The 30% Club Australia launched in May 2015 with the primary objective of campaigning for 30% women on ASX 200 boards by the end 2018. Patricia Cross is the Country Lead and is working closely with the Steering Committee, our Ambassador Chairs and a number of Working Groups and valued supporters from around the country in promoting the benefits of diversity at all levels of business. Please click here to download a copy of the Australian 30% Club Information Booklet.
Members
Michael Chaney AO
Woodside Petroleum Limited & Wesfarmers Ltd & Past Chair of National Australia Bank Limited
David Kirk
Kathmandu Holdings Limited & Trade Me Group Limited
John Mulcahy
Mirvac Limited
Raphael Geminder
Pact Group Holdings (Australia) Pty Limited
Jerry Maycock
AGL Energy Limited & Arrium Limited
Trevor Gerber
Sydney Airport Holdings Limited
Paul Brasher
Incitec Pivot Limited
John Prescott AC
Past Chair of Aurizon Holdings Limited
Craig Farrow
Past Chair of M2 Group Limited
Neil Chatfield
SEEK Limited & Costa Group Holdings Limited
Neil Hamilton
Past Chair of OZ Minerals Limited
Dr Helen Nugent AO
Past Chair of Veda Group Limited
Dr Ziggy Switkowski AO
Suncorp Group Limited
Brian Schwartz AM
Scentre Group & Past Chair of Insurance Australia Group Limited
David Gonski AC
ANZ Banking Group Ltd & Past Chair of Coca-Cola Amatil Limited
David Turner
Past Chair of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Kevin McCann AM
Past Chair of Macquarie Group Limited
Gordon Cairns
Origin Energy Ltd & Woolworths Limited
Graeme Liebelt
Amcor Limited
Jac Nasser AO
Past Chair of BHP Billiton Limited
John Shine
CSL Limited
Lindsay Maxsted
Westpac Banking Corporation & Transurban Limited
Peter Hay
Newcrest Mining Ltd & Vicinity Centres RE Limited
Leigh Clifford AO
QANTAS Airways Limited
Rick Lee AM
Oil Search Limited
Simon McKeon AO
Past Chair of AMP Limited
Catherine Livingstone AO
Commonwealth Bank of Australia & Past Chair of Telstra Corporation Limited
Diane Smith-Gander
Past Chair of Broadspectrum Limited
Margaret Jackson AC
Past Chair of Spotless Group Holdings Limited
Paula Dwyer
Healthscope Ltd & Tabcorp Holdings Limited
David Crawford AO
Lend Lease Group & South32 Limited
Graham Kraehe AO
Past Chair of Bluescope Steel Limited
Dr Bob Every AO
Past Chair of Boral Ltd & Wesfarmers Limited
Philip Clark AM
SCA Property Group Ltd
Douglas Halley
Past Chair of Duet Group
Kate Spargo
UGL Limited
Leslie Hosking
Adelaide Brighton Limited
Andrew Forrest
Fortescue Metals Group Limited
Harvey Collins
Past Chair of Navitas Limited
David Blight
Chair of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee Japara Healthcare Limited
Geoffrey Brunsdon
Sims Metal Management Limited
Peter Scott
Past Chair of Perpetual Limited
Rick Holliday-Smith
ASX Limited & Cochlear Limited
John O'Neill AO
The Star Entertainment Group Limited
Jim McKerlie
Drillsearch Energy Limited
Jeremy Sutcliffe
CSR Limited
Richard Fisher AM
InvoCare Limited
Jack Cowin
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited
Robert Wright
Super Retail Group Limited
Dr Roger Sexton AM
Past Chair of IOOF Holdings Limited
Richard Sheppard
DEXUS Property Group
Stephen Johns
Brambles Limited
Allan McCallum
Tassal Group Limited
Greg Martin
Iluka Resources Limited
Graham Bradley AM
GrainCorp Limited & Past Chair of Stockland Corporation Ltd
Robert Johanson
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited
David Haslingden
Past Chair of Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited
Christopher Roberts
Orora Limited
Robert Mactier
STW Communications Group Limited
Bruce Brook
Programmed Maintenance Services Limited
Mark Johnson
G8 Education
Peter Robinson
Australian Pharmaceuticals Industries (api) Limited
Peter Bush
Mantra Group Limited, Pacific Brands Limited & Southern Cross Media Group Limited
Dr Kenneth Henry AC
National Australia Bank Limited
Geoff Tomlinson
Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited
Sir Ralph Norris
Fletcher Building Limited
David Clarke
Charter Hall Group
Sam Weiss
Altium Limited
Louis Carroll
Cover-More Group Limited
David Gordon
Accent Group Limited & Past Chair of Ten Network Holdings Limited
Stuart James
Greencross Limited
Simon Jones
Computershare Limited
Peter Warne
Macquarie Group Ltd & Past Chair of OzForex Ltd
Donald Taylor
Past Chair of GrainCorp Limited
Catherine Brenner
AMP Limited
Justin Milne
MYOB Group Limited
Greig Gailey
Caltex Australia Limited
Derek La Ferla
Sandfire Resources NL
Rob Ferguson
The GPT Group
Ian MacDonald
Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Limited
Dr Doug McTaggart
Spark Infrastructure Trust
Glenn Davis
Beach Energy Limited
Glenn Barnes
Ansell Limited
Rebecca McGrath
Oz Minerals Limited
Tracey Horton AO
Navitas Limited
Ilana Atlas
Coca-Cola Amatil Limited
John Mullen
Telstra Corporation Limited
Mike Hutchinson
Infigen Energy Limited
Tom Pockett
Stockland Limited
John Thame
Abacus Property Group
Ken MacKenzie
BHP Billiton Limited
Steering Committee
The 30% Club is run by a Steering Committee that is made up of senior men and women who volunteer their time and skills.
