Jenni Smith

Jenni runs her own advisory practice assisting Chairman, Board committees and CEO's in areas of culture, leadership, performance and remuneration. Clients range from start-up companies to ASX200 in a range of sectors. Additionally she is an executive coach to 'C' suite executives across a range of sectors. Jenni has held a broad range of Non-Executive Directorships spanning retail, SMSF, registry services, and education. She is a private investor and Advisory Board member to founder-led start-up organisations. Jenni has extensive experience as an international ASX senior executive director, her most recent executive role was Group Executive Officer, People and Communications for QBE Group Insurance (market cap AUD$14b 2016). She is experienced in working with regulators, investor community, proxy groups and the media during a time of uncertainty and low shareholder confidence. Previously Jenni spent four years with Telstra Corporation in Sydney and Hong Kong, and prior to that worked in the UK broadcasting industry at ONdigital and Carlton Television.