Sharon Lewin, director of The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, learnt a huge amount about leading during a time of crisis and uncertainty in 2014.
It was July 17, two days before a health conference she was organising with 15,000 delegates was due to start. It was also the day Malaysia Airlines plane MH17, on which delegates from the conference, including a famous Dutch HIV scientist, were travelling, was shot out of the sky.
Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com
