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Macquarie CEO lays out plan for boosting diversity in workforce – Sydney Morning Herald
Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake has overcome racial and gender biases to secure one of the most powerful roles in business. Now she wants to make…
“My main message to girls out there is is why let boys have all this fun?” she said. “Ive not seen anything in my work that shows being a boy makes you better positioned to do the job than being a girl.
“Working to ensure diversity of thought and capability is critical. Weve seen many times a diverse team delivers stronger results than any individual or homogenous team.”
For a chief executive who speaks sparingly about her personal life, Ms Wikramanayake shared the story of her upbringing to demonstrate…
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