272 - Cat-Thao Nguyen - How Does Real Change Happen?

Cat-Thao Nguyen is Managing Director of Global Ready LLC, which delivers leadership programs in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Cultural Intelligence and assisting leaders discover their purpose as it intersects with sustainability. She grew up in Australia, having arrived as a refugee, and is based between Vietnam and Australia.Cat-Thao is an Unconscious Bias and Cultural Intelligence Facilitator certified by the Cultural Intelligence Institute (Michigan, US) and is a certified executive coach. She has designed and led inclusive leadership programs, anti-racism and gender equity programs across the Asia Pacific, North America & Europe. Her clients include listed ASX and Fortune 500 companies.  Prior to establishing Global Ready, Cat-Thao was a corporate lawyer and investment executive. She established and managed Ernst & Young Law Vietnam LLC after being Vietnam/Cambodia chief strategy officer for a Singapore multi-billion-dollar private investment fund and CEO of an affiliate company. She was Regional Director for an Australian education company and management board member of two affiliate joint ventures in Asia.Her advocacy work includes being a former member of the Australian non-government delegation to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, former Board Chair of Loreto Vietnam education charity, management board member of the NSW Ethnic Communities Council and Australian National Community Advisory Board member to SBS (a public broadcaster to serve non English speaking communities) She was founding Board Chair and co-founder of the Australia Vietnam Leadership Dialogue, a non profit organisation enabling leaders to fulfil the UN SDGs via the bilateral relationship.  Cat-Thao Nguyen is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce (University of Sydney) and is a current Doctoral candidate with the University of Technology Sydney (Faculty of Arts & Social Science).Her doctorate work focuses on the intersection between belonging and refugee/racial identity. Her written works have been published by the Asia Society, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation among others. Her memoir, We Are Here, published by Allen & Unwin, was a finalist in the NSW Literary Awards (Australia).Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Being part of a culture of almost 100 million Vietnamese people living in the world today has its pain and challenges, but it comes with plenty of history, privileges and honors. Join Kenneth Nguyen as he spotlights Vietnamese excellence from around the world. Each episode explores the creative process of individuals shaping the diversity of what it means to be Vietnamese--as a local, born and raised, or as a third culture kid, and even the divisions that separate us politically and culturally. This show can take multiple directions, but what it will do is show Vietnamese from a transpacific lens, in all its facets and complexities.