Patricia Cross
Chair 30% Club Australia
Macquarie Group Limited
Jillian Segal AM
The Observerships Program
Elizabeth Proust
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Margaret Jackson
Spotless
Cathy Walter AM
Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited
Nicola Wakefield Evans
Lend Lease
Jane Harvey
DUET Finance Ltd
Susan Oliver
Simonds Homes Ltd
Carmel Mortell
KPMG
Elizabeth Shaw
President, UN Women Australia National Committee
Melanie Willis
Non Executive Director
Katie Lahey
Korn Ferry
Rhian Richardson
Executive 30% Club Australia
AICD
Susan Roberts
Jill Storey
ReadyFundGo
Working groups
The executive search group is focused on how executive search consultants (ESCs) can promote emerging and current female directors and develop the systems, practices and processes that enable women to be appointed to boards. Individual members ensure diverse candidates are included on the long and shortlists provided to the chairs of the board and remuneration and nominations committees. The group is also committed to working with chairs and boards on succession planning and developing their network of female board aspirants.
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The purpose of the Investors Group is to help coordinate the investment community’s approach to gender diversity. In particular, to explain the investment case for more diverse boards; to encourage all investors to engage on the issue of board diversity with chairs and management teams and to consider diversity when voting on the Report & Accounts and the appointment and re-election of board members.
Whilst we are strongly supportive of voluntary targets over quotas, we believe that it is important that investors actively oversee companies’ actions. We encourage investors to engage directly with companies in the first instance. However, we believe that, over time, this should extend to AGM voting in the event of inadequate board leadership.
We are calling for the investment community to follow the principles of the statement of intent and to use to investor toolkit in their conversations with Boards and CEOs.
1. Statement of Intent for Investors: which outlines the beliefs and objectives that the members of the 30% Club Investors Working Group have agreed to. We invite other fund managers and asset owners to pledge support to the principles in this Statement;
2. Investor toolkit for engaging board on diversity: this toolkit has been provided to help investors, and those representing them, more effectively engage with boards of directors on this important issue.
contact
susan.roberts1970@icloud.com
The aim of the education working group is to influence and support ASX 200 chairs and non-executive directors through:
Please read our latest publication: Leading by Example: Insights on board diversity from ASX 200 chairs that have 30 per cent women on their boards.
Please read our 2016 publication: Barriers to Progression: The reasons Chairs and Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) use as to why they can't or won't appoint female directors to their boards.
contact
melaniew@bigpond.net.au
Members of the Chair’s liaison group actively engage with ASX 200 chairs to increase the number of women on their boards. They seek to positively influence the chairs by promoting the benefits of board diversity and the actions and ownership chairs’ need to take to ensure the successful appointment of female directors.
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The Professional Services Working Group is focused on how the leading professional service firms in Australia can best support the 30% Club Australia’s objective of 30% women on ASX 200 boards by the end of 2018.
The group is working on a number of initiatives including providing education forums for women working in professional services firms to help them better understand the experiences they should plan to obtain for a potential future board career, undertaking research of the composition of the ASX 200 Audit & Risk Committees and considering whether a statement on diversity can be included in year end reporting.
Please read our latest publication called the ASX 200 Director Snapshot, detailing the backgrounds, skills and experiences of ASX 200 directors.
contact
storey001@hotmail.com
Events
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PwC, Sydney
There’s a diversity and inclusion revolution going on across the globe, and men have an important role to play in this - as leaders, husbands, partners, and fathers. We know that for many men, including senior leaders within Australia, the driver for gender equality and greater inclusion is still uncomfortable for them, and we want to make the transition easier.
At our breakfast event you will hear from Dr Michael Kimmel, one of the world’s leading researchers and authors on gender equality, men and masculinity.
The breakfast is being held at PwC, One International Towers, Barangaroo, Sydney from 8am - 9.30am.
If you are interested in attending this event please email Rhian Richardson at rrichardson@aicd.com.au
Bloomberg, Sydney
Panellists at the event will discuss non-financial targets; executive remuneration; and the interplay of proxy advisors, investors and chairs of the board and remuneration committees. Non-financial targets and the structures adopted by some ASX 200 companies were openly debated during the 2016 AGM season. The event will provide an opportunity to hear differing viewpoints around non-financial targets and how CEOs should be rewarded for their focus on culture, diversity, customer engagement and employee satisfaction.
KPMG, Melbourne
The Australian chapter of the 30% Club is celebrating its 2 year anniversary in May. Although the 30 per cent target is yet to be reached, progress has been made and we have much to celebrate.
Panellists at the event will discuss how governments and government entities can work with the private sector to drive an increase in the representation of women on boards. Significant progress has been made in countries that have introduced quotas, but can change be achieved voluntarily or encouraged without regulation?
FAQs
Contact
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is coordinating the Working Groups of the 30% Club and answering enquiries. Please contact the Board Diversity Manager, Rhian Richardson at: RRichardson@aicd.com.au