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Mentor's Advice - Sally Loane.

Striving for perfection is something that elite sportspeople and business women have in common.

Athlete's Advice - Alicia Quirk.

Building confidence is all about practice and self belief, said Aussie Womens Sevens squad leader and inaugural Minerva Star Alicia Quirk.

Minerva Network launches in Queensland.

Queensland elite female athletes today joined Queensland Sports Minister Mick De Brenni as the Minerva Network was launched in Brisbane. Business leaders, sporting organisations and athletes gathered at Suncorp Stadium to celebrate the official launch of Minerva Network in Queensland.

Minerva Founder, Christine McLoughlin presents the winning trophy on Sunday 15th September with Maddy Proud and Paige Hadley, NSW Swifts at Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

The night Chief Executives and Minerva athletes came together.

Minerva Network athletes rubbed shoulders with a host of Australian female business leaders at a glittering Sydney dinner that has become an annual celebration of women leaders enabling future women leaders.

Wisdom in a post-sport connection.

Elite sportswomen strategised with the wise at yesterday’s launch of the Minerva Network for women in business and sport.

Changing the game of women in sport.

It was a morning of inspiration and empowerment at Twitter HQ in Sydney for the launch of the #ChangingTheGame Leadership series in partnership with Minerva Network. The national series aims to elevate the voices of women leaders in sport; showcasing how and why they’re championing equality – not only in their own codes but for women across all sports.

Minerva Network gathers national momentum.

Minerva Network gathers national momentum as Sky News Australia pick up the initiative in their weekend round up of key sporting stories featuring Minerva Network Founders Sam Mostyn, Christine McLoughlin, Romilly Madew and professional sports women Dominique Du Toit.

Female sporting heroes need our support.

Growing up in a small country town in the 70s, one of the most revered Australian female athletes was Evonne Goolagong – now a role model and mentor to Ash Barty who, at only 23, has had us all pinned to the screens.

Women’s sport is at a tipping point.

Ash Barty may be out of Wimbledon and the Matildas are recovering from not making the Women’s World Cup soccer finals, but Australian women’s sport is in better shape than ever.

Minerva Stars learn to brighten their spark with branding gurus.

Minerva Stars took away some valuable lessons on branding and career development from experts at the Minerva Network’s first major event of 2019 at Bankwest Stadium.

Minerva Network stars share spotlight with Eminem.

The Minerva Network hosted another successful event on Friday night at Eminem’s Rapture 2019 World Tour event in Sydney.

Minerva stars light up the new Bankwest Stadium.

The star female athletes who stepped out on to the new Bankwest Stadium turf on Tuesday night came together with a common purpose.

SAVE THE DATE.

Our next Minerva Stars Workshop and Business Mentoring event will be held at the new BankWest Stadium in Parramatta on 30 April from 3.30pm - 7.30pm. Invite details coming out soon.

Minerva Network prepares rugby star Alicia Quirk for life after sport.

Alicia Quirk is a member of the Australian women's rugby sevens team, gold medal winners at the 2016 Olympic Games. Christine McLoughlin is chairman of Suncorp and chairman and co-founder of the Minerva Network, which pairs female business leaders with elite sportswomen for mentoring. Read the article published in The Australian Financial Review.

Healy and Kearns back Minerva motto.

CRICKET champion Alyssa Healy “opened a few minds" when she walked out to bat sporting a mullet during her CAS competition days, and was mistaken for a male.

Minerva Network Celebrates a Boom Debut Season.

2018 Year in Review - The Minerva Network and its members are proud to have played a role in a watershed year for women’s sport in Australia.  After a spectacular launch in March, the Network is celebrating the close of its first year and the myriad achievements that have followed.

Building confidence key to Minerva mission.

After 33 years successfully climbing the corporate ladder as an international lawyer, Annette Wargon now spends some of her time teaching young professional sportswomen the secrets to success.

In the media spotlight: Be authentic.

It’s quite rare for modern times, but it’s the way to go when dealing with the media. This is the advice of some of Australia’s leading business men and women for elite sportswomen to improve their personal brand and public speaking skills.

MEDIA ALERT: Leading Australian Business Identity Christine McLoughlin says NSW is Leading the way in Creating Pathways for Women in Sport.

VENUES NSW Chairman Christine McLoughlin says Australia is leading the way in creating pathways for women in sport, with strong programs in place to help them leverage their success on and off the fields of play.

Deserve to soar: Minerva women roll in a league of their own.

Two founders behind brand new charity Minerva Network talk about the importance of lifelong mentoring and supporting Australia’s women athletes.