Appointments

Kristine Ziwica’s appointment as Executive Director of NOW Australia marks a “major milestone” in the organisation’s fight to end sexual harassment at work.

Opportunity International Australia has appointed Meredith Scott as CEO and  Joanna White as Chair of the organisation.

In 2014, the global law firm Ashurst set a 40% female target for partner promotions. They’ve far exceeded that in Australia, with 70% of such promotions in the latest partnerround going to women.

AFL’s first female commissioner and champion of the AFL’s Respect and Responsibility Policy, Sam Mostyn, has been named as Chair of Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS).

The Board of Suncorp Group Ltd has appointed Christine McLoughlin as chairman after announcing Chairman Dr Ziggy Switkowski AO will retire from the board in September 2018. 

Megan Flamer has been appointed to lead Xcelerate, a new accelerator program created in partnership between Coca-Cola Amatil and BlueChilli.

Forty per cent of the tech company’s 550-strong Australian workforce are female, along with five of its eight executive team.

EMILY’s List Australia has announced today that Elise Delpiano will be the first recipient of the Julia Guillard Next Generation Internship.

UN Women has stepped up its efforts to help end women’s experiences of sexual harassment, by appointing Purna Sen to a newly created leadership position.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has introduced leading private sector human resources executive Emma Hogan as the new NSW Public Service Commissioner. 

Time in leadership limbo is set to end at the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) with Criena Chapman being appointment the first permanent CEO since Chris Chapman stepped down in 2016.

If you thought being the PM of Australia was big role, consider Julia GIllard’s latest gig with the ambitious Global Institute for Women’s Leadership,.