Appointments

The Australia Post board has jumped ahead of other large boards in terms of gender diversity, with a number of appointments at the top seeing it become majority female for the first time.

Alison Kitchen will soon become the first woman to chair a ‘big four’ professional services firm, after being appointed chair of KPMG Australia today.

Congratulations Cassandra Kelly and Helen Thornton, who have today been appointed Chair and Deputy Chair of the Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV).

Christine Holgate will soon become the next CEO of Australia Post, replacing Ahmed Fahour who announced his resignation from the role earlier this year.

Professor Rosalind Croucher has today been named as the next head of the Australian Human Rights Commission, replacing Professor Gillian Triggs.

It’s only taken 110 years, but Scouts Australia has finally appointed its first female boss, naming Cathy Morcom as National General Manager.

Rosalind Croucher is a frontrunner to replace Gillian Triggs as head of the Australian Human Rights Commission, according to Fairfax reports today.

Chloe Shorten has been named an Our Watch Ambassador today, to help support gender equality by challenging the gender stereotypes thrown at young children.

The Nine Entertainment board will soon hit gender parity, following the appointment of marketing specialist Janette Kendall to the board.

Karen Stocks, the former Managing Director of Twitter Australia, is heading over to work at Google HQ

When Emma Brown landed on the UN Women website one day to search for opportunities to support or volunteer with the organisation, she discovered something that would change the course of her career.

In 2017, it’s not something we should still need to marvel at, or even notice.