TMA Australia is committed to gender equity: our current Chair and President are both women, our National board consists of more than 40% women. We have a relentless focus on ensuring that we have substantive female speakers at our events and at our National Conference. Two of our three National Conference co-chairs this year are women.

The TMA Network of Women (TMA NOW) is an affinity group within TMA, created to foster female leadership by creating the premier business development and networking group for women in the turnaround community. TMA NOW aims to provide substantive educational programming and networking opportunities to promote career growth and help retain and promote women in restructuring and turnaround.

TMA NOW strives to create an environment for people to meet and connect with each other, build educational programming at the global and chapter level, and encourage women to engage in leadership positions within TMA and at their firms. To this end, the key goals of TMA NOW are to:

• Attract, retain and promote women in restructuring and turnaround;
• Engage more women in senior leadership positions within our chapter by creating more visibility and awareness of available leadership opportunities;
• Increase the participation and number of offerings for women’s networking events, educational sessions, and professional development opportunities;
• Offer education and content to female members to promote professional growth.

Thank you to Houlihan Lokey for their support of the TMA Australia Network of Women (NOW). TMA NOW passionately champions the participation of women in turnaround and restructuring and promotes their professional growth. Together this partnership with Houlihan Lokey will offer invaluable leadership and learning opportunities for women, including an incredible scholarship program.

“With this sponsorship, we are looking to produce real outcomes and to ensure that women are fully participating in our industry, properly reflecting their numbers, qualifications and talent.
Jim McKnight, Houlihan Lokey’s Australian Managing Director

For more information, contact the TMA office – info@turnaround.org.au

Key features of the sponsorship:

• Scholarships to enable emerging women to attend national/international TMA conferences.

• Bespoke and directed training for emerging women.

• NOW Networking events

• Other bespoke initiatives which may involve specific lobbying or campaign

TMA Australia is thrilled to announce that Maggie Fong (Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sydney) is the successful recipient of the FY25 TMA Australia-Houlihan Lokey International Scholarship. Toronto Awaits Join us in celebrating Maggie’s achievement as she gets ready to attend the TMA International NextGen Leadership Conference

TMA Australia is thrilled to announce that Maggie Fong (Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sydney) is the successful recipient of the FY25 TMA Australia-Houlihan Lokey International Scholarship. Toronto Awaits Join us in celebrating Maggie’s achievement as she gets ready to attend the TMA International NextGen Leadership Conference in Toronto, Canada in July.  Read more – here

Congratulations to Zoe Kasehaegen (Senior Associate, King & Wood Mallesons) as the first recipient of the TMA Houlihan Lokey Scholarship.  Zoe attended TMA Global’s annual Distressed Investing Conference in Las Vegas in March 2024.  Read more about Zoe here

TMA Australia provides unique networking opportunities to promote the career growth and empower our talented young women through the NOW program.

Through the TMA Australia NOW Dinners we actively seek to connect our talented young women with our senior TMA members, who can advocate for our emerging talented young women and help them to break through the glass ceiling.  Read more here

To register your interest in attending a TMA NOW dinner, contact the TMA National office 1300 042 811, info@turnaround.org.au