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Leaders of the Pack- Australian Women Make it Big

Women are making it big in Australia. According to the Australian Business Woman’s Network, this success is due to women's desire to be independent, flexible and to make their contribution to Australia's economy under their own initiative.
Three such success stories are Belinda Yabsley, Mercedes- Benz Australia’s leading sales consultant, Sue Ismiel, Creator and CEO of Nad’s Natural Hair Remover Gel, and Scottish transplant Anne McKevitt, designer, author and entrepreneur. These women are at the top of their game and are an inspiration to women everywhere. Their hard work, determination and creativity have catapulted them to the top of the Australian( and international) business scene.

Lucky Country

Originally from Syria, Sue Ismiel immigrated to Australia at the age of 14. She was married with children by the time she was in her early thirties and found herself experimenting in her kitchen with various household products trying to invent the ideal hair remover. In one year she had successfully invented her own brand of hair removing gel. With no previous business experience she began to market it locally. She moved on to television and sales took off. In less than a decade, Sue Ismiel has created a multi-million dollar business, with Nad's Natural Hair Removal Gel becoming the market leader both domestically and in the lucrative United States market, earning valuable export dollars for Australia. Sue is also a passionate philanthropist and helps several charities-most recently she gave $600,000 to launch the world’s first study that will probe the links between testosterone levels in women and depression, mood and well-being

Miss Mercedes

Belinda Yabsley is only 31 and she is already the leading sales consultant for Mercedes Benz in Australia. She graduated from business school at age 17 and quickly rose to the top at a prestigious Sydney dealership. Mercedes Benz took notice and quickly recruited her and the rest is history. In Australia she is known as ‘Miss Mercedes’ and her impeccable business skills combined with excellent human relations skills have made her a unique niche in the automotive market. While maintaining extraordinary sales records year after year, Belinda has also created a unique business-within-a business model, as a specialist consultant who exclusively serves more than 3,000 private clients throughout Australia. Belinda also teaches her networking philosophy of business at workshops throughout Australia and speaks at events such as the AWARE conference -Advancing Women in Automotive Retail Enterprises.

Unstoppable Anne

Anne McKevitt grew up in Scotland but she recently fulfilled her lifetime dream of moving to Australia. She dropped out of school at 15 and quite confident of her abilities moved to London and became the apprentice of John Frieda, the renowned hair designer. She became a successful hairdresser by the age of 17 and was soon dressing the hair of the rich and famous. A serious car accident changed Anne’s life and as she struggled to recover from her injuries, she turned her life around in quite a creative way. While staring at the white walls that surrounded her she began to realize the limitless possibilities for how a room could be designed. When she designed her first apartment the fashion industry took notice. Anne began to design apartments and in no time had a yearlong waiting list. Books and a television show followed and today Anne McKevitt Ideas is a huge multi-national company. With its fingers in television, books, design, cooking gardening, Anne McKevitt is giving Martha Stewart a run for her money. Anne also works extensively with charities- Greenpeace, Save the Children Foundation and Amnesty International.

Looking for inspiration

Do these stories inspire you?
There are a variety of websites for the Australian businesswoman that offer inspiration, support, mentoring, grants and seminars.

http://www.womeninbusiness-wa.com/
http://www.womensmoney.com.au/
http://www.abwi.org/
http://ofw.facs.gov.au/index2.htm
http://www.bpw.com.au
http://www.abn.org.au

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