia and should have demonstrated a commitment to the Australia-China community in China.
All nominees should have made significant strides and accomplishments in their work life, either in the public or private sector.
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| Amy Liu WINNER | Kelly Yang | Susuan Zhang JUDGES’ COMMENDATION | Yijie Zhu |
| WINNER Ms Amy Liu Charle Yeung Clement Lam Liu & YipSolicitors & Notaries University of Melbourne alumna 杨汉源林炳坤律师事务所 墨尔本大学校友 I reckon that my selection was a blessing of my Australian education. Since the return of my family and myself from Australia in the 1980s, I value each and every opportunity I nnay have to introduce to my friends, relatives, colleagues and clients the advantage and merits of an Australian education and to encourage them to send their children to Australia either for high school or for tertiary education. In the 1990s, my daughter was a boarder at PLC in Melbourne who was later accepted and enrolled at the Medical School of the Melbounre University. She has practised medicine in Melbourne,London and is now practising as a respiratory and ICU specialist in Hong Kong. Likewise, my son was a boarder at Scotch College in Melbourne and he was later accepted and enrolled at Law School of Melbourne University. My son was admitted to practise as a Barrister and Solicitor in New South Wales, Victoria and Hong Kong. He is now an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley. To receive education in Australia has become a tradition in our family. I will continue to promote Australian education and the Australian way of life not only to my relatives, friends, colleagues, but also to my clients. During my practice,I have met clients who have either migrated to Australia and returned to Hong Kong to work or received tertiary education in Australia and are now working and living in Hong Kong. I always encourage them to join their respective Alumni Associations in Hong Kong to play an active role in alumni work to show their gratitude to their alma mater. I will continue to promote Australia education and culture to the Hong Kong community especially to the younger generations. |
| Ms Kelly Yang Vice President & General Manager Imperial Springs Health (Kingold Group) University of Sydney alumna 侨鑫集团从都生命健康管理中心副总裁兼院长 悉尼大学校友 Kelly YANG Ling, Vice President and General Manager of Imperial Spring Health, a subsidiary of the Kingold Group. Kelly is an alumnus from the University of Sydney’s Healthcare Management program. Since graduation in 2002, she put the knowledge she gained during her study in Australia to better healthcare for humankind. With over two decades of management and clinical experience leading globally renowned hospitals in Singapore, the US, and China, Kelly is dedicated to bridging the gap between international leading healthcare organizations and medical services providers in China. Kelly has been in executive leadership role since her early 30s managing many globally renowned healthcare organizations including CEO and COO for both UCLA Health and Cleveland Clinic’s hospital projects in China. Kelly is a rare example of a woman and a trained nurse breaking the glass ceiling, raising to such high position in both China and Singapore. During her tenure at Luye Medical, she also oversaw Luye’s global healthcare operation including Healthe Care in Australia. She was fully responsible for the business plans, financial models, operational leadership, human resource building, clinical development, knowledge transfer and training. Kelly joined Imperial Springs Health in April 2022 with a vision of transforming this hospital into a world-class health management organization. Filling in the vacuum of the pre-emptive healthcare management space by delivering services in prevention and early intervention of diseases. She established twelve centres of excellence to provide holistic, integrated, and personalized health management program to clients. In addition to that, Kelly was COO for Farrer Park Hospital Singapore, and served senior clinical leadership roles in Delta Hospital Shanghai, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Khoo Teck Puet Hospital, and Changi Hospital in Singapore, responsible for operation management, cost structure and marketing across multiple clinical and operational departments. She participated in five JCI validation assessments and knowledgeable of all International Patient Safety Goals and standards. In new hospital construction, Kelly builds value structure, culture and quality mechanism, delivers project to fruition through the unwavering focus on the hospital’s vision and mission. 杨玲是从都生命健康管理中心副总裁兼院长。从都生命健康是侨鑫集团旗下专注于健康管理的医院。 杨玲在2002年从悉尼大学健康卫生学本科毕业，澳大利亚的留学经历让她了解如何学以致用，更好的为全人类提供优质的医疗服务。她在新加坡、美国和中国的知名医院拥有20多年的临床和管理经验，致力于弥合国际领先的医疗机构和中国医院之间的差距。 杨玲担任医院领导岗近20年，作为项目负责人参与管理过包括美国加州大学洛杉矶分校医疗中心和克利夫兰诊所在中国的落地医院项目。在中国和新加坡等受传统亚洲文化影响深远的国家里，她是少有的以女性和护士双重身份打破医疗管理领域玻璃天花板的榜样。在任绿叶医疗首席运营官期间，她全面负责绿叶的全球医疗业务，包括绿叶澳大利亚的Health Care项目，把控业务规划、财务模式、运营、人力资源建设、临床开发、知识转移和培训等工作。 杨玲在2022年4月加入从都生命健康管理中心，以建设顶级的专业健康管理机构为愿景，力求将最优质的健康服务理念带入中国。利用中心拥有科研级的领先医疗设备，她通过整合跨学科国际权威专家团队打造了十二大医学卓越中心，专注于对抗潜在的疾病风险，引进最先进的分子医学、功能医学、细胞免疫及预防医学技术，建立了预防医疗技术平台。防患于未然，为客户及患者提供了个性化的多学科整合健康管理方案。 杨玲还曾担任新加坡斐瑞医院首席运营官、上海德达医院、新加坡安徽尼亚山私人医院、邱德拔医院及樟宜医院等的临床管理岗位，负责主持临床运营、护理及管理工作。她曾主持参与5次医院JCI评审，深刻了解国际患者安全目标及最高的临床标准，并以此为核心建立团队价值观、打造医院严格的质量体系及良好的文化，聚焦使命与愿景，力求让每个生命都能得到世界级的照护。 |
