28/10/2026
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Tomorrow we deviate from our regular schedule as we return to St Margaret's Anglican Girls School for the Professional Women's Network Breakfast.
The fourth in this year's series run by the Old Girls Association will see Chelsea Drake, Chair of top-tier law firm Allens, present as guest speaker.
When Chelsey joined Allens in Brisbane in 1996, she joined Australia’s oldest law firm. Founded in 1822, before Queensland even existed, Allens had already weathered generations of economic, technological and social change. The decades that followed would transform the Australian business landscape once again.
Through her work at Allens and as a member of the Australian Government’s Takeovers Panel since 2016, Chelsey has had a front-row seat to organisations navigating growth, consolidation, globalisation and technological disruption.
Today, she is helping shape what comes next and is focused on a challenge confronting organisations everywhere: how to keep adapting while creating environments where talented people can build careers that last.
Drawing on lessons from one of Australia’s oldest continuing businesses, Chelsey will reflect on what changes, what endures, and why some organisations continue to earn trust and relevance through generations of disruption while others struggle to keep pace.
Accompanying what is sure to be an insightful session will be Wolff Coffee, poured fresh for every guest by Madmacs.
Drink coffee. Be awesome
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