284. Healthy leaders make better organisations - Maria Halasz, CEO of Stride Equity

“If you can't look after your body, how can you look after a company? You need to be healthy to be a good leader.”

In this episode, we chat to the CEO of Stride Equity, Maria Halasz, on merging career experience to find your niche, equity crowdfunding, and why healthy leaders make better organisations.

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Growing up in rural Hungary, and following family tragedy, Maria arrived in Perth as a 19-year old refugee. Taking full advantage of what Australia had to offer, she graduated with a science degree and an MBA.

Her executive career spans more than 25 years, including several years in investment banking and venture capital, mostly focused on the biotech sector. Maria was the CEO of ASX-listed health and wellness company, Anagenics, for 17 years and also honed her skills on the AICD’s Chairmen’s Mentoring Program.

She is currently the CEO of Stride Equity, the first venture-backed equity crowdfunding platform in Australia.

Maria is also a non-executive director of the Garvan Research Foundation, a member of the Commercialisation Committee of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Program and a Councillor of the Australian Industry Group (AiG).

In this episode we talk about:

✅  Her rise to executive roles and, in many cases, within male-dominated industries and how she approached these situations

✅  How she created her own personal value to ensure her career journey was full of opportunities

✅  Why she started Stride Equity and what makes it different, and

✅  The importance of fit and healthy leaders, which makes for better organisations.

Connecting with Maria Halasz

You can connect with Maria via LinkedIn.

Books and resources

• Outlive - by Peter Attia, MD

• The Little Prince - by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

• Chairs Mentoring program at the AICD

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