| JUDGES’ COMMENDATION Susan Zhang Product Localisation Teams Lead, Global Services, Canva University of Wollongong alumna 可画产品国际化总监 伍伦贡大学校友 From an international student in Australia to a global tech leader, from an introvert to a TEDx speaker, from a software engineer to a senior director, the only constant in her life is change. Her boundless energy, sharp business acumen, entrepreneurial leadership and growth mindset serve as a powerful guide for current and future alumni to step outside their comfort zone. Susan joined Google Sydney in 2014 to manage the ‘G Suite’ products and quickly advanced to the BD Manager for Google Arts & Culture, overseeing the launch of key national programs to digitise and preserve Australia’s cultural heritage for a global audience. In 2016, she was promoted to Google UK to lead large-scale advertising solutions in Europe. On a fast trajectory to the highest echelons of Google, Susan surprised everyone when she resigned in 2018 to join ByteDance where she led the company’s international expansion and monetisation org, guiding its meteoric rise to become the world’s most valuable startup. She returned to London in 2020 as General Partner for MorningLight, a UK-based VC firm investing in education, smart logistics and healthcare startups across three continents. Now back in Sydney, she is the Product Localisation Teams Lead at Canva, the world’s largest female-founded and woman-led startup. Susan is also a published author and a valued mentor for young entrepreneurs around the world. 从兼职打工的澳洲留学生到中英澳一路闯关的科技领导者，从内向胆怯到TEDx演讲，从软件工程师到高级总监, 不断改变才是Susan永恒不变的主题。她无限的能量、敏锐的商业头脑、创新的领导力和成长心态是当前和未来校友踏出舒适区的指南针。 Susan 2014年入职Google悉尼，负责管理企业云端解决方案(Google Suite)，同年迅速晋升为 Google 艺术与文化的商务拓展经理，负责头部澳洲文化数字化工程，为全球观众提供了线上海量艺术品的远程高清浏览，并为保护澳大利亚的文化遗产做出了重大贡献。 2016 年，她凭出色的技术表现和团队推荐被提拔到Google英国，领导欧洲企业部署全球广告解决方案。 2018年她辞去快速晋升的’舒适区‘工作，回到中国加入字节跳动，带领国际化和企业发展团队担纲多个国际战略合作项目，见证了字节迅速崛起成为世界上最有价值的初创公司。 2020年她重返伦敦，担任辰光资本合伙人，参与领投了遍布三大洲的教育、智能物流和医疗保健等初创公司。如今回到悉尼，加盟可画(Canva) – 世界上最大的女性创立和女性主导的创业公司, 受任产品国际化总监，带领多个海外团队将公司的创意设计平台推广落地到世界的各个角落。 Susan也是一名作家，2019年出版的’踏出舒适圈‘一书在线上14个国家有售，她也是世界各地年轻企业家，学生及同行里的职业规划及行业导师。 |
| Ms. Yijie Zhu Greater China Head, HOK International (Beijing) Limited Deakin University alumna 贺克国际建筑设计咨询（北京）有限公司大中华区总监 迪肯大学校友 Ms. Yijie Zhu is currently the Greater China Head of a subsidiary of HOK, a leading global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm serving some of the world’s most demanding clients from a network of 24 offices on three continents, with design work underway on buildings on six continents. She oversees finance, human resources, legal and office operations, working collaboratively with regional finance and human resources directors located around the world, as well as the head office’s global legal department. In addition to career advancement, Yijie has continued to pursue it along my career path. As FCPA, she has been an active participant in CPA Australia events and professional seminars and has also been committed to promoting and supporting the broader Australia-China relationship and activities. Yijie is passionate about giving back to the community and advocating for equality in life, while striving for sparkle and meaning in humanity. She has joined the Toastmaster Club and share the life and career experiences, expertise and cutting-edge developments in the industry at club events. As a volunteer after-school counsellor, she led children from the Children’s Palace to achieve the FIRST League Jr. MISSION MOON World Festival Expo. Houston and won the 2019 Robotics Competition Championship. Yijie loves her family and enjoys spending time with them, and truly appreciates their best and strongest back-up. As women, we have the independence to be masters of our own destiny. The pressure that would have crushed us has turned us into diamonds. Empowering women, leading the way! 朱一捷目前任职于HOK大中华区负责人，HOK是一家领先的全球设计、建筑、工程和规划公司。通过我们遍布全球三大洲的24间办公室为世界各地客户提供创新而卓越的设计方案，业务遍及众多领域，已承担过多项大型工程，遍布世界六大洲。她负责监督财务、人力资源、法律和办公室运作，与分布在世界各地的区域财务和人力资源总监以及总部的全球法律部门合作。 除了职业发展之外，朱一捷还在专业道路上不断追求。作为FCPA澳大利亚资深注册会计师，她一直积极参加澳大利亚会计师公会以及其他中澳机构举办的各项职业活动和专业研讨会，并致力于促进和支持更广泛的澳中关系和活动。 朱一捷热衷于回馈社会，倡导生命平等，同时努力追求人性的闪光和意义。她加入Toastmaster演讲俱乐部，在俱乐部活动中分享生活和职业经验、专业知识和行业的前沿发展。另外，作为志愿课后辅导员，她还指导少年宫的孩子们参加各种机器人比赛， 特别是在2019年，带领的青少年乐高团队晋级参与在休斯顿举办的FIRST League Jr. MISSION MOON世界大赛，并赢得了年度冠军。 朱一捷珍视和家人在一起的时光，并感恩他们成为最好和最强大的后盾。作为女性，我们有独立的能力让我们成为自己命运的主人。原本那些击垮我们的压力终将把我们变成了耀眼的钻石。女性力量，多元引领未来！ |