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Helen Nugent
Helen Marion Nugent AC (born 13 February 1949) is an Australian company director, businesswoman, and former academic.
Helen Marion Nugent was born on 13 February 1949.[better source needed]
Nugent completed a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours and a PhD from the University of Queensland (UQ), and earned a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from the Harvard Business School.
She taught Indian history and Asian culture at UQ from 1971 to 1980.[citation needed] She was professor in management and director of the MBA Program at the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales from 1992 to 1994, where she also taught courses in strategic management.[citation needed]
After undertaking her MBA, she commenced her business career at McKinsey & Company, where until 1991 she was a partner specialising in financial services and the energy and resources sectors.[citation needed] Subsequently, from 1994 to 1999, as Director of Strategy at Westpac Banking Corporation, reporting to the CEO, Bob Joss, she was a member of the Executive Team, responsible for a major turnaround in the Bank's performance.[citation needed]
Nugent currently[when?] serves as chairman of Ausgrid and a Non-Executive Director of IAG. Previously, she has been Chairman of Veda Group, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Swiss Re (Australia), Funds SA, and Sydney Airport.[citation needed] In addition, she has been a Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Group (for 15 years, until 2014), Origin Energy (for 14 years, until 2017), Carter Holt Harvey, Mercantile Mutual, State Bank of New South Wales, Herbert Smith Freehills, and Australia Post.[citation needed]
In the arts, Nugent was chair of the 1999 Major Performing Arts Inquiry, often referred to as the Nugent Inquiry or Nugent Review. David Gonski was a member of the committee.
She also chaired the federal government's National Opera Review.[when?][better source needed] She was deputy chair of Opera Australia, Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council, and chaired the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council.[citation needed]
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Helen Nugent
Helen Marion Nugent AC (born 13 February 1949) is an Australian company director, businesswoman, and former academic.
Helen Marion Nugent was born on 13 February 1949.[better source needed]
Nugent completed a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours and a PhD from the University of Queensland (UQ), and earned a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from the Harvard Business School.
She taught Indian history and Asian culture at UQ from 1971 to 1980.[citation needed] She was professor in management and director of the MBA Program at the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales from 1992 to 1994, where she also taught courses in strategic management.[citation needed]
After undertaking her MBA, she commenced her business career at McKinsey & Company, where until 1991 she was a partner specialising in financial services and the energy and resources sectors.[citation needed] Subsequently, from 1994 to 1999, as Director of Strategy at Westpac Banking Corporation, reporting to the CEO, Bob Joss, she was a member of the Executive Team, responsible for a major turnaround in the Bank's performance.[citation needed]
Nugent currently[when?] serves as chairman of Ausgrid and a Non-Executive Director of IAG. Previously, she has been Chairman of Veda Group, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Swiss Re (Australia), Funds SA, and Sydney Airport.[citation needed] In addition, she has been a Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Group (for 15 years, until 2014), Origin Energy (for 14 years, until 2017), Carter Holt Harvey, Mercantile Mutual, State Bank of New South Wales, Herbert Smith Freehills, and Australia Post.[citation needed]
In the arts, Nugent was chair of the 1999 Major Performing Arts Inquiry, often referred to as the Nugent Inquiry or Nugent Review. David Gonski was a member of the committee.
She also chaired the federal government's National Opera Review.[when?][better source needed] She was deputy chair of Opera Australia, Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council, and chaired the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council.[citation needed]