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

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