Leading with Authenticity: From Purpose to Impact
On World Water Day join humanitarian engineer and community-driven leader, Thomas Da Jose and learn how to Lead with Authenticity: From Purpose to Impact. Thomas will share how his entrepreneurial journey with Masy Consultants, has transformed overseas community access to clean drinking water.
This is a live online session via Zoom during the evening (6.00pm - 7.00pm)
BUILD Members will earn 5 elective points for attending this session
Whether the positive change you want to make is geared towards improving social equality, climate change, or sustainable living in our communities, one’s ability to lead others and inspire change first begins with the self.
What are your passions? Are these passions in sync with your career aspirations? How do you make the most of university to discover what you want to do? And how can you grow into a leader that creates social impact?
In this session, you will learn about Thomas's journey in leading with authenticity to help overseas communities gain access to clean water and sanitation (UN SDG 6). Be inspired to reflect upon past experiences and consider new opportunities you can can leverage during university and beyond. Take away practical steps to help you in your journey to identify your purpose and lead with authenticity.
About the speaker: Thomas Da Jose
A humanitarian engineer and community-driven leader, Thomas Da Jose believes in social change through diplomacy and innovation. Thomas co-founded Masy Consultants in 2018, a social enterprise that aims to provide Filipinos with access to clean drinking water and improved sanitation. As Managing Director, he leads a diverse team of professionals to collaborate towards solving pressing challenges. He established and currently leads the Portfolio Delivery Services Partner, a Masy-led consortium in partnership with international NGO Water.Org and the Australian Water Association, which aims to strengthen Australia-Philippine ties through sustainable water and sanitation services.
He also co-founded the ASEAN-Australian Strategic Youth Partnership, a growing youth-led movement advocating for stronger ties between Australia and its Southeast Asian neighbours through regional projects that encourage cross-cultural collaboration. Both organisations have been recognised by the Australian government and ASEAN institutions for their contributions to strengthening Australia’s relations with the region.
In 2019, Thomas was selected by the Australian-ASEAN Council to partake in the Australian-ASEAN Emerging Leaders Program, which brought together entrepreneurs from Australia and the ASEAN region to build connections and enhance youth leadership. He was also announced as one of the 2020 Sanitation Research Fellows in the Engineering For Change (E4C), a workforce development program in social innovation on a global scale.
During his studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Thomas was appointed as an inaugural New Colombo Plan Ambassador in 2018, and later Mentor to future cohorts. Together with his project management responsibilities at AECOM, a multinational engineering firm, Thomas mentors many graduates and young professionals to be future leaders.
