Helen Nugent

Dr Nugent is Chairman of Ausgrid, a Non-Executive Director of IAG, and a member of the Global Advisory Board of UST. She has been a company director and chairman for over 30 years and has over 40 years of experience in the financial services and energy sectors. This includes having been Chairman of Veda Group, Funds SA, and Swiss Re (Australia); and a Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Group, Director of Strategy at Westpac Banking Corporation, and a Partner at McKinsey & Company and a Non-Executive Director of Origin Energy. Dr Nugent has given back to the community in education and the arts, having been Chancellor of Bond University; President of Cranbrook School; Chairman of the National Opera Review; Chairman of the Major Performing Arts Inquiry; Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia; and Deputy Chairman of Opera Australia. She is currently also Chairman of the Order of Australia Association Foundation. She is the Chairman of the Governance Committee and member of the Risk Committee.