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Join us for our inaugural Women Directors’ Network breakfast to hear from Leading International Director, Elizabeth Proust about her illustrious career as an executive and non-executive director.
Elizabeth Proust’s mother was discouraged from going to university. Proust has said this was a motivator for her own long and distinguished career, which has encompassed commercial management, public sector roles and a celebrated CV in governance.
She is Chairman of Cuscal Ltd (a payments company), non-executive director of Lendlease (a global real estate and development company), Lead Independent Director of GQG Partners (funds management), and is on the Fujitsu Oceania Advisory Board. Elizabeth is the immediate Past Chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Since 2005 she has served on listed, not for profit, and other boards including as Chairman of Nestle Australia and Chairman of the Bank of Melbourne.
Proust is an outspoken advocate for women in governance and a trailblazer in Australian boardrooms. She is known for urging women to have confidence in their own abilities and trust themselves to take on new and challenging roles.
She will speak about achieving success, whether as an executive or non-executive director, and offer insights into the guidance that she has enjoyed over a long career, as well as tips for a successful transition from executive to non-executive life.
Elizabeth Proust has held leadership roles in the private and public sectors in Australia for over 35 years. She has worked in local, State and Federal Government, the oil industry and in banking. She has held senior positions in the ANZ Banking Group, the Victorian Government and was CEO of the City of Melbourne.
Elizabeth has been Chairman of Cuscal Ltd since 2020, a non-executive director of the Lendlease Corporation since 2018, and the Lead Independent Director of GQG Partners since 2021. She is a member of the Fujitsu Oceania Advisory Board. She is the immediate Past Chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Previous directorships include Perpetual, Spotless, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Elizabeth has a Law degree (University of Melbourne) and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from La Trobe University. She was awarded Honorary Doctorates by the Universities of La Trobe, Monash, and Wollongong.
She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2010 for distinguished service to public administration and to business, through leadership roles in government and private enterprise, as a mentor to women, and to the community through contributions to arts, charitable and educational bodies.
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Litia Brighouse-Fuavao
Diversity Programme Manager
+64 274 447 371
Litia.Brighouse-Fuavao@iod.org.nz
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