Justine Parbery Profile

Justine Parbery has been with Transport for 8 years. After graduating with a degree in food science she was looking for something as far from nutrition as she could get and landed in a trainee signaller role with RailCorp. From there she has moved through various roles in different agencies and is now a permanent personality within the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) team. Justine’s primary role, and one she does exceptionally well, is heading up the Women In Leadership (WiL) Program which aims to create awareness of gender equality within Transport and increase the representation of female senior leaders to 25.5% by December 2017. At the moment she is working on a range of projects including the WiL intranet site (http://www.stayinformed.com.au/women-in-leadership) and the Connecting Forum. If you want more information about the Women in Leadership program of work, Justine is your gal!

While the D&I team knows Justine well, we thought this was a great opportunity for everyone else to get the know the person we all know and love working with…

1. What gets you fired up?

I love a good challenge, particularly when someone says it can’t be done

2. What do you say more often in life: yes or no?

No, which is strange given my response to question 1?

3. What would you tell your teenage self if you could go back in time?

Do what you love and not what people think you should do

4. What chance encounter changed your life forever?

Meeting my husband, my life will never be the same again

5. What is one thing you're glad you tried but would never do again?

Bungee jumping, who knew you could do tandem in Bali?

6. Who's your go-to band or artist when you can't decide on something to listen to?

Perhaps Bruno Mars, though depends on my mood