6th SGB Women in Business Lunch - February 2011 

Cupitts Winery - Ulladulla



Wednesday 16th February 2011 we held our 

6th St George Regional Business Bank Women in Business luncheon

at 

Cupitts Winery at Ulladulla.

38 business ladies enjoyed the fine food and wine of Vineyards Kitchen Restaurant and then adjourned to the 'tasting room'  to hear from the winemaker extraordinaire Rosie Cupitt.

Judith Owen, Rosie Cupitt & Nicole Robinson

St George Staff

Rosie doing her presentation in the tasting room

Networking opportunities were abundant and it was all about bringing local business women together at a winery/restaurant of another successful business woman.


Our next luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday 15th June at the BoatShed Nowra.

Ladies enjoying lunch

Networking

Ladies enjoying lunch & a chat

              

Our Pink Lunch - Wednesday 13th October 2010

Our Guest Speaker Ristin

SGB Managers Judith Owen & Dianne Blackstock

The Pink Table

      Our First Pink Lunch was held at the butterfactory Restaurant, Pyree on 
Wednesday 13th October 2010. 


We had a number of donated gifts for a raffle and lucky door prize, with all proceeds going towards the research, prevention and treatment into Breast Cancer.

Our Guest Speaker was Ristin Vanderhoek Nichols, who is the operator of the delicious Licketty Lick Gelateria & Chocolate Shop at Huskisson.

We enjoyed the fine food and wine of the butterfactory, listened to the heart wrenching story from Ristin and raised over $600 for the Cancer Council.


Donated Gifts from.......

Anchor Bay Motel

Designs by Debbie

Dzine Jewellry

Prizes were kindly donated from Anchor Bay Motel, overnight accommodation at their boutique motel at Greenwell Point. Beautiful necklaces from Dzine and Photo frame and bracelet from Design by Debbie.

One Year Anniversary Women in Business Lunch - June 2010

 

The 1st Birthday Cake

Dianne Blackstock & Judith Owen - St George

We enjoyed our First Birthday Celebration at 

the butterfactory restaurant at Pyree on

 Wednesday 16th June 2010.

Welcome by Judith Owen

Our Guest Speaker was Leonie Sinclair,
 Partner of Marriott Oliver Solicitors,

 whose topic was "28 1/2 years in business...but who's counting ?"

 Leonie spoke of the role of women professionals in Nowra and how they have changed dramatically over the past few decades.

 When Leonie first started in practise in 1981, there were just two women lawyers. 

Leonie's talk was inspiring to us all.

Guest Speaker - Leonie Sinclair - Marriott Oliver

Ladies enjoying lunch

Judith Owen & Leonie Sinclair

Nicole Robinson, Dianne Blackstock, Julie Granada & Rosemary Aldred - St George Staff

The Butterfactory Staff 

We celebrated our 1st Birthday with a delicious cake from Michel's Patisserie.

Women in Business Lunch - by the Sea - February 2010.

We enjoyed our February lunch, by the sea at 

Pelican Rocks Seafood Restaurant 

Greenwell Point

 on 

Wednesday 10th February 2010.

Carol Joyce - Guest Speaker

 Our Guest Speaker was Carol Joyce, the proprietor of the Milton Country Cottages at Milton. 

Carol gave us an insight into how the cottages came about, her disputes with Council and the long lengthy building process. To finally open a first class resort, 

now winning a number of prestigious awards.

Carol with St George staff - Julie Granado, Judith Owen, Dianne Blackstock & Nicole Robinson

Dianne Blackstock & Judith Owen - St George Bank

Carol Joyce & Ginger O'Brien

The Table

Nicole Robinson & Meshelle Knapp

Networking Group

Jeni Harvie, Anchor Bay Motel & Dianne Blacktock St George

Carol Hagedoorn & Anne Brown from Marriott Oliver

Enjoying Lunch

A delicious lunch was enjoyed with a wide variety of seafood...what else !

Women in Business Lunch - life work balance - October 2009

 This was our Second Luncheon and we took it to the 

Winery - Silos Winery Restaurant at Jaspers Brush on

 Wednesday 14th October 2009.

Networking

Networking at Silos

We enjoyed some wine samples before moving into the restaurant to hear our guest speaker.......which was to be Shelley Hancock (State Member of Parliament), 

but unfortunately Shelley had come down with a severe case of the flu and a fill in had to be found....the day of the lunch!!!!!

 

Judith Owen's Introduction

Dianne Blackstock thanking Guest Speaker

Nicole Robinson introducing our Guest Speaker

Meshelle Knapp - Guest Speaker

Meshelle Knapp to the rescue.

Meshelle is the CEO of Total Management Options Australia TMOA, 

a Corporate Advisory Service.

Meshelle is a qualified corporate psychologist with a Master Degree in Business Administration. 

A very interesting speaker, talking about work life balance.corporate counseling.

She is a qualified corporate psychologist and has specialized in the field of company structure and restructure, organisational psychology, change management, underpinned by L&D initiatives.

The Inaugural St George Bank Women in Business Luncheon - June 2009

The First Official WIB Table

St George Staff - Julie Granado, Judith Owen, Dianne Blackstock  & Nicole Robinson

Introductions

Networking

Behind every good business there is very often a good woman.

 In recognition of these hidden talents, 

the Inaugural Women in Business luncheon was launched on

 Wednesday 17th June 2009.

At Trio Trattoria Italian Restaurant in Nowra.

Enjoying the day

From Lawyers to Accountants, from vignerons to moteliers, they gathered at 

Trio Trattoria

to share experiences and to network.

St George Bank's Chief Economist Besa Deda was the  Guest Speaker 

and discussed the economic climate in her address entitled 

"Riding through the financial storm".

and this is where it all began...............

Thank you to Jeni Harvie who had this story published in the South Coast Register the day of the luncheon.

Women in Business - Guest Speaker Besa Deda (middle back row) and George D ?