Ladies Talk Money is a free, online platform and community that aims to tackle the complex relationship between women, our finances and the systemic barriers keeping us from true financial equality:
one conversation at a time!
About the platform
For decades, women have been conditioned to believe that money; the business of earning it, investing it, being in charge of it and mastering it, is the domain of men. But who benefits from keeping women out of the conversation? Spoiler: not us.
From tackling the final taboo about why women still feel uncomfortable talking about money to the burden of unpaid work, you can expect stigma-smashing and jargon-free conversations, rooted in the belief that open dialogue is the first step to financial empowerment, autonomy and (most importantly) the change that the world, and its women, desperately need.
No shame. No stigma. No jargon. Lots of fun!
A word on ladies*…
*Ladies Talk Money aims to tackle some of the issues around financial inequality that exist for those who do not identify as men, and we hope to create a space that is inclusive of all women-identifying, trans and non-binary people.
We also acknowledge that ‘ladies’ has connotations of women who are ‘refined’, ‘softly spoken’ and ‘polite’ - we are not trying to be any of those things. Rather, we are hoping to reclaim the word ‘ladies’ for people who are having unapologetic conversations about money. All of this is to say that, if you feel that you would benefit from the insight and financial information included in this community, then we warmly welcome you to pull up a chair!
Meet the Ladies Talk Money Contributors
Chandel Rose
Contributor / Co-founder
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Chandel (she/her) is the Director of Brand, Strategy + Impact at Pure Finance, and the Co-Founder of Ladies Talk Money. Having spent her early career working as an actor and in hospitality, she understands the trials and tribulations of living a financially precarious life, and now revels in the chance to help people get (and pay off) a loan in a way that empowers and supports them. An avid feminist, Chandel is unapologetic in calling on the finance industry to do better, especially for women and gender diverse people. Passionate about leading the charge to make money more equal and ethical, Chandel is keen to support women to smash stereotypes and have much-needed conversations about money.
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Jess Brady
Contributor / Co-founder
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Having worked for CBA, Macquarie Bank and Zurich, Jess (she/her) is fast becoming a pioneering force in financial services. After realising that young people were more interested in planning their meals and holidays than their financial futures, she co-founded Fox & Hare Financial Advice in 2017, with a focus on creating more diversity in the industry - both in those giving and receiving advice. Recently named in the Financial Stand Power 50, the top 50 most influential advisers in Australia, and awarded the 2019 Newcomer of the Year at the prestigious Independent Financial Advisers (IFA) awards, Jess is passionate about making financial advice more accessible, especially for women.
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Carmen Hawker
Contributor / Founding Member
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Writer of words. Lover of tea. Teller of stories. Giver of pep talks. Wearer of bright colours. Carmen (she/her) is a woman of many talents, and one of them is talking passionately about ladies and their money. A recent superannuation evangelist, she's worked for a decade in women's health and international development before starting her own business injecting some much-needed heart into the finance and for-purpose business world.
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Shivani Gopal
Contributor
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Shivani (she/her) is a passionate feminist, serial entrepreneur and finance expert on a mission to create a more equal world. She is the Founder and CEO of The Remarkable Woman (now Elladex) and has won the Top 50 Small Business Leaders award and is recognised as a leading feminist and business thought leader, helping women navigate through their careers, businesses and financial success.
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Cris Parker
Contributor
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Cris (she/her) is a driving force behind two of Australia’s most profound initiatives working to bring ethics into everyday professional life. She is Head of The Ethics Alliance, a community of organisations of every size, type, and sector that are connected through The Ethics Centre to collaboratively shape the future of business with ethics. Cris is also a director of The Banking & Finance Oath, a program she headed to foster ethical conduct among financial services professionals through support and a pledge of integrity. Cris draws on her social science degree and her experience as both an actor and producer in establishing a New York- based theatre company, casting agency, and production studio to bring a deep appreciation of human behaviour to her work.
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Mariam Mohammed
Contributor
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Born in Pakistan, now living on Darug land, Mariam (she/her) is a community developer: she rallies people behind a goal and builds their capacity to achieve it.
In 2016, Mariam was elected Women’s Officer of the Sydney University Postgraduate Association (SUPRA) – the only woman of colour on the organisation’s Board. In 2017, She became the President of SUPRA – the youngest in the organisation’s 40-year history. Mariam led the team that delivered a 600% increase in the organisation’s community engagement. In 2018, Mariam won the first-ever Australian Dell Policy Hack for a proposal tackling women entrepreneurs’ access to capital in Australia. By 2019, she had co-founded MoneyGirl to empower and inspire women to become financially independent.
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Larisha Jerome
Contributor
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Larisha (she/her) is a proud Jarowair, Wakka Wakka and Wulli Wulli woman who was raised on Darug Country and now resides on Kabi Kabi Country.
She is the Founder of Liberate with Larisha, a Board Director of the Jarowair Aboriginal Corporation, a powerful advocate for economic justice and an accomplished speaker and self concept & mindset coach.
With a rich background spanning banking, health, government (Indigenous Affairs), and the nonprofit sector, Larisha brings a wealth of experience to her work and aims to redress the economic injustice that First Nations people face and decolonise western money concepts.
A transformative leader, Larisha’s unique approach is centred in her lived experience and leverages the revolutionary power of community, relational reciprocity, authenticity, and meaningful connections.
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Min-Shi Michelle Lim
Contributor
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Michelle (she/her) is an inquisitive and purpose-led leader, interested in effectively utilising behavioural psychology and ethics to gain insight into what drives human behaviour and decision-making. She is currently an Organisational Culture and Change Lead at the Reserve Bank Australia (RBA) and Director of the Asian Australian Professionals Collective (AAPC). With an academic background in Psychology and Neuroscience, Michelle also works within the Intersectional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) and Ethics fields. Prior to joining the RBA, Michelle was a senior consultant for several years advising clients on Organisational Culture, Transformational Change, and Risk Culture and Governance.
Michelle is a LinkedIn Top Voice, an invitation-only program featuring a global group of experts on LinkedIn covering a range of topics across the professional world. She has been recognised as a 2022 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian Australian, is a Fellow of the Dr John Yu Fellowship for Leadership and Diversity (University of Sydney Business School) and is a William Ah Ket Leadership Scholar (Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership, Australian National University).
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Moo Baulch
Contributor
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Moo Baulch OAM is a social justice and gender equality leader in Australia with a career long commitment to addressing and preventing violence against women and LGBTIQA+ people.
Formerly the Head of Customer Vulnerability at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Moo is passionate about ending financial inequality and abuse, and she has recently supported Commbank on their organisation-wide commitment to help end financial abuse by helping guide their trauma-informed Community Wellbeing team. Moo is also the Chair of the national violence against women prevention organisation, Our Watch, and is the Director of Primary Prevention at Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Centre (WAGEC).
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