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.

Susan Oliver

Susan Oliver
I am currently Chair of the Alice Anderson Fund and a member of the advisory board for Fishermans Bend for the Victorian Government, a director of listed company ReNu Energy and an independent member of the global Investment Committee for IFM. I've been involved in the governance of global companies since 1996 including Transurban Group, Campus Living Villages, Centro Group, Coffey International and others. I contributed to the AICD company directors’ course for 15 years. I have worked in the public sector at senior levels, in industry development, and in the Housing Ministry. Other appointments • Chair The Wheeler Centre, National Film and Sound Archive • Co-founder and Founding Chair Scale Investors • Board member Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra • EY Entrepreneur of the Year – Judge, panel chair • 30% Club • Judicial Commission of Victoria panel • Director Advisory Panel for ASIC 2014, 2015 • The Smith Family – National Board and Governor • The Big Issue in Australia - Co-Founder • Chair National Film and Sound Archive, • Advisory committees for Victorian government in digital innovation and IT strategy, author of Arts 21 – the strategy for arts and cultural industries in Victoria • CEO Australian Commission for the Future Awards: • AM awarded Member of the Order of Australia on June 10 2019 in Queens Birthday honour list for services to business and women. • British Council Scholar Oxford • Prime Minister’s Centenary Medal (Services to Business Leadership)
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susan.oliver@cumesh.au