Jillian Broadbent

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Jillian Rosemary Broadbent AC FRSN (born 1948) is an Australian public figure and businesswoman.

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Jillian Broadbent

AC , FRSN
Born
Jillian Rosemary Broadbent

(1948-04-23) 23 April 1948 (age 75) [1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Organization Director of the Sydney Dance Company
SpouseOlev Rahn [1]
Children2
Academic career

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] She is the daughter of John Raymond Broadbent (Major General)

Career

Broadbent is a member of the board of Macquarie Bank. Prior to that she was a Director of Woolworths, the National Portrait Gallery, the Reserve Bank of Australia and Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. She was Chancellor of the University of Wollongong (UOW) for 11 years, until September 2020. [3] She also has been a Director of the Australian Securities Exchange, Special Broadcasting Service and Qantas. [2]

Earlier in her career she spent 30 years in the banking sector in Australia and overseas, most recently as a senior executive and departmental head at Bankers Trust Australia. [4]

In 2017 she (along with Graeme Samuel and John Laker) formed a panel of inquiry into the culture of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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 Broadbent was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Jillian Broadbent holds honorary degrees from Western Sydney University (2000) and the University of Wollongong (2021). Ben Quilty's (2021) portrait of her hangs in UOW's new Arts and Social Sciences building, which was named after her in recognition of her role as the University's third Chancellor.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "ConnectWeb - Who's Who Australia". connectweb.com.au.
  2. "2020: Chancellor Jillian Broadbent farewells UOW". University of Wollongong. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Bio for Chief Executive Women". Chief Executive Women (CEW). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. "Ms Jillian Rosemary BROADBENT - Centenary Medal". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. "Miss Jillian Rosemary BROADBENT - Officer of the Order of Australia". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. "Ms Jillian Rosemary BROADBENT AO - Companion of the Order of Australia". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Wollongong
2009–2020
Succeeded by