Jillian Broadbent
Jillian Rosemary Broadbent AC FRSN (born 1948) is an Australian public figure and businesswoman.
Jillian Broadbent AC, FRSN | |
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| Born | Jillian Rosemary Broadbent 23 April 1948 [1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Organization | Director of the Sydney Dance Company |
| Spouse(s) | Olev Rahn [1] |
| Children | 2 |
Early life[]
Broadbent attended Ravenswood School for Girls[1] and graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics and Mathematics from the University of Sydney.[2]
Career[]
Broadbent is a Member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. She was Chancellor of the University of Wollongong for 11 years, until September 2020.[3] She also has been a Director of the Australian Securities Exchange, Special Broadcasting Service and Qantas.[2] Prior to this, Broadbent spent 30 years in Banking in Australia and overseas, most recently as a senior executive and departmental head at Bankers Trust Australia.[4]
Awards and honours[]
In 2001, Broadbent was awarded the Centenary Medal "for service to Australian society in business leadership".[5] In 2003, Broadbent was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to economic and financial development of Australia.[2][6] On Australia Day 2019, Broadbent was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia "for eminent service to corporate, financial, clean energy and cultural organisations, to higher education, and to women in business".[7]
In 2018 Dr Broadbent was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (Est 1821) and was gazetted as such in January 2019 by the then Governor, His Excellency the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC(Rtd) in the NSW Government Gazette.
References[]
- ^ a b c "ConnectWeb - Who's Who Australia". connectweb.com.au.
- ^ a b c "Jillian Broadbent AO". Bloomberg Link. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
- ^ "2020: Chancellor Jillian Broadbent farewells UOW". University of Wollongong. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Bio for Chief Executive Women". Chief Executive Women (CEW). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ "Ms Jillian Rosemary BROADBENT - Centenary Medal". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Miss Jillian Rosemary BROADBENT - Officer of the Order of Australia". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Ms Jillian Rosemary BROADBENT AO - Companion of the Order of Australia". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- 1948 births
- Australian women in business
- Businesspeople from Sydney
- Companions of the Order of Australia
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Centenary Medal
- University of Sydney alumni
- Chancellors of the University of Wollongong
- Living people
- Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales