Appointments

Annastacia Palaszczuk is an International Ambassador with the Smart Energy Council (SEC), Australia’s renewable energy industry body.

Global software company Atlassian has appointed Avani Prabhakar as the new Chief People Officer of the organisation.

Natalie Kelly has been appointed as the next Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of superannuation fund HESTA.

Gender equality leader Sally Hasler has been appointed as the next CEO of Women’s Health Victoria. She will assume the role on July 1.

Australia’s first ever female astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, has graduated from the European Space Agency (ESA) training program.

Former NAB business and marketing strategist, Emma Moore has been named the AFLW’s new general manager, and will start in July.

Maria MacNamara has been appointed as CEO of the Space Industry Association of Australia, the national peak body for the space industry.

Justice Sarah Huggett has been appointed as the next Chief Judge of the NSW District Court. She is the first woman to hold the role.

Major General Susan Coyle has been appointed as Australia’s next Chief of Joint Capabilities, becoming the third woman ever promoted to a three-star rank.

The UN has never been led by a woman, and numerous civil society campaigns are promoting an end to this decades-long gender imbalance.

Former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has been appointed as the United Nations’ Special Envoy for Myanmar.

Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon has been selected as part of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader 2024 class.