Meet Joanna James
Joanna James - is known as a revolutionary difference maker in the Design, Construction and Banking sectors and has been featured in publications such as Entrepreneur, The Advisor, MPA, Australian Broker, CIO and Insights Success. Today she uses her influence and expertise to shape the lives of women around the world.
She is known as Australia’s youngest female architect & builder. She is an author and creator of the world's first ‘Bio’ home and created Shambhala@byron retreat which welcomed celebrity singer Sting as her first guest.
She is a pioneering entrepreneur who led the International Ezy Group, to become the industry powerhouse in the lending sector, currently managing over $4.5 billion of home loans. Her change-making contribution shines through the 32 Industry awards including 3 times BRW fastest company and ALA Best Non-Bank.
She is an advocate for businesses independence and competition, and her advice is sought after by government, industry bodies & top business leaders.
She is known as a powerhouse leader in male dominated domains and now heads ‘The Successful Woman’, a business, community and movement committed to women reaching their full potential.
Being the mother of two girls Joanna is passionate that female founders can, through ‘The Successful Woman’ movement, access easy to use business tools so they can grow and scale their companies . In turn she believes that female founders are driven not only to create a lifestyle for their families but also to contribute to the world in a truly meaningful way.
This has Inspired her revolutionary approach to take ‘The Successful Woman’ leadership academy to the developing worlds, so women can change their future direction for their families & communities. She is such a powerhouse that many of her mentees have become entrepreneurs and owners in their own right.
In India, she is shaping the next line of female directors to break the glass ceiling where as few as 3% CEOs are women. Joanna believes in building confidence and career progression for women as a catalyst for societal change. Joanna believes radical action is needed to reverse the documented trend that the longer women stay in the workforce the greater the decline in their self belief.
Under Joanna James’ leadership, ‘The Successful Woman’ movement is set to play a pivotal role in providing essential success skills not available through current mainstream education.