Top female executives in the ASX200

Adelaide Brighton, Sam Toppenberg: Executive General Manager Human Resources.

AGL Energy, Jane Thomas: Group Head of People & Culture. Jane has more than 15 years' experience in human resources, organisational development and employee relations in large organisations including PepsiCo, Westpac and Philips.

Alesco, Luci Rafferty: Group General Manager, Legal and Corporate Affairs. Prior to Alesco, Luci was general counsel and company secretary at Namoi Cotton, a co-operative listed on the ASX.

Alesco, Rebelle Moriarty: Group General Manager Human Resources. Prior to joining Alesco, Rebelle was employed by BlueScope Steel for 7 years, most recently in the position of Vice President Human Resources for BlueScope's Asian businesses
Alumina, Judith Downes: as the CFO, she is responsible for finance, accounting, treasury, investor relations and taxation. Judith is also an alternate director for Mr Pizzey. Judith has extensive financial experience gained during her career at ANZ and prior to that in public accounting.

Amcor, Julie McPherson: Company Secretary since 2005. As both an investment banker and a lawyer, Julie has broad experience in corporate governance, finance and commerce. Prior to joining Amcor, Julie has held executive, legal and commercial positions, including Company Secretary and General Counsel at Goodman Fielder, Deputy Managing Director of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

Amcor, Leslie Desjardins: Joined Amcor in 2007 from GM Holden Ltd in Melbourne where she worked as CFO and Executive Director Finance, responsible for all GM Holden financial activities. Immediately prior to this Leslie was Controller and Executive Director for GM North America in Detroit, Michigan. Leslie joined GM Canada in 1978 and held various positions within the GM organisation in Canada and the Unites States before moving to Australia in 2005.



ANZ, Susie Babani: joined ANZ in December 2007 as Group Managing Director, Human Resources.As a key member of the ANZ Management team, Susie is responsible for delivering innovative HR strategies, programs and policies to support the employment and development of ANZ's 44,000 employees globally.

ANZ, Suzette Corr: General Manager, Human Resources. Joined ANZ in 2008 as Head of Human Resources for Retail Banking which subsequently expanded to encompass the Retail Distribution businesses of the Branch Network, Call Centre, Online Banking and Mortgages.

ANZ National Bank (NZ), Jenny Fagg: is chief executive officer, and director. She joined the New Zealand business from ANZ Group in Australia where she was the Managing Director Consumer Finance.

ANZ, Joyce Phillips: Group Managing Director and Management Board member at ANZ responsible for strategy, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and innovation.

ANZ, Anne Weatherston: Chief Information Officer and Management Board member at ANZ responsible for the development and maintenance of the infrastructure and technology solutions that support ANZ.

APA Group, Inge Brown: Group manager, Transformation group. She has extensive experience in the financial services industry, with a career spanning over 25 years in the Australian and international markets.

Aristocrat leisure, Toni Korsanos: was appointed Chief Financial Officer in July 2009, after joining Aristocrat in 2007 as General Manager, Group Finance. Immediately prior to joining Aristocrat, Toni was Senior Commercial Finance Manager – Business Support at Kellogg's Australia / New Zealand. Toni also spent seven years with Coopers & Lybrand, Sydney in senior audit roles.

Asciano, Fiona Mead: Company Secretary. Prior to joining Asciano, Fiona was Assistant Company Secretary at Telstra Corporation Limited for five years, including being Company Secretary of eight active subsidiaries, three joint ventures and over 180 subsidiaries. Before joining the Company Secretary's Office, Fiona was Telstra's Networks Counsel, a role which required advising on all aspects of construction and management of telecommunications infrastructure.




ASX, Amanda Harkness: General Counsel and Company Secretary.

Ausenco, Belinda Smith: Company Secretary since 2008. She has gained extensive commercial and corporate governance experience from working in several audit and industry-specific management roles at several companies including Macarthur Coal and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Austar, Dana Strong: was appointed COO in 2002. Dana joined Austar in 1999 as the Managing Director of Austar United Broadband. In 2001 Dana was appointed Group Director, Strategy, Technology and Infrastructure for Austar United Communications.

