www.shirewomen.com.au Become a member and get promoted, speak at events and more! In 2017, Steph Rey took over ShireWomen with big plans for the future. At the time, ShireWomen was purely a Networking and Promotional Business, with on average 20 attendees each month to the monthly Networking events. The previous owner had engaged Steph [who was a member of ShireWomen at the time], to provide a Bus
iness Strategy through Steph’s existing Consulting Business. After realising the passion Steph had towards making ShireWomen work, she strongly felt it was time for a change and convinced Steph to take over the business! Steph’s passion for educating and supporting women in business comes from Steph’s background in Organisational Psychology, Sociology, HR and Business Consulting. Having worked with Corporates and SME’s in both the UK and Australia, Steph has always made it a priority to advocate for equality in the workforce, and has a long history of making lasting change in both the Public and Private Sector. Working with women to assist them in being the best they can be, has always been Steph’s main passion. After acquiring ShireWomen, Steph knew who she needed to hire to get things done, and this person was Vanessa Gorman. Friends through both working in the Cloud Tech space, Steph brought on Vanessa, and they got to work. Vanessa’s background is in Business Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Cloud Start-Up’s and Fin-Tech. In just 18 months, Steph and Vanessa have grown ShireWomen from just a networking and promotional platform, to be the largest networking, personal development, educational, events and promotional platform in the Sutherland Shire - attracting on average 80 attendees to its monthly Coffee & Connect networking events, and hundreds to speciality events. 35,000 people each month engage with ShireWomen through the website, events, social media or through newsletters. Steph & Vanessa have grown the membership at a rate of 5 new paid members per month, doubling the membership base in 18 months, and have launched a new website with a member’s resource library full of education and resources for members to use and share with each other. The goal is to continue to provide the latest scientific research and education to businesses and the local community in The Shire, which will increase business success, sustainability and boost the local economy.
