Promoting Gender Diversity

Plato proudly supports women in finance scholarships across several leading city and regionally based universities.

With the aim of encouraging more women to join the financial services industry, Plato sponsors three scholarships each year for women studying finance and also offers internships to these scholarship winners.

Plato takes pride in ensuring graduates undertake real world work experience from day one, with exposure to highly qualified staff members to maximise their potential and career development.

Pictured: (Top Left) 2024 winners Sophia Laverty and Tahliaa Sampelalong with Dr Don Hamson. (Top Right) 2023 winner Mariella Bourke. (Bottom Left) 2020 winner Phoebe Little, in Brisbane. (Bottom Right) 2019 scholarship winner Victora Ng in Sydney with Dr Don Hamson and Dr Peter Gardner.

“The scholarship allowed me to pursue so many amazing opportunities that would otherwise be far less feasible. This scholarship is an empowering sentiment to encourage women into an often-intimidating industry and provide us with the confidence to chase our ambitions unapologetically. With the support of this scholarship, I am committed to pushing my boundaries, exploring new horizons, and making meaningful contributions to the community. I would like to express my gratitude to the donors who have made all the scholarships possible. Your investment is not only in our education, but in the transformation of an entire field.”

University of Queensland Bachelor of Advanced Finance and Economics student, Phoebe Little shares her experience of working with the Plato team in early 2021.

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University of Queensland Bachelor of Commerce student, Victoria Ng shares her experience of working with the Plato team during January, 2021.

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Previous Scholarship winners Phoebe Little and Victoria Ng both produced research papers during their time with Plato. You can read these below:

• Assessing Executive Remuneration in Australia: Perhaps Performance Does Pay? – by Phoebe Little (February 2021)

• Evidence of Climate Transition Policies on Stock Performance – by Victoria Ng & Todd Kennedy (March 2021)

The Australian National University (ANU) cover the story of Siying Li, who traveled from Jiangxi, China to pursue her studies in finance.

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• Sophia Laverty, The Australian National University (ANU), 2024
• Tahliaa Sampelalong, University of New South Wales (UNSW), 2024
• Mariella Bourke, University of Queensland (UQ), 2023
• Lauren Vanstone, The Australian National University (ANU), 2023
• Chantal Duffy, University of Queensland (UQ), 2022
• Alizeh Zaidi, University of Technology (UTS), 2021
• Alley Chen, University of Queensland (UQ), 2021
• Siying Li, Australian National University (ANU), 2021
• Jiaqi Wang, University of Technology (UTS), 2020
• Phoebe Little, University of Queensland (UQ), 2020
• Anita Ren, University of Technology (UTS), 2019
• Stephanie Li, The Australian National University (ANU), 2019
• Victoria Ng, University of Queensland (UQ), 2019