Wendy is Chair of Wengeo Group, an innovative diversified industrial group with investments in manufacturing, precision engineering, industrial property development, venture capital and new media.

Wendy integrates her faith into the business world by serving on a number of committees including the Sydney Prayer Breakfast, Chairman of the Australian Springboard, a venture catalyst program for women-led high growth companies, Australian Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Advisory Board.
Wendy also mentors women in leadership and emerging entrepreneurs.
She has been a senior executive with QBE Insurance, TNT and Alcatel. She also lived and worked in China for seven years serving as Asia Pacific Senior Vice President for Alcatel and then North Asia Trade Commissioner for the Victorian Government.
Wendy has been nominated three times for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year and was a finalist in the Shanghai Business woman’s awards in the category of business leadership.

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http://www.spinz.org.nz | How to use social media to spot people at risk through their online postings, and how to support and refer people for help. The discussion will also examine the communication preferences for young people, and how they fit in with other help-seeking behaviours.

FEATURING:
Peter Watson (Specialist Adolescent Health Physician)
Christopher Banks (Bipolar Bear blogger, Mental Health Foundation)
Kayte Godward (Sector Relationship Manager, Lifeline Aotearoa)
Kingi Biddle (Media Consultant, Broadcaster)
Taimi Allen (Like Minds, Like Mine Team Leader, Mind & Body)
Tammy Hohaia (Kia Piki Co-ordinator, Ruakura Hauora o Tainui, Manukau)

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Market closes down 0.1%. QBE announces succession plan and capital raising. BBG rejects another TPG bid. GFF jumps as Wilmar takes a stake.

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Commercial property in the London area is showing signs of holding up the positive levels of occupation enjoyed by the capital, of late.

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In his final appearance on Switzer TV for 2011, Peter Switzer asked Roger Montgomery to reveal his top 20 A1 stock picks. So how does a business achieve Roger’s coveted A1 MQR? Unlike conventional wisdom, Roger’s A1s aren’t necessarily ‘blue chips’. Wesfarmers and Qantas may be big businesses, but they don’t make his A1 grade. Businesses that achieve Roger’s A1 or A2 MQR have the lowest probability of a ‘liquidity event’. His A1s are less likely to raise capital, borrow more money, default on debt repayments of breach debt covenants — Roger would be very surprised if any of his A1s went bust!

A follower of Roger’s blog went back five years and created a hypothetical portfolio of A1 businesses. The portfolio returned 60% per annum.

So what are Roger Montgomery’s top 20 A1 stock picks for 2011? Watch Part II of this interview to find out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w24Mlon9DZQ

Switzer TV with Peter Switzer was broadcast on 15 November 2011 on the Sky Business Channel.

Visit ‪‪http://www.rogermontgomery.com/ for Roger Montgomery’s step-by-step guide to valuing a company.

http://www.switzer.com.au/ from Peter Switzer is an online portal for retail investors and small business owners, offering daily news and articles on small business and personal finance. Switzer also provides industry-leading Financial Planning and Business Coaching services.

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In news that’ll be welcome to property landlords in the capital, London office space is continuing to outperform the rest of the UK in the second quarter.

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Sports Direct International plc, has this week carried out the acquisition of an 80 per cent shareholding in West Coast Capital, otherwise known as USC.

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