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.

 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. 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 book, You Go Girlfriend, which inspires women to believe they can achieve whatever they put their minds to. This book, first released in 2005 and now in its second edition, was an Australian best seller.

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 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.