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      2026 Speakers

      2026 Distinguished Speakers

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      Paula Rogers

      Paula Rogers

      Principal Program Adviser, International Partnerships and Engagement

      Perth USAsia Centre

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      Inaugural Chair QEII Precinct Leadership Group, Board Director Rugby WA and Advisory Council Member ECU School of Business and Law and Strategic Consultant

      Recently appointed to Chair the QEII Precinct Leadership Group for the WA Government. Paula is a widely respected leader in the WA business community. After three hugely successful years as the CEO of Committee for Perth increasing the membership and profile of the organisation and launching the 2050 Report and Summit and leading a thought leadership series advocating for the future of the Perth region, she has stepped down from executive roles and is transitioning to a full portfolio career.

      Paula has decades of experience in membership engagement, stakeholder management and economic strategy from across the globe, with prior market dealings in the UK and Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Australasia. Since arriving in Perth and prior to Committee for Perth, she has been a publisher, event CEO, marketing and communications manager for aged care and a global law firm and State Director of a national economic development membership organisation.

      Known for her collaborative and strategically driven leadership, Paula is passionate about activating Perth and WA towards an ambitious and courageous future. Paula and her young family migrated to Perth in 2002, and the city and State are close to her heart and pivotal to her career.

      Paula has held various board director roles including Heritage Perth, North Metro Health Service and Barking Gecko and consulted to government, the public sector, universities, and several clients in the private sector on communication, marketing, events and stakeholder management.

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