Leadership ‘We’re 100% In This Or Not At All’: Zara Madrusan On Running Melbourne’s Best Bars With Her Husband The Madrusans have revolutionised Melbourne's nightlife as a partnership on both sides of the bar. Here's how they make it work. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Leadership ‘We’re 100% In This Or Not At All’: Zara Madrusan On Running Melbourne’s Best Bars With Her Husband The Madrusans have revolutionised Melbourne's nightlife as a partnership on both sides of the bar. Here's how they make it work. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article ‘Females In Sport Are More Realistic About Where They’ve Come From’: Cricketer Alyssa Healy Next article Members On Their Way: Melinda Fletcher Zara Madrusan knows a thing or two about entertaining. Together with husband Michael, she is the co-director of Made in the Shade, the umbrella hospitality company behind some of Melbourne’s best bars including Heartbreaker, Bar Margaux and The Everleigh – the bar where it all began.The Madrusans may be the doyennes of the Melbourne bar scene now, but six short years ago, things were very different. Zara had just arrived from London, where she had been working in hospitality after finishing up studying theatre and performance. career leadership thedebrief Best Of Future Women Leaders Why Ilya stepped back from the business she poured her heart into By Ben Tweedie Leaders The most surprising part of being a first time mum had nothing to do with me By rosa762070 Leaders The #1 mistake employers make when multiple women leave By jitendermittal Career Women returning to work winners in Queensland’s state budget By jitendermittal Leaders This is an exciting article title By Ben Tweedie Wellbeing It took an ADHD diagnosis and a breakdown to change my relationship with work By jitendermittal Leadership New FW partnership to boost number of women in cybersecurity By jitendermittal Career How to build your personal brand By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.