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The HON. Kelly O'Dwyer LLB (Hons) / BA

  • Non-Executive Director – March 2021
  • Member - Board Risk Committee - March 2021
  • Member of the Remuneration, Human Resources & Nominations Committee - October 2022
  • Chair of Equity Trustees Limited Compliance Committee - October 2022

Kelly is currently a non-executive director of ASX listed Home Consortium and a member of the School Council of Caulfield Grammar School.

She was the Liberal Party member for the Federal seat of Higgins in the Australian Parliament for nine years, and a former Cabinet Minister.

Elected at age 32, she was the youngest woman appointed to Cabinet and the first woman to serve in Cabinet in a Treasury portfolio, and the only Cabinet Minister to have given birth during her period in office.

During her time in Parliament, she was a member of the Cabinet’s Budget Committee (the Expenditure Review Committee and held a number of senior economic portfolios including Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations; Minister for Revenue and Financial Services; Minister for Small Business; and Assistant Treasurer. Kelly also served as Minister for Women; as well as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister with the Public Service. She was internationally recognised as one of the most inspiring and influential women of 2018 in the BBC’s 100 Women list.

Prior to entering Parliament, Kelly worked in law, government and finance.