One of the biggest networking groups in Australia will launch on the Gold Coast next Wednesday with a business breakfast at QT Gold Coast.

Business Chicks event manager Rebecca Summers said, “The Gold Coast is expanding as a business hub and we have a lot of members based there so it makes sense to launch it as a standalone location. We chose QT because we have worked with them across Australia and they always produce something a bit different.”

Ita Buttrose will keynote at the launch event on the Gold Coast

Business Chicks is hoping to attract 500 people to its inaugural event that will be MCed by Channel Seven’s Melanie Symons with a keynote from Ita Buttrose who was booked through Saxtons Speakers Bureau.

Since Business Chicks CEO Emma Isaacs took over the business, it has raised around $1 milllion for various charities including Kid’s Helpline, Virgin Unite, Alzheimers Australia, The Hunger Project and Hamlin Fistula.