Appointments

Mary Delahunty has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia.

As news of Sam Altman’s shock ousting from OpenAI, interest has re-sparked for the company’s interim CEO, Mira Murati. 

Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down from her role as Bumble CEO after a decade at the helm of the women-centred dating app company.

Deirdre Brennan has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of Screen Australia, starting in the role from 8 January 2024.

Fritha Radyk has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Carers Queensland, the peak body representing unpaid carers in Queensland

Associate Professor Anna Boltong has been appointed as CEO of Ovarian Cancer Australia, the leading independent charity for women.

Padma Raman has been appointed to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet as the Executive Director of the Federal Office for Women.

Danielle Wood, CEO of the Grattan Institute, has been named by Treasurer Jim Chalmers as the next Chair of the Productivity Commission.

After just six months in the role, Fortescue Metals CEO Fiona Hick is leaving the resources giant in what has been described as a “joint decision” between Hick and the board, that was “both friendly and mutual”.

Michelle Jablko has been appointed CEO of Australia’s largest toll road operator Transurban. She was previously the company’s CFO.

With 1.8 million members, Ainslie van Onselen is the first woman and first person from ANZ to Chair Chartered Accountants Worldwide.

Louise Taylor has been appointed as a judge on the ACT’s Supreme Court, becoming the first Indigenous woman to sit on a supreme court.