My first guest for 2026 is Christine Rudairo Mudavanhu. She is an entrepreneur, author, podcaster, community leader and the CEO of UC Compliance. She is also the founding partner of Utano Global and Migrant Women in Business as well as the force behind Sisters in Colour, a platform and now a book dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and reshaping the face of leadership.
In this episode, we talk about why so many stories of women of colour are still told through struggle and survival and what changes when we tell the truth through strength, brilliance, legacy, faith, culture and leadership.
Christine shares what it really costs to navigate systems that judge how you look, how you sound and whether your name feels “easy” to pronounce. We speak about what happens when DEI becomes a box-ticking exercise and why many women of colour end up creating their own spaces when the doors keep closing.
But the heart of this conversation is her book, Sisters in Colour.
It’s a luxury coffee table book that puts Australian women of colour in the C-suite a level they are hardly represented in. The book is presented with the presence, polish and power that so often gets denied to us. These are women leading medical practices, shaping laws, running wealth management firms, building tech ecosystems, sitting in boardrooms and making decisions that impact masses.
This episode is for the woman who has ever wondered, “Where are they?” Well, They are here. It’s also for the woman coming up behind us who needs to see what’s possible right now and not someday.
Christine also speaks about faith, heritage and identity. Why those threads are often kept out of mainstream leadership conversations, even though they shape the very essence of Women of Colour.
We close with a question that Christine answers in a way that will stay with you. “If fear wasn’t a factor, how would you show up more?”
You’re going to want to listen all the way to the end.
Let’s get into it.
LINKS:
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With Love,
Annie
