Fleur Madden

Fleur Madden

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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I am an experienced CEO, Founder, entrepreneur, board member and speaker with 20 years experience running businesses & working at C -suite level at a multi national. I am currently the CEO and cofounder of Freelancing Gems - an Australian jobs platform that supports women and marginalized genders to find part time, freelance, consulting, flexible, remote roles. We provide a space for Employers to find “rare gems” of talent in one place via our AI matching model. We also provide critical business tools & templates, elearning, networking and guidance on pay rates to ensure they are being paid fairly and competitively. We are passionate about closing the gender pay gap and work tirelessly to support the UN's Sustainability Goal to achieve gender equality by empowering women and girls at work. Through our sister company Gem Recruitment we place women and diverse talent in fulltime roles. As well we provide DE&I benchmarking for organizations and workshops and training for leaders.

I was previously the Founder and CEO The Red Republic for 16 years. I founded the agency in 2003 and it was acquired by McCann Worldgroup 14 years later. The Red Republic was one of Australia's leading consumer PR agencies and under my leadership we had offices in Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Los Angeles.
I also founded, grew and sold an online beauty company, Lulu and Lipstick, I developed the business and created our own range of products which were best sellers, as well as imported unique and hard to find brands from around the world. A highlight from this business were our makeup brushes featuring in the 2016 Oscars gift bags. I sold the business to RY.
I have the rare experience of creating startups from inception to sale, running independent companies, working for a multinational at a C- Suite level and global board experience. I am a driven, bold, professional, emotionally intelligent, dynamic, values based leader. I pride myself on exceeding expectations, building amazing cultures and relationships, building engaged brands, driving sales and hitting targets. This experience has led me to coaching a range of other CEOs to help them grow their businesses, build high performance teams and structure their businesses for sales. Through my business The Ginsburg Firm I have assisted and negotiated the sale of three businesses between 2019-2020. I have been a finalist or won the following awards Telstra Business Women's Awards 2014/ 2017, Ernst and Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, The Australian Institute of Management Awards, Anthill's 30 under 30 list.

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    Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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    Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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    Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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    Sydney, Australia

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    www.luluandlipstick.com

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    Sydney, Brisbane

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    Gold Coast

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    Brisbane and Gold Coast

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    Brisbane, Australia

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