Several executives including PayPal Australia's Libby Roy and former Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi explain how unconscious bias may be limiting the opportunities women have at attaining senior positions in the c-suite, writes Domini Stuart. University of Sydney professor Fiona White believes this bias can be addressed by ensuring corporate cultures remain gender-neutral and boosting the number of female executive mentors.

To succeed in the workplace, former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi says to eliminate gender talk and to be flexible at work. She also encourages leaders to identify possible successors early on so the talent pipeline is robust.

Systemic solutions are needed to help people balance their careers with caregiving responsibilities, says former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, noting that there is going to be a huge shortfall of care workers. Nooyi says she wants to bring experts together to address the problem.

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi says it was never her job to tell people what to eat or drink to be healthy, but it was her job to produce a range of products consumers could choose from. "I have to make sure that the good-for-you products aren't more expensive than the fun-for-you products, and that the good-for-you products don't taste awful while the fun-for-you products taste great," she says.