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Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz

President, Chief Executive Women

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz is President of Chief Executive Women, Chair of the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, a non-executive director of Rio Tinto Limited, a non-executive director of Macquarie Group, a member of the Sydney Opera House Trust, a member of the INSEAD Global Board, and Chair of the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion @ Work Advisory Board.

Susan was Chief Executive Officer of Mirvac and a Director of the Mirvac Board from 2012 to 2023.

Prior to this appointment, Susan was Managing Director at LaSalle Investment Management in London. Susan has also held senior executive positions at MGPA, Macquarie Group and Lend Lease Corporation, working in Australia, the US and Europe.

Susan holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Sydney and an MBA (Distinction) from INSEAD (France).

Lisa Annese

CEO, Chief Executive Women

Lisa Annese commenced her role as the Chief Executive Officer of Chief Executive Women in January 2025 and is committed to the empowerment of women and girls across the economy.

Prior to this, Lisa spent 10 years as the CEO of the Diversity Council Australia, where she led a broad array of groundbreaking, evidence-based research, including Australia’s first national index on workplace diversity and inclusion, seminal research on the economics of the gender pay gap, and original work on Counting Culture and building Asian Leadership Capability, as well as research supporting individuals being ‘Out at Work’, mainstreaming flexible work, and myth-busting workplace responses to sexual harassment and domestic and family violence. 

In 2024, Lisa was appointed to the NSW Women’s Advisory Council and reappointed to the Respect at Work Council by the Attorney-General, implementing the legislative reforms from the Respect@Work Act. In 2018, Lisa was named one of the AFR’s 100 Women of Influence. In 2019 she was elected to the Board of Amnesty International Australia and, in 2021, to the Board of the non-partisan organisation Women for Election. As well as being their CEO, Lisa is also a member of Chief Executive Women.

Lisa has had a long career progressing positive change across the corporate, government, and not-for-profit sectors. Earlier in her career, at the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (formerly the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA)), she developed the first-ever census of Australian Women in Leadership, the first-ever Business Achievement Awards, the creation of the Employer of Choice for Women citation, and the development and implementation of the policy framework for the EOWA Act 1999 with Australian businesses. For her contribution at EOWA, she was awarded a Medal for Significant Contribution to the Australian Public Service. 

Leila Smith

CEO, Aurora Education Foundation

Leila Smith is CEO of Aurora Education Foundation, an Indigenous organisation that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to realise their full education and employment potential. Leila is a Wiradjuri woman and Charlie Perkins Chevening Scholar who holds a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Cambridge and has extensive experience in Aboriginal health and education sectors. She is the Chair of the American Australian Association Ltd. and an Advisory Board Member for the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report. 

Prior to Aurora, Leila was the Knowledge Translation Manager at the Lowitja Institute and held senior roles in consulting, policy and program delivery, data analysis, and research at Nous Group, the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 

Bonnie Boezeman AO

CEW Founding Member and Director of Australian Golf Foundation.

Bonnie Boezeman AO, after 23 years as an international top executive at Time Warner Time Inc., is an experienced non-executive board director and has served on several boards for charities and philanthropy. 

Bonnie launched a Junior Girls Scholarship program nationally with the Australian Golf Foundation, of which she is a director. As a founding member of CEW, Bonnie is actively involved and sponsors an annual nursing scholarship which entails a master’s degree in healthcare leadership, fostering future nursing leaders. 

Vicki Brady

CEO and Managing Director, Telstra

Vicki joined Telstra in 2016 and was most recently Chief Financial Officer and Strategy & Finance Group Executive. In this role,  Vicki guided the company’s financial performance and reporting, led the development of and progress against its corporate strategy, and oversaw its risk and internal audit capabilities, with the aim of delivering shareholder value over the long term. 

Before this, Vicki was head of Telstra’s Consumer & Small Business function. In this role she led a business unit with $14.6 billion of income and was one of the architects of the T22 strategy. She has also held roles as Group Managing Director, Sales & Service and Group Managing Director, Consumer. Before working at Telstra, Vicki gained extensive executive leadership experience in telecommunications and services companies in Australia and internationally, working for organisations including Optus, SingTel, and KPMG.   

Vicki has a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University and a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. She is Patron, on behalf of Telstra, of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA); a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants ANZ; and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  

When she is not working, Vicki enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters at home in Sydney.

Shemara Wikramanayake

Managing Director and CEO, Macquarie Group

Executive Voting Director since August 2018 (of Macquarie Bank since August 2018) 

Member of the Executive Committee since 1 August 2008. Shemara has been Macquarie Group’s Managing Director and CEO since late 2018. 

Shemara joined Macquarie in 1987 in Macquarie Capital in Sydney. In her time at Macquarie, she has worked in six countries and across several business lines, establishing and leading Macquarie’s corporate advisory offices in New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, and the infrastructure funds management business in the US and Canada. Shemara has also served as Chair of the Macquarie Group Foundation. 

As Head of Macquarie Asset Management for 10 years before her appointment as CEO, Shemara led a team of 1,600 staff in 24 markets. Macquarie Asset Management grew to become a world-leading manager of infrastructure and real assets and a top 50 global public securities manager. 