Austar, Nikki Warburton: Group Director, Product, Sales & Marketing. Prior to joining AUSTAR, Nikki was with DDB Advertising in the Management Team for two and half years and, prior to that, for 5 years she was Head of Marketing for Astre Automotive Group.

Austar, Deanne Weir: Group Director, Corporate Development. Deanne joined Austar in 2002. Prior to joining Austar, Deanne worked with Telstra for 9 years in a variety of legal roles.

Austar, Fiona Cottrell: Director, Employee & Organisation Development. Fiona has been with Austar since 1996. Prior to joining Austar, Fiona held a number of roles within Caltex Oil and previous to that worked with Colgate Palmolive.

Austar, Rebecca Heap: Was appointed General Manager, Strategy & Programming in 2008. Prior to joining Austar, Rebecca worked in the strategy practice of A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm.

Austar, Page Henty: Corporate Counsel. Joined Austar in July 2006 from the Sydney office of law firm Allens Arthur Robinson.

Austar, Liz Katsiotis: General Manager, Marketing and Aquisitions. Joined Austar in 2003 and was appointed General Manager Marketing Acquisitions in 2006.

Austar, Jo Mullaley: General Manager, Product & Customer Management. Joined Austar in 1997, and was appointed General Manager, Marketing and Customer Management in 2006. Before this she held a role in the marketing department of London's largest cable TV company.

Austar, Lesley Portwain: General Manager, Customer & Credit services. Joined Austar in 2000 and was appointed General Manager, Customer and Credit Services in 2006.


Australand, Bev Booker: Appointed Company Secretary in October 2006. Prior to joining Australand, her previous positions included Company Secretary / General Manager Risk & Compliance for the Australian Agricultural Company and Group Company Secretary of AMP.

AWE, Anne Attard: Manager Corporate Services, joined AWE in December 2008. Anne has held similar roles previously in different industries including 5 years in financial services in Australia and the UK, and 3 years in the technology industry in the UK. Prior to this Anne's experience includes 12 years conference and event management in the UK.

Axa Asia Pacific, Wendy Thorpe: Chief Operations Officer.

Beach Energy, Cathy Oster: was appointed joint Company Secretary in July 2005. She has more than 18 years experience as a lawyer and a partner in private practice, advising on corporate and commercial transactions.

Beach Energy, Kathryn Presser: joined Beach in January 1997 and was appointed to the role of Company Secretary in January 1998. Appointed as the Chief Financial Officer in June 2005, Kathryn has over 25 years experience in senior accounting and company secretarial roles and is a qualified chartered secretary.

BHP Billiton, Karen Wood: the only female on the seven person executive committee, Karen is Group Executive and Chief People Officer, having previously been company secretary and chief governance officer. She chairs BHP's Global Ethics Panel and also joined the Melbourne Cricket Club committee last year. Total 2008-09 pay was $4.4 million. Karen is 64 and her previously employer was Bonlac Foods where she was general counsel and company secretary.

Bendigo Bank, Marnie Baker: Corporate Resources. Joined the then Bendigo Building Society in 1989 and was elevated to the executive in 2000.
Marnie has been Chief General Manager Solutions and was also the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Sandhurst Trustees Ltd, Executive Director of Bendigo Financial Planning Ltd, Victorian Securities Corporation Ltd and Oxford Funding Pty Ltd and is a Director of Australian Friendly Society Ltd.

Boral, Margaret Taylor: Margaret is 49 and was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary of Boral Limited in November 2008. Prior to joining Boral, Margaret was Regional Counsel Australia/Asia with BHP Billiton, and prior to that she was a partner with law firm Minter Ellison for many years, specialising in corporate and securities law. Margaret holds law and arts degrees from the University of Queensland.

