Moriah Foundation flies high with Alan Joyce
The Qantas CEO addressed more than 110 people at a cocktail party as the Moriah Foundation celebrated its ten-year anniversary.
MORE than 110 foundation members and guests attended the annual Moriah Foundation Members Cocktail Party at the home of Steven and Judy Lowy on Wednesday, December 15 with special guest speaker Alan Joyce, Qantas managing director and group CEO.
With the foundation celebrating its 10-year anniversary, president Judy Lowy thanked members for their support over the last decade.
“Since our inception, and with your help, the foundation has raised over $30 million. We have supported and will continue to support hundreds of children to come to Moriah,” she said.
“We have brought a range of innovative programs to all our children, invested in our educators, improved our children’s learning environments and begun building an endowment fund. We have also been paying off the debt from the purchase of our land.”
Introducing Joyce, she said, “One of the reasons Alan has been so successful is that he exhibits many of the crucial ingredients of great leadership.
“He has vision, he brings people with him, he has empathy, authenticity and a great awareness of his social responsibility and impact.”
During his address, Joyce shared insights into how he navigated this unprecedented period and how Qantas is adapting to the new norm.
He said he is optimistic about the future of the carrier, anticipating it will reach 120 per cent of pre-COVID domestic levels in the coming months.
Looking towards the future, he shared his plans for significant spending on new aircraft, new cabin configurations and new international routes.
He said Qantas will continue to take calculated, commercial and entrepreneurial risks, to engage customers, and trial new ventures.
Moriah College president Stephen Jankelowitz thanked Joyce for his “outstanding address”.
“Thank you for sharing your insights about your future plans for Australia’s flagship carrier. We all look forward to resuming travel once again, and with you at the helm, we do so with confidence,” he said.
Jankelowitz extended his appreciation to Moriah Foundation members and corporate sponsors for their support during the pandemic.
“It is thanks to you that we have been able to ensure that no family who qualified for fee assistance had to face the heartache of having to take their child out of Moriah and that we were able to meet our debt repayments to the bank,” he said.
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