Members Directory
CEW members are leaders across diverse sectors in Australia, including government, business, sport, academia, the arts, and the not-for-profit sector.
Our members share a unifying goal: to remove systemic barriers and create pipelines that enable Australian women to rise to leadership positions in their communities. This ensures a diversity of women's voices at every decision-making table while supporting both women and men to thrive—at work and home.
Diana Forsyth

Australian Non-Executive Experience:
• Bethanie Group Inc. Chair, Director.
• WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) Director.
• Health Support Services (WA DoH) Board Member. Inaugural Chair, People and Performance Committee.
• Lions Eye Institute, Director. Chair, Clinical Governance Committee, 2017-2018.
• State Training Board of Western Australia, Board Member. Chair Quality Committee, 1994-2001.
• ANTA Performance Review Committee, Western Australian Representative, 1996-1999.
• Association for the Blind (now VisAbility), Director. Vice President, 1997–2000.
United Kingdom Non-Executive Experience:
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge University Health Partnership, Director. Chair Quality Safety and Governance Committee, Member Audit and Risk Committee, Sponsor Organisational Development Strategy, 2014 - 2016.
• Henshaws, Director, Chair Remuneration Committee, 2014 - 2016. (
• NHS Central Eastern Region Commercial Support Unit Advisory Board Member, 2013 – 2014.
• Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Non-Executive Director. Chair Finance and Performance Committee, Chair, Transformation Committee, Chair Patient Focus Committee. Member Audit and Risk Committee, 2008 – 2012.
Qualifications:
• GAICD, 2022.
• Chartered Director Program (NHS) UK, 2008
• MBA (International Management) Westpac Prize, (1994-96), UWA
• BCom (Finance, Management) Institute of Directors’ Prize, (1985-87), UWA
Career Overview:
2018 - 2020: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Chief Operating Officer.
2000 - Present: Management Consultant, Strategy, Transformation, Workforce, Remuneration Organisational and Governance Review, Merger/Integration, Technology and Change.
1998 - 2000: Rio Tinto Iron Ore - Manager Organisational Development.
1991 - 1998: St John of God Health Care System - Group Quality and Training Leader.
1988 - 1991: West Australian Newspapers Ltd - Personnel Officer.
1987 - 1988: Robe River Iron Associates, Graduate HR/IR Officer.
dianamforsyth@me.com
- FILTER:
- Bethanie Group Ltd
- WA