Cabcharge, Sharon Doyle: a solicitor and Cabcharge company secretary since 2002.

Cabcharge, Ann Rein: general manger of people and business improvement.

Cabcharge, Tania Robinson: COO of Treasury and finance.

Caltex, Helen Conway: Company Secretary and General Counsel, Helen joined Caltex on 13 September, 1999. Prior to joining Caltex, Helen was the General Counsel for Airservices Australia and Group Secretary and General Counsel for the NRMA Group.

Citadel, Innes Scotland: CEO of the emerging copper and gold producer since December 2007, she has more than 20 years experience working in the mining industry.

Challenger Financial, Jennifer Wheatley: Executive General Manager Human Resources. Joined in October 2002. Prior to this Jennifer was Human Resources Manager at Mistearl Northshore the largest franchisee of Shell Service Stations in Australia.

Coca Cola Amatil, Nessa O'Sullivan: CFO. Joined CCA in May 2005 as CFO for the Australian Beverage business. Prior to joining CCA Nessa held the role of CFO and VP for the Australia/ New Zealand region of Yum! Restaurants International.

Cochlear, Dr. Bronwyn Evans: Senior Vice President, Quality and Regulatory. Joined Cochlear in 2005. Has more than 20 years' experience in engineering and management roles in power generation and distribution, engineering education and the medical Industry


Cochlear, Anne-Marie Leslie: Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Joined Cochlear in 2007 with over 25 years experience in local, regional and global human resource management.

Commonwealth Bank, Barbara Chapman: Group Executive, Human Resources and Group Services. Barbara joined the Commonwealth Bank in July 2006. Her role of Group Executive, Human Resources and Group Services, is responsible for the Group's Human Resources and Marketing and Communications functions.

Commonwealth Bank, Annabel Spring: Group Executive, Group Head of Strategy. Annabel Spring joined the Commonwealth Bank as Group Head of Strategy in March 2009. Annabel is responsible for corporate strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, major cross-business strategic initiatives and government relations. Prior to joining the Commonwealth Bank, Annabel was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley.

CSL, Jill Lever: Senior Vice President - Human Capital.

Crane Group, Susan Leppinus: Susan Leppinus joined Crane as Legal Counsel in October 1999 and was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary in February 2003.

David Jones, Paula Bauchinger: Group General Manager, Human Resources.

David Jones, Cate Daniels: Group General Manager, Operations.

David Jones, Colette Garnsey:Group General Manager, Apparel, Accessories, Footwear and Cosmetics.

David Jones, Karen McLachlan: Group General Manager, Information Technology.

David Jones, Caroline Waldron: company secretary.

Dexus, Tanya Cox: Tanya is the Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary of DEXUS Prior to joining DEXUS in July 2003, Tanya held various general management positions over the past 15 years, including Director and Chief Operating Officer of NM Rothschild & Sons.

Dexus, Pat Daniels: was appointed to Head of Human Resources in early 2008. Was previously the Regional Head of Human Resources for Deutsche Asset Management in the Asia Pacific where she commenced her association with Dexus.

Dexus, Jane Lloyd: Head of US Investments. Prior to joining , Jane worked at Lend Lease for 11 years in a variety of roles across all asset classes from retail to industrial, office and residential.

Dexus, Louise Martin: Head of Office & Retail. Louise Martin is the Head of Office & Retail for DEXUS Property Group and is responsible for running the largest and highest quality office property portfolio in Australia with A$6.0 billion or 47 properties and a A$3.3 billion retail portfolio with 22 properties under management.

Downer Edi, Sandra Dodds: joined Downer in 2003 as CEO. Was formerly Executive General Manager of Finance at Fulton Hogan New Zealand.

Eldorado Gold, Dawn Moss: Joined Eldorado as Corporate Administrator in November 1998 and was appointed Corporate Secretary in October 2000 and Vice President, Administration in March 2009.

Eldorado Gold, Nancy Woo: Joined Eldorado in October, 2002 as Manager Investor Relations and was appointed Vice President, Investor Relations in August 2008.

