Emily Nathan currently serves as the Associate Director for Inclusion, Early Career Talent, and Health & Wellbeing at Optus since August 2021, alongside a position as a Board Observer for the Australian Jewish Funders through The Observership Program. Previously, Emily worked as a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant at Telstra, where the focus was on implementing D&I strategies and enhancing employee experiences. Prior roles include EMEA Diversity & Inclusion Programme Manager, EMEA Diversity Recruiter, and EMEA Early Talent & Graduate Recruitment Coordinator at Bloomberg LP, where Emily emphasized data-driven insights for D&I initiatives. Additionally, Emily has experience in various administrative and HR roles at Aon Hewitt, Management Consulting International, Avant Mutual Group Limited, Sydney Theatre Company, and Griffin Theatre Company. Emily holds a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from the University of Sydney.
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The Observership Program
Founded in 2014, the Observership Program facilitates the involvement of talented, energetic and diverse individuals with a wide range of skills and backgrounds in a structure experience on not-for-profit boards. It is a powerful tool to engage emerging community leaders while giving participating not-for-profit boards insight into the next generation’s perspective. Over 250 Observers have participated in the Program, observing on the boards of over 100 not-for-profit organisations. The Observership Program has run in Sydney since 2014 and in Melbourne since 2017. The program provides Observers with first-hand exposure to the role of the board, its decision-making and operations as well as targeted training delivered by AICD and mentorship designed to give Observers important skills to bring to the boardroom. “The Observership Program is in my opinion an outstanding way for the future directors of all levels of Australian business to gain experience in what to do and indeed what not to do around the board table.” David Gonski AC (Patron, The Observership Program)