Join us at our next event:
Friday 27th October 2023
Cordis Hotel Auckland
This forum discusses the issues that matter, bringing together business, busy career men and women to share experiences, advice and the latest insights.
Diversity, Inclusion, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) are hot topics at the moment across all sectors and will make up the theme of the next Journey to Excellence forum.
Whether B2C or B2B, customers, shareholders, stakeholders, employees and even government forces are increasingly wanting to know what companies are doing to address these issues. The connection between environmental sustainability, workplace culture and social responsibility is vital for your business & the wider community.
The question is – how your company can respond, adapt and grow? JTE will explore how business might look to implement an authentic ESG approach.

5 reasons to attend
JOURNEY to EXCELLENCE
- Learn how diversity and inclusion can not only improve business culture but grow your business’ bottom line.
- Upskill and build great teams who feel appreciated.
- Strengthen relationships between team members and business stakeholders.
- Build your network by attracting the best people to your business.
- Innovate and motivate your team and clients around key issues that matter to them.
5 reasons to attend
JOURNEY to EXCELLENCE
1
Learn how diversity and inclusion can not only improve business culture
but grow your business’ bottom line.
2
Upskill and build great teams who feel appreciated.
3
Strengthen relationships between team members and business stakeholders.
4
Build your network by attracting the best people to your business.
5
Innovate and motivate your team and clients around key issues
that matter to them.
EVENT DETAILS
1:00pm
Welcome
1:10pm
“New Ways of Creating Sustainable Industries”- Jacinta FitzGerald, CEO, Mindful Fashion
1:30pm
“Leveraging AI and Technology to Alleviate the Pressure on Our Healthcare Industry”- Bindi Norwell, Group CEO, ProCare
1:50pm
“Transitions for Meaningful and Sustainable Living and Working”- Professor Marjo Lips-Wiersma, AUT
2:10pm
10 minute break
2:20pm
Keynote Speaker 4
2:40pm
Panel Discussion
3:10pm
Q&A from the audience for our panel
3:25pm
Table discussion on key takeaways, best one wins the bouquet of flowers on the table!
3:30pm
Cocktail Networking with nibbles
4:30pm
Close
Each Guest will receive:
Buffet Lunch including dessert options
Goody Bag
A year subscription to M2woman Magazine
Drinks and nibbles at the Networking function
Network opportunities throughout the day with like-minded people
We’re taking appropriate measures to ensure your safety at Journey to Excellence
by working closely with our hotel partners to provide a safe and seamless event.
Everything will be planned according to the best interest of our attendees, also taking
into consideration the rules and regulations advised by the Government at the time of the event.
Areas we will focus on for our events include:
– Advance online registration and managed contact tracing
– 5 star hotel sanitisation and hygiene practices
If you have any questions around what we are doing to keep you,
our staff and the hotel’s team safe, please don’t hesitate to
email Tim at: [email protected]
If you have questions regarding our next Journey to Excellence event
and/or your booking or if you want to give us feedback on a previous event,
please don’t hesitate to reach out to [email protected]
SPEAKERS

Bindi Norwell - Group Chief Executive, ProCare
Bindi is a visionary leader with more than 25 years’ experience working across a range of sectors including health, property, professional services and telecommunications. Bindi brings extensive commercial leadership and governance experience, is highly strategic, and has proven expertise in leading organisational diversification and growth strategies, leveraging technology and innovation, transformational change, and organisational redesigns, to enable successful, thriving and sustainable businesses. Bindi is currently the Group Chief Executive of ProCare, a leading healthcare provider. She is passionate about health and wellbeing, and relishes the opportunity to utilise her strategic and leadership strengths to improve equitable health outcomes for all New Zealanders. Prior to ProCare, Bindi was Chief Executive of REINZ and she has also held various executive roles across New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Bindi is currently a Director for CareHQ, Chair of the Fresh Minds Board and Deputy Chair of the Auckland Branch of the Institute of Directors. Prior to this she has held various governance roles including with Whakarongorau Aotearoa, EMA, Marketing Association and Warehouse Group.

Jacinta is a sustainability activator, passionate about the power of business to create positive impact. Building on more than 20 years experience in the clothing and textiles industry, in 2015 Jacinta founded Make.Good, a consultancy that works with innovative global and local businesses to drive forward the sustainability agenda. Jacinta is currently Chief Executive of Mindful Fashion New Zealand, the peak body for sustainable fashion and textiles in Aotearoa, an organisation on a mission to create a thriving and full-circle future for New Zealand’s clothing and textiles ecosystem.

In her role as Professor of Sustainability and Ethics leadership at Auckland University of Technology, Marjo aims to reach people with the sustainability message in ways that create hope and agency and strengthen the will. To that end she has also co-created the Map of Meaning International charity which supports meaning makers globally. In her teaching and research she combines academic insights with practical experiences from a variety of sources, including being a qualified permaculture practitioner.
JOURNEY to EXCELLENCE
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13 Live Forums | 100+ Keynote Speakers & Experts | 3,500+ attendees… and counting.
Companies that have joined us for our JOURNEY to EXCELLENCE events and some kind words from past guests…
“Feedback from both our tables are overwhelmingly positive. All of the women really enjoyed the event and the panel session kicked off very interesting conversations after.”
– Michelle, Custom Fleet
“I very much enjoyed the discussions. My clients and I had some very good conversations carrying on from the themes brought up by the panel.”
– Jo, ASB
“I was very lucky to be invited to the M2woman event. I have to say, that was probably the most interesting and inspiring event I’ve been to, as far as the speakers and MC were concerned. From my personal perspective, I find the half day-format particularly good, especially on a Friday afternoon – and I think most of the people I sat close to felt the same way.”
– Michele, Barfoot & Thompson

Some kind words from past JOURNEY to EXCELLENCE delegates…
“Feedback from both our tables are overwhelmingly positive. All of the women really enjoyed the event and the panel session kicked off very interesting conversations after.”
– Michelle, Custom Fleet
“I very much enjoyed the discussions. My clients and I had some very good conversations carrying on from the themes brought up by the panel.”
– Jo, ASB
“I was very lucky to be invited to the M2woman event. I have to say, that was probably the most interesting and inspiring event I’ve been to, as far as the speakers and MC were concerned. From my personal perspective, I find the half day-format particularly good, especially on a Friday afternoon – and I think most of the people I sat close to felt the same way.”
– Michele, Barfoot & Thompson