This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Please book on our website by Monday March 1 11am to secure your place! Welcome Desk payment by Card only!

As Taylor Swift wisely said, “Just because you made a good plan doesn’t mean that’s what’s going to happen.”

Unfortunately Professor Nicola Spurrier has regrettably had to cancel her guest speaker presentation as a result of a national health committee meeting now being scheduled at the same time.    

 Guest Speaker Professor Suzanne Watt

We are very fortunate to have Suzanne (Sue) Watt PhD, FRCPath Emeritus Professor of Haematology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom and Adjunct Professor, SAHMRI and University of Adelaide now as our guest speaker to recognise International Women’s Day 2021.

The Long and Winding Road

Suzanne will share with us details of the outstanding women scientists who changed science and influenced her career, she will also talk about her leading research and how she encountered Coronaviruses.

Having lived in the UK for 40 years, Suzanne was in the process of returning to live in Australia when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Thankfully she arrived in Adelaide in March last year and has since decided to settle here.

About Emeritus Professor Suzanne Watt

Suzanne Watt is an Emeritus Professor of Haematology at Oxford University, and about 12 months ago became an Adjunct Professor located in SAHMRI at the University of Adelaide.

Suzanne received her PhD from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, in 1980 and subsequently undertook postdoctoral research at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford and Cancer Research UK. Her work has concentrated mainly on blood stem cells.

Suzanne has published more than 150 articles in international journals and has been awarded over 50 grants for her research projects. She has also participated in and managed a number of EU projects.

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Please note the venue - Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Please book on our website by Monday March 8 11am to secure your place! Welcome Desk payment by Card only!

Fireside chat with Albert and Toby Bensimon

Shiels - A Family Jewellery Business

Albert has been a Rotarian for around 30 years and founded Shiels/Grahams  in 1978 in a single store in Adelaide Central Market.  He has stepped down as managing director of Shiels and is now Chair.

Shiels were the first discount jewellers in South Australia,  perhaps in Australia and was the first to mix humour in the sale of diamonds and gold.

Albert was president of the retail traders and campaigned and lobbied for all day trade on Saturday and eventually Sunday and is very involved in the arts, has served on many arts boards and was recognized  with an OAM in 2020

Albert is married to Nyra and has two children Tanya and Toby.

At the age of 16 Toby began to work part time at Shiels after and started full time work there after graduating from University in 2002.

In 2012 he founded a coffee pod business “Podpac” with two partners and in 2021 he was a founding partner in” bureau booths”

In 2020 he also co-founded “The Innovation Factory” a co-working space concept .

Today Toby runs the jewellery business across 50 stores throughout Australia.

Toby is married to Lauren and they have a baby due in April.

Don't forget to give to the Virtual Community Bowl this week by clicking on...  Community Projects Appeal

Please note the venue - Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Please book on our website by Monday March 15 11am to secure your place! Welcome Desk payment by Card only!

Guest Speaker Libby Craft, CEO Uniting SA

Topic TBA

More details to follow

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Please note the venue - Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Please book on our website by Monday March 22 11am to secure your place! Welcome Desk payment by Card only!

Guest Speaker TBC

Topic TBA

More details to follow

Don't forget to give to the Virtual Community Bowl this week by clicking on...  Community Projects Appeal

Please note the venue - Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

$27 if you book on our website - Welcome Desk price is $30. Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

Please book on our website by Monday March 29 11am to secure your place! Welcome Desk payment by Card only!

Guest Speakers Janine and Robert Donaldson, Salvation Army Officers

Since January 2017 Janine and Robert have served at the International Headquarters of The Salvation Army in London. Janine is the Zonal Secretary for Women’s Ministries in the South Pacific and East Asia Zone and the editor of Revive, an international women’s magazine. Robert is a director for the Salvation Army International Trustee Company and the International Secretary for Accountability and Governance.

Janine was a nurse before becoming a Salvation Army officer. She has a special interest in advancing leadership opportunities for women within The Salvation Army

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Please note the venue - Ian McLachlan Room, Level 3, Western Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

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