No Barriers for Success for Women in Business

Maitland Mercury 21 February 2005 

The greatest limitations placed on women were the ones they placed on themselves, according to Maitland businesswoman Kellie Tranter.

Shedding their own misconceptions and eliminating those perceived obstacles is a message she hopes will come across at the first Women’s Network (NSW) function of the year on Thursday, where she will be a part of a panel discussion.

She will join Samaritans fundraising manager Libby Rodgers-McPhee, Lady Mayoress Cathy Tate and Sparke Helmore Lawyers managing partner Jann Gardner at Mansfield, starting at 6.30pm for networking followed by discussion and dinner at 7.30pm.

“It’s really important for women to get out there and assert themselves,” she said.

“I think the greatest limitations for women are the limitations women place on themselves.”

“Essentially, women have to remove those barriers and realise just what they can do.”

Maitland-born Ms Tranter worked in Sydney and Newcastle before returning to the city to establish her own business.

She is one of only three women on the executive of the Maitland Chamber of Commerce.

The initiative by Maitland deputy mayor Vicki Woods and freelance journalist Bronwyn Ridgway to encourage a network for Maitland women – with a view to encouraging more of the fairer sex into government – was something Ms Tranter supported since it began last year.

The response had been overwhelming, Cr Woods said.