Equinox Minerals, Sonya Stark: Vice President Corporate Affairs and Corporate Secretary. She has over 18 years experience directing corporate governance, regulatory compliance, legal affairs, risk management, corporate administration and acting as Corporate Secretary for public companies, with significant experience in the mining industry.

Extract Resources, Siobhan Lancaster: Company Secretary. Siobhan commenced her career as a lawyer with Allens Arthur Robinson, working in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Fairfax, Gail Hambly: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary Fairfax

Fairfax, Michelle Williams: Human Resources executive.

Fortescue Metals, Fiona Barclay: Director Corporate Services. Fiona joined Fortescue in August 2007 with more than 20 years experience working in mining services, resources and aviation industries in the corporate, commercial and managerial arenas. Fiona has held various commercial and senior managerial roles with Fortescue, Downer EDI Mining, Dominion Mining and Australian Airports.


Foster's, Sue Smith: Chief Human Resources Officer since May 2008. Since joining Foster's in 2004 Sue has held senior human resource and people management roles, most recently as Director, Human Resources for Foster's Australia. Prior to joining Foster's, Sue held senior human resource management roles at GE Consumer Finance Australia and New Zealand (now GE Money) and Colonial Services.

Foster's, Donna Watt: became Transformation Director in April 2009. She has over 16 years experience with KPMG leading large scale transformation programs including mergers, acquisitions and divestments for several global and national companies including BHPBilliton, AGL, AMCOR and Bluescope Steel.

GPT, Judy Barraclough: commenced with GPT in May 2010, and joined the Group after spending six years at Rabobank, where she was General Manager of Strategy and Planning. Prior to Rabobank, Judy spent 12 years with Wesfarmers

GPT, Donna Byrne: Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications. Donna has worked with GPT since 1998 and was appointed Investor Relations Manager in 2000. Previous experience includes roles with Lend Lease (responsible for communications across the Asia Pacific Real Estate Investments business), the Securities Institute of Australia and Westpac Banking Corporation.

GPT, Michelle Tierney: Head of Retail Property & Asset Management. Michelle was previously an Associate Director for Byvan, responsible for the asset management of various retail portfolios including one of Australia's largest private shopping centre portfolio owners, Yu Feng Group.

Goodman Group, Alison Brink: Group General Manager, Marketing. Prior to joining Goodman, she held various positions at DHL in Asia, Europe and the United States, including regional brand director for Asia Pacific and Europe, US marketing vice-president and head of global advertising.

Goodman Group, Carolyn Scobie: Group General Counsel.

Hastie Group, Anne Griegg: joined Hastie Group as General Counsel & Company Secretary in February 2007. She has had experience as a corporate lawyer over 20 years at companies including Transurban, Bluescope Steel, Coles Myer and a number of law firm

Hastie Group, Catharine Payze: joined the in January 2010 as Group Manager, People & Culture.

Harvey Norman, Katie Page: CEO.

Healthscope, Maree Feery: National Human Resources Manager. Prior to joining Healthscope, Maree was the Director of Organisational Development at Melbourne Health where she previously had broad experience as Acting Executive Director Human Resources and as the Human Resources Manager for The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Healthscope, Jane Frawley: joined Hastings in May 2010 as Head of Legal and Company Secretary. Jane is a member of the executive management team. Prior to joining Hastings, Jane worked as General Counsel Products & Services at AXA Asia Pacific.

Healthscope, Sue Williams: COO, Hospitals. Joined Healthscope in 2001 having previously held executive roles within both the private and public health sectors.

Henderson group, Shirley Garrood: has been CFO since September 2009. Prior to Henderson Global Investors, she was COO at Morley Fund Management.

Healthscope, Vita Pepe: has been the Group COO since 2004. Previously, Vita has held roles with the company as National Manager Healthscope Hospitals and General Manager at the Melbourne Clinic. Prior to this, Vita held a number of senior CEO positions in the public health sector.



