Maureen Frank is Australia’s pre-eminent expert on gender diversity and women’s advancement, recognised globally for her acumen, initiatives and best practices. In March 2010 she was instrumental in Telstra becoming the first Australian company to win the prestigious Catalyst Award. Headquartered in New York, Catalyst is the peak global body that champions inclusive workplaces and increased opportunities for women in business. Through her participation in PWC’s Closing the Gap gender diversity program she has helped business leaders in over 150 countries marshal the resource of women and their unique talents. In May 2010, Maureen was invited by the International Biographical Centre, of Cambridge, England to be named as part of the World Who's Who of Women biographical volume.

Put simply, Maureen works at an organizational level to help men, women and their businesses become far more successful by embracing the value of gender diversity. With a legal and risk management background, she can analyse and quickly assess the risks businesses face and the strategies they need to implement, particularly in light of the new ASX Recommendations for ASX Listed companies.

At an individual level she helps people transform their lives through practical guidance, skill development and motivation. She is the founder of Emberin, Australia's premier women's empowerment and gender diversity company; and the creator of the My Mentor suite of women’s advancement programs and men’s gender leadership programs undertaken by thousands across Australia and India.

A former lawyer, Maureen moved to the UK in the mid-1990s where she was a major player in the fledgling mergers and acquisitions insurance industry. In 2001 she returned to Australia to create and head up Aon’s local mergers and acquisitions team. Within three years, her department was the largest producer of new revenue for Aon, having cracked the hardnosed investment banking and private equity worlds in Australia. Within Aon internationally Maureen was recognized as a standout performer. Within Australia she won a Telstra Business Woman of Year Award in 2004 and was named a BRW ‘Rising Star’ in 2005 – all this whilst being a single mother of twin girls, one of whom has a disability.

She is the standard bearer for a new generation of female business leaders respected by their male and female peers for achieving outstanding success whilst embracing their femininity and supporting other women. Maureen’s passion for helping women achieve their personal and career goals is reflected in her motivational multimedia program, Project Mojo Woman – for women who want more, her book, You Go Girlfriend, an Australian best seller, now it its second edition, and womensvillage.com, an all-encompassing web portal for women.

Maureen has been an expert presenter at conferences in the United States, India, South Africa and Australia. In addition she is a highly sought-after motivational speaker and VIP executive facilitator. She sits on Coca Cola Amatil’s and Amcor’s Diversity Council, has been a Gender Diversity advisor to some of Australia’s largest companies and donates profits from her business to the Smith Family. Emberin spans ASX 100 companies in Australia, government departments, national sporting bodies, educational institutions, a number of large global clients, and individuals.