Shemara sits on the World Bank’s Global Commission on Adaptation and Private Sector Investment Lab and was a founding CEO of the United Nations Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI). She currently leads emerging markets workstreams for CFLI and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), is a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s International Advisory Panel and Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, and was a member of the Australian Universities Accord Panel of Eminent Australians, which conducted the Australian Universities Accord Review. 

Sandra Sully AM

Senior journalist and presenter for 10 News First Sydney 

Sandra is a senior journalist and presenter for 10 News First Sydney and Queensland and has been an integral part of the 10 News team since 1990, celebrating her 30th anniversary at the Network in early 2020.

As one of the most recognisable and respected faces on Australian television, Sandra has also hosted major Network news events including the Federal Budget, the Royal Wedding coverage from London and Oprah Winfrey’s Big ‘O’ event at the Botanical Gardens. She also co-hosted 10’s interactive, real-life crime series Wanted.

Sandra’s career includes 18 years as the highly popular Presenter and Senior Editor of TEN Late News with Sports Tonight. In that role Sandra was the first Australian journalist to break the news of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. She has subsequently covered anniversary commemorations of both the Bali bombings and the September 11 attacks.

Sandra is a storyteller and her engaging warmth, style and versatility have enabled her to cover numerous national news events such as Commonwealth and Olympic Games, as well as becoming the first woman to co-host the iconic Melbourne Cup/Spring Carnival, a role she filled for seven years.

Sandra is a passionate sports fan and is currently the Vice President of Hockey Australia, as well as being one of the first women members of the prestigious Carbine Club of New South Wales, which supports children in sport.

Sandra is the Patron of Spinal Cure Australia and has been for more than 20 years.

She’s an Ambassador for National Adoption Awareness; the NSW Crime Stoppers and is also a National Ambassador for Do Something, which encourages social change.

Sandra was one of the first journalists in the country to fully understand and embrace the digital media revolution. Seeing early on the power of the platform and its ability to immediately deliver up-to-date and breaking news, Sandra has established herself as one of the nation’s news leaders online, building a mass following on social media platforms.

Sandra launched her podcast Short Black With Sandra Sully in 2019, where she talks candidly to a series of intriguing and inspiring women who have something interesting to say, about what really matters.

Sandra’s passion for news has fortified her position as one of the finest newsreaders in the country, delivering 10 News First bulletins with integrity and credibility.

OAKRIDGE

Georgie Jacobs, Viticulturist

Georgie grew up in rural NSW surrounded by good food and wine, so when she fell into a vintage cellar hand job at age 19, the wine industry felt like a natural fit. Now with 14 vintages across the winery and vineyard and a Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology from the University of Adelaide under her belt, she has worked and honed her craft in Canada, New Zealand, Bordeaux, Champagne, as well as many regions in SA, NSW, and VIC. A passion for sustainable agriculture and a deep curiosity in the detail of growing fine wine drew Georgie to Oakridge in 2021, where she continues to learn and work to build soil health and wine quality each year. Georgie is proud to be part of a diverse, supportive, and collaborative vineyard team, and is excited by what they will achieve together in the coming years.

JOSEF CHROMY 

Yael Sandler, Winemaker

When Yael joined team Chromy for a vintage back in 2016, little did she know she was about to fall head over heels with all things Tasmanian especially Chardonnay! A University of Adelaide graduate with a master's in Oenology and a WSET Level 4 Diploma, Yael initially started her career in wine as a sommelier, however, her passion for wine soon led her to explore the world of winemaking, where she honed her skills at
 some of the finest wineries across the globe, including Giaconda, Yarra Yering and Margalit in her home country of Israel. But it was Tasmania that captured her heart, and in late 2020, Yael joined the Josef Chromy team full time. Now, as winemaker, Yael is continuously innovating and experimenting with new techniques to create exceptional cool-climate wines that showcase the unique terroir of the region.

Cape Mentelle

Coralie Lewis, Senior Winemaker

Hailing from the South West of France, Coralie naturally developed a passion for winemaking. After gaining her Master of Oenology and Viticulture and a National Degree of Oenology at SupAgro-Montpellier, she undertook her winemaking internship in Bordeaux at the prestigious Chateau Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion and Chateau Beychevelle in Medoc. 

Her pursuit of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay led Coralie to the Margaret River region. It became her platform for exploring the incredible diversity of reds and whites in the region, with its ideal climate and maritime influence.

Chapel Hill

Rachel Steer, Senior Viticulturist

Rachel's career in viticulture has long been entwined with the history of Chapel Hill. She completed her BAgSc Honours Project at Chapel Hill while Pam Dunsford was winemaker. Rachel credits Pam as a big source of inspiration, enjoying what some considered to be Pam's abrasive personality & cutting comments!

Rachel has played a fundamental role in shaping the sustainable future of McLaren Vale's vineyards. She was a contributor to the McLaren Vale sustainability program SAW before its adoption by the national SWA program. She's developed a love for revegetation with local indigenous species and has a nerdy fascination with scientific plant names which she thinks stems from long bushwalks in the nearby national park as a child.