IAG, Leona Murphy: Group Executive, Corporate Office. She has more than 18 years experience in the insurance industry including senior roles with both Promina and Vero for several years.

Incitec Pivot, Kerry Gleeson: General Counsel and Company Secretary. prior to her joining in 2004, Kerry was in private practice with Blake Dawson and advised the company on its merger with Incitec Fertilizers.

Insurance Australia Group, Jacki Johnson: is the Chief Executive Officer of The Buzz, Australia's online insurer. She is also a director of Community First Credit Union and the Personal Injury Education Foundation.

Insurance Australia Group, Leona Murphy: was appointed Group Executive, Corporate Office in July 2008, after joining IAG's executive team as group executive, business services, in November 2007.

IRESS, Kirsty Gross: General Manager, Product, Sales and Marketing. She has has over 15 years experience in the information vending industry.

Lend Lease, Maria Atkinson: Global Head of Sustainability. Appointed in February 2006 and based in Sydney, Australia. Internationally recognised, Maria is also on the Board of the United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Buildings & Constructive Initiative and a member of its Climate Change Think Tank.

MacCarthur Coal, Lisa Dalton: Company Secretary. Joined Macarthur Coal in 2007 having formerly held the position of Company Secretary at Tarong Energy.

MacMahon Holdings, Diane Jaksa: Group General Manager, People Organisational Development.

Macquarie Atlas Roads, Mary Nicholson: Division Director with Macquarie and was formerly the CFO of MIG, a position she held for more than four years. Prior to joining Macquarie, Mary worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers' financial services audit practices in London and Sydney.

MAp Group, Kerrie Mather: Kerrie helped established the old Macquarie Airports when she worked at Macquarie Bank and it led the syndicate which paid $5.6 billion for Sydney Airport. She has been CEO ever since, even after the 2009 divorce from Macquarie that created the rebadged MAp Group. Kerrie is a director of Sydney Airport, Brussels Airport and Copenhagen Airports. Kerrie is an airport expert with 18 years prior experience as a corporate adviser on acquisitions and various business and financial decisions focused on the airports sector.

MAp Group, Sally Webb: General Counsel and Company Secretary. Sally joined the MAp team in 2003 where she has been responsible for the legal and company secretarial function. Prior to joining MAp, Sally worked for leading law firms in Sydney and Tokyo. In private practice she specialised in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets.

Mermaid Marine Australia, Treena Vivian: General Manager, Human Resources.

Mirabela Nickel, Dayse Guelman: CFO, Brazil, with 20 years experience in accounting and finance, investor relations, global management insurance and pension plans.

Myer, Judy Coomber: has 29 years of retail experience and was appointed Director of Apparel in June 2006. From 1984-1987, Judy held senior merchandising roles at Roger David, Hallensteins (where she was later promoted to Managing Director) and the Sportsgirl / Sportscraft Group.

Myer, Megan Foster: joined Myer in June 2006 as a consultant then in 2007 she was appointed as Director of the Program Office before moving into the role of Director of Store Concepts and Design a year later.

Myer, Marion Rodwell: General Counsel and Company Secretary. Previously Marion held the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary of Tattersall's and prior to that, she was general counsel and Company Secretary of IOOF.

Myer, Penny Winn: has 23 years of retail experience and was appointed Director of Buying Operations in March 2008. She spent 19 years with Woolworths in a number of key roles including National Manager of Banking (establishing Woolworths Ezy Banking).



National Australia Bank, Lisa Gray: is the Group Executive Personal Banking for National Australia Bank. Lisa was appointed to this position in March 2009 from her previous role as Executive General Manager, Retail Bank Australia in October 2008. Prior to joining NAB in December 2004, Lisa was CEO of MLC Wealth Protection, CEO & Managing Director of Plum Financial Services and General Manager, Marketing and Subsidiaries at AXA Australia/NZ.

