‘Step up and own it’: Macquarie CEO’s recipe for diversity in business

Sally PattenBOSS editor

Jul 20, 2023 – 6.17pm

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The catchphrase “you can’t be what you can’t see” is often used by diversity advocates to demonstrate the importance of role models.

But Shemara Wikramanayake, chief executive of Macquarie Group, prefers a rewording of that phrase.

Sally 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