Jane Hansen | |
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23rd Chancellor of the University of Melbourne | |
Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Allan Myers |
Personal details | |
Born | Jane Caroline Hansen |
Spouse | Paul Little |
Alma mater | Monash University (BEc) Columbia University (MBA) University of Melbourne (BA) |
Occupation | Chancellor,business executive,philanthropist |
Website | www |
Jane Hansen AO is an Australian investment banker,business executive and philanthropist. She was appointed the 23rd Chancellor of the University of Melbourne on 1 January 2023. [1] She was initially appointed to the University of Melbourne Council on 1 January 2016 [2] and has been deputy chancellor of the University of Melbourne since 2017.
Hansen graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics and then studied for a Master of Finance and Business Administration at Columbia University in New York. She then worked in corporate finance. Later in her career,she completed a Bachelor of Arts (History) at the University of Melbourne. [3]
After completing her Master of Finance and Business Administration,Hansen worked for more than 20 years as a corporate finance expert with Macquarie Bank and First Boston/Credit Suisse. [4]
In 2014,Hansen joined the board of the Melbourne Theatre Company. The following year she established the Melbourne Theatre Company Foundation,as its first chair. [5] In 2016,she and her husband,Paul Little,donated AU$1million to the Foundation. [6] In December 2019,she became chair of the Melbourne Theatre Company. [5]
She is currently CEO and Chair of the Hansen Little Foundation, [7] Chair of the Melbourne Theatre Company, [8] Chair of the University of Melbourne Campaign Advisory Board,member of the advisory board for the Melbourne Humanities Foundation and board member of Opera Australia [4] [9] and The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation,the largest public foundation in Australia. [10] She is also a Member of Chief Executive Women and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
In a unique philanthropic partnership with the University of Melbourne,Hansen and Paul Little established the Hansen Scholarship. A flagship scholarship worth $108,000,“The Hansen Scholarship Program will significantly expand the horizons of its recipients –enabling and emboldening them to reframe their dreams and reimagine their futures.” [11] [12] The annual scholarship––which will run for an initial 40 years––welcomed its inaugural cohort in 2020. [12]
In the 2020 Australia Day Honours,Hansen was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the community,to education and cultural institutions,and through philanthropic support for charitable foundations". [9]
In 2020,Hansen made a donation to the History Council of Victoria who,in recognition,has inaugurated the Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy awarded annually since 2021. [13]
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