AIEF Ambassadors

Janet Albrechtsen

Columnist at The Australian

Former lawyer at Freehills;
Former contributor to The Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sunday Age, Canada’s Vancouver Sun and National Post, Quadrant...

Mark Arbib

Strategist at Consolidated Press Holdings;
Advisor for Review of ARU Corporate Governance; and
Director of the National Indigenous Culinary Institute.

Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW;
Former Minister for...

Stephanie Brantz

Sports presenter on ABC Television.

Previously a sports presenter on Nightline, Nine News, The Cricket Show, Sunday and The Footy Show;
Presented on SBS during the FIFA World Cup;...

Jennifer Byrne

Host of the First Tuesday Book Club and Jennifer Byrne Presents on ABC Television; and
Co-host of Evening Drive on ABC News Radio.

Former Senior Writer at The Bulletin magazine;
Former...

Liz Cacciottolo

Senior Advisor at UBS Investment Bank;
Trustee Australian at Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund;
Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra;
Director of Kaldor Public Arts Projects;
Member of the Advisory Council,...

Kerry Chikarovski

Director of the Humpty Dumpty Foundation.

Former Parliamentary Member of the Liberal Party of NSW;
Former Leader of New South Wales Parliamentary Liberal Party;
Former Member for Lane Cove;
Former Leader of the...

Brett Clegg

CEO of the Australian Financial Review Group.

Former Deputy Managing Director of The Australian Financial Review; and
Former Deputy CEO of The Australian.

Greg Cooper

CEO of Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited;
Director of the Financial Services Council;
Co-chair of the Financial Services Council Investment Board Committee; and
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australian and...

Bruce Corlett AM

Chairman of The Trust Company;
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Faculty of Economics and Business at The University of Sydney;
Chairman of Fortius Funds Management;
Chairman of the Maria Tonga Relief Trust;
Director of...

Tony Cripps

Chief Executive Officer at HSBC Bank Australia.

Former Head of Foreign Exchange and Rates Strategy at HSBC Asia Pacific;
Former Head of e-Commerce, Global Banking and Markets at HSBC Group;
Former Head of Global Markets...

Patricia Cross

Director of Qantas Airways Limited;
Director of National Australia Bank Limited;
Director of Grattan Institute;
Director of JBWere Pty Limited;
Director of Methodist Ladies College;
Member of the Australian Financial...

Charles Curran AC

Chairman of Capital Investment Group Pty Limited;
Chairman of Trustees, the Curran Foundation St Vincent’s Hospital;
International Advisor at Goldman Sachs; and
Member of the Financial Sector Advisory Council.

Former...

Geoff Dixon

Chairman of Tourism Australia;
Chairman of Events Queensland;
Chairman of the Garvan Medical Research Foundation;
Director of Air Pacific Limited;
Director of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited;
Director of the Crown...

Tom Drake-Brockman

Co-Founder of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation;
Author and Policy Researcher.

John Eales AM

Founder of the Mettle Group, now part of Chandler Macleod;
Non-Executive Director of GRM International;
Non-Executive Director of the Australian Rugby Union;
Non-Executive Director of Flight Centre;
Advisor Catapult Partners;...

Dr Peter Farrell AM

Executive Chairman of ResMed Incorporated;
Director of Cardiodynamics Incorporated;
Director of Telesso Technology Limited;
Director of Nuvasive Incorporated;
Vice-Chairman of the Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep;

Andrew Forrest

Founding Non-Executive Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group;
Non-Executive Chairman of Poseidon Nickel Limited;
Founding Director of The Australian Children’s Trust;
Founder of the Australian Employment Covenant (AEC); and

Nicola Forrest

Founding Director the Australian Children’s Trust;
Director of Hope for Children;
Patron of the Kimberley Foundation of Australia; and
Patron of Sculpture by the Sea.

Former Director of Sculpture by the Sea; and

Adriana Gardos

Director of the Tenix Foundation.

Danny Gilbert AM

Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Gilbert + Tobin;
Chairman of the Cape York Institute;
Chairman of the National Museum of Australia;
Chairman of The University of Western Sydney Foundation;
Director of the Australian...

Caroline Gurney

Executive Director and Head of Communications and Marketing for Australia and New Zealand at UBS.

Steve Harker

Managing Director and CEO of Morgan Stanley Australia Limited;
Chairman of New South Wales Innovation Council;
Director of the Future Fund; and
Member of the Council of Governors of Ascham School.

Former Chief...

John Hartigan

Director of The Bradman Foundation;
Trustee of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust; and
Advisory Board Member of the NSW Export and Investment Advisory Board.

Former Chairman and CEO of News Limited;
Former...

Matthew Hayden AM

CEO of The Hayden Way;
Founding Director of the Get Outside Group; and
Founding Director of the Tiwi College Project.

Former Australian Cricketer; and
Former Captain of the Indigenous Allstars XI in 2010 as part of the...

