Summary
Portfolio and Interim Careers: Exploring New Career Pathways for experienced Professionals
Practical insights into what interim work involves, the skills and attributes required to succeed, current market opportunities and how experiences professionals can transition into flexible, project based leadership roles.
How to plan for retirement and look at superannuation performance and portfolio allocation
Prime Time: Simple Habits to Keep You the Best you Can Be. You'll discover practical strategies that are easy to incorporate into daily life. From protecting your brain and maintaining muscle and bone strength to improving balance, mobility and overall wellbeing, this presentation will show how small, consistent actions can deliver significant long-term benefits.
The Interim Executive Survey FY26/27 · Watermark Search This is the 16th year of Watermark's annual interim survey where they analyse both the candidate and client movements and engagement with the interim market. It is the best way to prepare your executives for the session.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand whether a portfolio or interim career is the right fit for your skills and experience.
- Gain practical insights into current interim market opportunities and how to position yourself for success in this growing career pathway.
- Understand key superannuation and retirement planning considerations, including retirement timelines, investment strategies, and contribution options.
- Explore practical approaches to creating a retirement plan that aligns with your personal goals, lifestyle, and financial needs.
- Identify practical, evidence -based habits that support healthy ageing, mental wellbeing, and independence.
- Apply simple strategies to maintain brain health, strength, balance and mobility for long-term wellbeing.
Speakers
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Alex Brown
Alex Brown is a recruitment and talent acquisition specialist with over 20 years of experience across the UK and Australia. She has worked across executive search, in-house, agency, and RPO recruitment, with expertise in global executive hiring and talent solutions across health, aged care, disability care, pharmaceuticals, and travel. Alex helps organisations solve complex workforce challenges by connecting them with high-calibre interim and executive talent.
Anna-Louise Bouvier
Anna-Louise Bouvier is the Founder of Physiocise, an Adjunct Fellow at Macquarie University, and a well-known media personality with more than 30 years' experience translating complex health science into practical strategies that help people live healthier, more active lives.
Since founding Physiocise in 1995, Anna-Louise has delivered more than 120,000 exercise and education classes, empowering thousands of people to better understand their bodies and stay active—regardless of their aches, pains or "wobbly bits."
A recognised leader in workplace wellbeing, she co-created the multi-award-winning Happy Body at Work digital wellbeing program in partnership with the ABC. The program was adopted by more than 150 universities and public and private sector organisations, including Optus, the Commonwealth Bank and the ASX, before being successfully sold.
For more than 20 years, Anna-Louise has been a regular health commentator on ABC Radio alongside presenters including James Valentine, Richard Glover and Chris Bath. She has also appeared on Sunrise and Today, was a resident expert on the ABC television series Making Australia Happy, and is the author of three bestselling books published by HarperCollins.
Today, Anna-Louise is focused on helping Australians age well through Best I Can Be—an innovative digital wellbeing program designed to build the strength, confidence, resilience and social connection that enable people to thrive throughout their third age!
Georgiana Craciun
Georgiana is a fitness professional with over 12 years of international experience across the UK, Middle East, and Australia. She specialises in personalised coaching, client retention, and fitness programming, helping people of all ages and fitness levels achieve their goals. Having successfully built and managed large client portfolios, including as a Senior Personal Trainer in Kuwait and an independent trainer in Sydney, she is recognised for her strong relationship-building skills, referral-based business growth, and results-driven approach. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management and Business Administration from Coventry University.
Pip Westhoff
Pip Westhoff has over 20 years’ experience and a strong track record in Senior Executive Search, delivering search engagements for blue-chip, fast-growing customers across Financial Services, Professional Services, Telecommunication, and Fintech. She is passionate about enabling organisational transformation and performance improvement through interim executive solutions.With an excellent track record in delivering outcomes in Consulting and Advisory, permanent and interim talent, Pip has built a trusted network with senior and emerging leaders.
Shayne Sommer
Shayne holds a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism/Psychology), Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning and has attained the Certified Financial Planner (CFP©) designation. She provides holistic financial advice to private clients primarily across the areas of cash flow, superannuation, investment and personal insurance. Shayne contributes the education of financial professionals via the FPA Certified Financial Planner (CFP©) designation, and contributes to financial planning courses provided by Kaplan Professional. Shayne’s thoughts and commentary have been included in publications such as the Australian Financial Review, Mozo.com, Money & Life magazine and Kaplan Professional. Shayne holds a second dan black belt in karate, and is currently a student of Korean martial art, Hapkido. In 2022 Shayne was recognised as the Financial Adviser of the Year at the Women in Finance Awards, and in 2023 was included in the Financial Standard Power 50 influential advisers in Australia.
Fees
Below is all of the pricing information for the event.
AUD pricing is inclusive of GST.
Member fee: $55.00 AUD
Non-Member fee: $66.00 AUD
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