National Australia Bank, Michaela Healey: Michaela joined National Australia Bank in 2006 and was appointed Group Executive Group Governance in March 2009. In addition to this role Michaela is also Group Company Secretary for the organisation. Prior to joining the NAB Michaela worked at North Limited and then Orica, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and Australia's largest chemical company. During her time at Orica she was company secretary, corporate affairs manager

Newcrest Mining, Debra Stirling: Debra was appointed Executive General Manager People and Communication in January 2008. She is responsible for the Group's human resources, corporate affairs and investor relations activities. Prior to joining Newcrest, Debra was Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations with Rinker Group Limited. Debra has more than 20 years of corporate affairs and investor relations experience with Rinker, CSR and Coles Myer.

Newscorp, Beryl Cook: Chief Human Resources Officer.

Newscorp, Genie Gavenchak: Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer.

Newscorp, Teri Everett: Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Communications.

Newscorp, Diana Eilert: Head of Strategy and Corporate Development.

OM Holding, Heng Siow Kwee: HR director.

One steel, Kara Nicholls: Company Secretary. Prior to joining OneSteel in 2009, she had 6 years with Macquarie and more than 5 years with the ASX.

Orica, Trisha McEwan: General Manager Human Resources and Communications. Joined Orica in June 2009 and has had a broad career spanning roles within a number of industry sectors, mainly within New Zealand.

Oz Minerals, Francesca Lee: Francesca was a Group Counsel at BHP Billiton and has also held a number of senior positions at Rio Tinto Limited including General Manager Internal Audit and Corporate Counsel, and was Vice President of Structured Finance at Citibank.

Pacific Brands, Sue Morphet: was appointed CEO in January 2008. Prior to this, Sue was Group General Manager of Underwear & Hosiery at Pacific Brands, the largest operating group within the business. Under her leadership, the Bonds team relaunched the iconic brand, more than doubling sales and taking the brand to women for the first time.

Paladin Energy, Gillian Swaby: Company Secretary. Gillian has been involved in financial and corporate administration for listed companies, as both Director and Company Secretary covering a broad range of industry sectors, for over 25 years.

Perpetual, Cathy Doyle: Group Executive, Equities and Distribution. She is the COO for the Australian Equities business and is the chairman of Odyssey House, a director of the Perpetual Foundation and a member of the Investment Review Committee at Perpetual.

Perpetual, Janine Stewart: Group Executive, People and Culture. Her background that spans over 20 years in customer service strategy and design, employee relations, cultural change and people and leadership, primarily in the aviation industry.




Perpetual, Joanne Hawkins: Appointed Company Secretary in June 2003. Prior to this, Joanne was Assistant Company Secretary of Macquarie Bank and Ord Minnett and was Company Secretary, National Bank of the Solomon Islands.

Platinum Australia, Gillian Swaby: Company Secretary. Gillian Swaby has been involved in financial and corporate administration for listed companies, as both Director and Company Secretary covering a broad range of industry sectors, for over 25 years.

QBE, Jenni Smith: Group General Manager Human Resources. Before relocating to Australia in 1999, Jenni had extensive business and human resources experience in London in the advertising and television industries. prior to her appointment at QBE in 2003, she was general manager HR, international at Telstra.

Ramsay Healthcare, Carmel Monaghan: Marketing and Public Affairs Manager.

Rio Tinto, Debra Valentine: was appointed Group executive, Legal & External Affairs in October 2009, having joined Rio Tinto as global head of Legal in January 2008. Debra served as general counsel at the US Federal Trade Commission from 1997 to 2001.

Rio Tinto, Jacynthe Côté: Chief executive, Rio Tinto Alcan. Her previous roles in Alcan include president and CEO, Bauxite & Alumina business group and senior management roles in business planning, human resources and environment, health and safety.

Riversdale Mining, Roshnee Bardien: Group General Manager, Human Resources & Industrial Relations. An Industrial Psychologist by profession, she has held senior positions for large corporates and multinationals in South Africa and abroad.

Santos, Petrina Coventry: Chief Human Resources Officer. Petrina spent many years working in the US, Asia and Europe in global human resource management roles for GEC and the Coca Cola Company.

Sigma Pharmaceutical, Sue Morgan-Dethick: General Counsel and Company Secretary. Sue was appointed Company Secretary in August 2009 in addition to her General Counsel role. Sue has also worked at the ABC - Legal and Copyright Department.

Sigma Pharmaceutical, Jackie Toh: Chief Information Officer and General Manager Wholesaling.

Sigma Pharmaceutical, Jackie Pearson: National Human Resources Manager. Was previously providing human resource consulting services prior to joining Sigma in 2005.

Sonic Healthcare, Dr Gloria Armellin: Director of SonicConnect, Marketing Director.

Sonic Healthcare, Virginia Lloyd-Tait: Operations Director.

Sonic Healthcare, Robyn Winton: Procurement Director.

Spark Infrastructure, Laura Reed: was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Spark Infrastructure in September 2008 after serving as Chief Financial Officer from February 2007. Prior to joining Spark Infrastructure, Laura spent nine years at ASX listed gas distribution business Envestra, most recently as CFO of that organisation.

Spark Infrastructure, Alexandra Finley: General Counsel and Company Secretary. Prior to joining Spark Infrastructure, she spent almost 10 years with National Australia Bank/MLC in various senior legal and commercial roles.

SP Ausnet, Susan Taylor: General Counsel and Company Secretary. Before her appointment in 2008, she had a stint in the US for 5 years where she was senior attorney-advisor for the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

SP Ausnet, Claire Hamilton: General Manager, Risk and Assurance. A chartered accountant, in 2005, she joined SP AusNet and was appointed to the role of Head of Internal Audit.

SP Ausnet, Geraldine Leslie: General Manager, People and Safety. Prior to her appointment in November 2009, Geraldine was employed by BlueScope Steel as General Manager Human Resources for the Australian Coated and Industrial Markets.

Spotless, Wendy Field: Group General Manager, Managed Services.

Spotless, Marcia English: Group General Manager, Marketing.

Spotless, Julianne Page: Group General Manager, Cleaning Services.


Stockland, Rilla Moore: executive General Manager, Human Resources. Rilla commenced as Stockland's EGM Human Resources in 2004 having worked at senior levels of Human Resources for the past 15 years, with Westpac, AMP and ANZ.

Stockland, Karyn Munsie: executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs. Karyn joined Stockland in 2008 with experience in a variety of communication roles, where her responsibilities have included media relations, investor relations, issues management, sponsorship and community relations. She was also a finance journalist for a number of years.

Straits Resources, Gail Campbell: General Manager, Finance and Management Services. An accountant with 20 years experience in the mining industry.

Suncorp, Amanda Revis: joined Suncorp in August 2010 as the Group Executive, Human Resources. Before joining Suncorp, Amanda worked with Lloyds Banking Group. She worked with the Mars Group in the UK, Middle East and Asia, in Business Planning, Finance and HR leadership roles.

Tabcorp, Louise Marshall: Executive General Manager - Human Resources. Louise joined Tabcorp in November 2007. Prior to commencing at Tabcorp, she was Executive Director Human Capital with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Louise brings to Tabcorp significant experience in the implementation of best practice human resource processes and cultural change.

Telstra, Deena Shiff: was appointed to the role of Group Managing Director, Telstra Business from January 30, 2006. Telstra Business was newly established at that time to specially serve the needs of Australia's small to medium enterprises. Deena started her career in telecommunications with the former OTC Limited in 1989, after a period of time in Canberra working on the social security and legislative reforms of the 1980s.

Telstra, Nerida Caesar: Group Managing Director, Telstra Enterprise and Government. Nerida joined Telstra Enterprise and Government in August 2006 as Managing Director for Integrated Accounts. In March 2009, Nerida was appointed Group Managing Director, Telstra Wholesale. Before joining Telstra Nerida was Vice President of IBM's Intel Server Division for the Asia Pacific region and previously held several senior management and sales positions with IBM.