Janie Hicks (nee Forrest)

Managing Director of Coolaroo Alpaca Stud Farm.

Dr Philip Home

Managing Director of BP Developments Australia Pty Ltd;
Director of the Board of North West Shelf Australia LNG Pty Ltd and North West Shelf Gas Pty Ltd;
Board Director of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association...

Alan Joyce

CEO and Managing Director of Qantas Airways Limited; and
Chairman of the International Air Transport Association.

Former Chairman of The Australian Ireland Fund;
Former CEO of Jetstar Airways; and
Former leadership...

Tristan Landers

Director of The Humour Foundation

Former Executive General Manager, Corporate Sustainability at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia;
Former General Manager, Culture, Group Strategy at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia;
Former...

Peter Mason AM

Chairman of AMP Limited;
Chairman of UBS Australia Foundation;
Chairman of the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR);
Chairman of The University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Circle;
Trustee of...

Helen McCabe

Editor-in-chief of The Australian Women’s Weekly

Chairperson of the Federal Governments Positive Body Image Awards; and
Board Member of the National Adoption Awareness Week.

Former Senior Editor Roles at The Sunday...

David Mortimer AO

Chairman of Crescent Capital Partners;
Director of Petsec Energy Limited;
Governor of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce; and
Member of the Board of Governors of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.

David Murray AO

Senior Adviser, Credit Suisse;
Life Member of the Financial Markets Foundation for Children;
Honorary Chairman of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds; and
Member of the Global Foundation.

Former CEO of the...

Ian Narev

CEO and Managing Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia;
Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Foundation;
Chairman of the Springboard Trust; and
Trustee of the Louise Perkins Foundation.

Former Partner of McKinsey...

Ralph Norris

Fellow of the NZ Institute of Management;
Fellow of the NZ Computer Society;
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management;
Council Member at The University of Auckland;
Director of Origin Energy Ltd; and
Director of...

John O'Sullivan

Chairman of Investment Banking at Credit Suisse.

Former Member of the Takeovers Panel and Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and the Law Society of New South Wales;
Former General Counsel and Member of Executive...

James Paterson

Country Head Australia at CLSA Limited.

Former Country Head Hong Kong at CLSA Limited;
Former Head of Philippines Research;
Former Head of Regional Banking Research;
Former Head of Korea Research; and
Former Audit...

Guy Reynolds AM

Executive Director of Macquarie Bank;
Director of the Macquarie Sports Foundation;
Director of The Hayden Way;
Director of Tiwi Island Strategic Council;
Directory of Velocity Trade Holdings Canada;
Director of The Liz...

Aden Ridgeway

Chairman of Bangarra Dance Theatre;
Chairman of the Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme;
Chairman of the National NAIDOC Committee; and
Patron of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative.

Former Commonwealth Senator...

Michael Rose

Chief Executive Partner of Allens;
Chairman of the Indigenous Engagement Task Force of the Business Council of Australia;
Chairman of ChildFund Alliance; and
Chairman of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.

John Schaffer

Principal at Catallyst Advisors.

Founding Director of Intech Asset Consulting.

Dr Nora Scheinkestel

Director of Telstra;
Director of AMP Limited;
Director of AMP Capital Holdings Limited;
Director of Orica Limited;
Director of Pacific Brands Limited;
Director of Mining Limited;
Associate Professor Melbourne...

Professor Julianne Schultz AM

Professor at the Centre for Cultural Research at Griffith University;
Board Member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation;
Founding Editor of Griffith Review;
Chair of the Australian Film and Television and Radio...

Jillian Segal AM

Director of Australian Stock Exchange Limited;
Director of National Australia Bank;
Director of The Garvan Institute of Medical Research;
Chair of the General Sir John Monash Foundation;
Co-Chair of WomenCorporateDirectors'...

Mary Shaw

Director of the Tenix Foundation.

Geoff Walsh AO

Special Adviser to the CEO at BHP Billiton; and
Board Member of the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

Former National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party;
Former Senior Advisor to Bob Hawke and Paul Keating;
Former...

Dr Nikki Williams

CEO of the Australian Coal Association;
Trustee of the Auscoal Superannuation Fund;
Director of Coal Services Pty Limited and Australian Coal Association;
Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; and
Member of...

Geoff Wilson

CEO of KPMG Australia;
Member of KPMG’s Asia Pacific Executive Group;
Board Member of the Australian Business Community Network;
Board Member of Juwan Indigenous Corporate Partnerships;
Board Member of the Sydney Festival;

Frank Zipfinger

Chairman of Investor Relationships Committees for the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Trust and the AMP Capital Wholesale Shopping Centre Trust;
Chairman of The McCullough Robertson Foundation;
Chairman of Aspen Group Ltd;
Director of...


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"Education is the key to reconciliation because it’s hard to achieve any measure of equity or self worth, any sense of belonging in the real economy, without education."

Dr Jackie Huggins AM, FAHA

Former Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia