Bridget Thakrar: ‘I Want To Help Lift Women Up, Deliberately And With Intention’

By Becky Hansen

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Bridget Thakrar is the General Manager, People and Safety for South East Water. In addition to her impressive HR career, Bridget is also a SheEO Activator and board member of Dress For Success South East Melbourne.

Dress For Success supports people re-entering the workforce through a range of services including work attire, coaching, career advice, networking opportunities and digital literacy skills. As a board member, Bridget is instrumental in driving the organisational strategy and ensuring support services are available to people in South East Melbourne.

What are you reading at the moment? I love having several books on the go at once. At the moment it’s Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales, The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates and My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum.

What are you listening to? Lizzo and Beyoncé on the audios, and I’m a political tragic with podcasts like Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave it and The Daily, as well as the brilliant local Ladies, We Need To Talk.

The future for women is… Radical generosity.

We can lift each other up by… Putting women up for promotions, deliberately supporting them. If we can all do this for each other, we should hopefully get more women applying for roles they are absolutely capable and ready for – even if they don’t see it.