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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.

Stephanie Charles

Stephanie Charles

Stephanie is a Deal Partner (focused on investments in Consumer Products & Services) and Head of Capital Markets at BGH Capital. Prior to her career in private equity, Stephanie was a Managing Director in the investment banking division at Credit Suisse, based in Melbourne. Stephanie spent nearly fourteen years at Credit Suisse and was Head of Retail, Consumer, Healthcare and Chemicals for Australia. Prior to that, Stephanie worked for four years in the investment banking division of Citigroup in Australia and New York and spent almost three years as a lawyer at Allens Linklaters.


Stephanie is a director of Navitas, Village Roadshow, Laurent and Hazeldene’s and currently serves on the Australian Takeovers Panel.


She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Melbourne (Honours)

0391338808
scharles@bghcapital.com