Telstra, Andrea Grant: Andrea Grant was appointed Group Managing Director, Human Resources on 7 October 2005. Andrea joined Telstra from GM Holden where she was Executive Director, Human Resources; a position she held since 2001. She also served as GM Holden's first female board member. Before joining GM Holden, Andrea was Human Resources Director of Merck, Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited.

Telstra, Kate McKenzie: is Chief Marketing Officer, heading the group that is a focal point for product and marketing innovation in the company. She was appointed to this newly established position on 29 March 2010. Prior to that, Kate was Group Managing Director of Strategic Marketing, a position she was appointed to in March 2009, and before that, was Group Managing Director of the Telstra Wholesale business unit, a position she held for a little over three years.

Ten Network, Kylie Rogers: National Sales Manager who is responsible for the Network's Advertising Sales Revenue.


Toll Holdings, Lesley Staples: Director of Human Resources.

Transfield Services, Kate Munnings: chief Counsel & Company Secretary. Kate leads the group responsible for Transfield Services' legal, company secretarial, risk management and internal audit functions. Kate has more than 17 years experience working with and advising companies in the engineering, construction and services sectors in relation to their corporate, contractual and other commercial requirements.

Transfield Services, Elizabeth Hunter: chief Human Resources Officer. Elizabeth has 21 years experience in human resources in a range of industries, including financial services, health and semi-government organisations. Elizabeth is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK).

Transurban, Elizabeth Mildwater: chief Legal Counsel & Company Secretary. Elizabeth joined Transurban in May 2008. She is responsible for company secretarial, compliance, risk, legal and human resource functions within the business. Before joining Transurban, Elizabeth was General Counsel and Company Secretary at SP AusNet for three years.

Transurban, Megan Fletcher: Group General Manager Public Affairs. Megan has been with the company since 2002, having most recently led its corporate and government relations program in North America during its expansion in that market. Prior to joining Transurban, Megan spent 10 years in state and local government in Australia, in a range of political, policy and management roles.

Wesfarmers, Launa Inman: was appointed Managing Director of Target in 2005, with leadership of 25,000 employees and more than 285 Target and Target Country stores. Launa was also the Managing Director of Officeworks, responsible for more than 80 Officeworks Superstores and Officeworks BusinessDirect prior to this appointment. In March 2009 Launa joined the Board of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.

Westfield, Michelle Vanzella: director Business Development.

Westpac, Gail Kelly: was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Westpac on 1 February 2008. Immediately prior to this, she served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of St.George Bank Limited for five and a half years. Gail began her career at Nedcor Bank, one of the largest banks in South Africa, where she held various General Manager positions, including HR, cards and personal banking. Gail is currently a Director of Melbourne Business School Limited and member of the Financial Services Advisory Council.

Woodside Petroleum, Eve Howell: executive Vice President, Health, Safety and Security. Formerly managing director in Australia of Apache Energy and has held other senior roles with Occidental Petroleum, Hadson Energy and Apache. She joined Woodside in 2006.

Woolworths, Julie Coates: director of BIG W.

Woolworths, Kim Schmidt: director Human Resources. National Board and lecturer for the Securities Institute of Australia.

Other senior women to watch out for

Gaye McMath: previously she held the position of pro vice-chancellor and CFO at Murdoch University and then went on to be executive director, finance and resources at the University of Western Australia.

Colette Paull: runs Billabong's American operations.

Kathy Gramp: a chartered accountant with 19 years experience in radio as a finance executive, acts as a Director on Austereo's Australian joint ventures.

Lesley Grant: Since 2002 has held the position of executive manager customer and marketing for Qantas Airways and has been a director of UNICEF Australia since 2006. She has been a director of the Qantas Foundation since 2009 and serves on the board of Jetset Travelworld.