Prof Bennett is a paediatrician with over 40 years of healthcare industry experience across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Professor Bennett is an experienced non-executive director in profit and social enterprises. She was Convenor of the Champions of Change Coalition STEM and Health Group for gender equality until April 2026 and was an advisor to the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre until the end of June 2026. Her previous Board non-executive director roles include Telstra Health, HeartWare Limited, Symbion Health Limited and Chair of Sydney Children Hospital Network. In December 2021, she retired from and was awarded Emeritus Professor by The University of Notre Dame Australia where she was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Enterprise & Partnerships and Dean, School of Medicine, Sydney for over ten years. Her prior experience has included being Group Executive and Chief Medical Officer for MBF and then Bupa Health and Care Services; CEO and later Chair of Research Australia; Managing Director of Total Health Enterprise Ltd; Partner in Health and Life Sciences for KPMG Australia; CEO of Westmead Hospital and Community Health Services; General Manager for the Royal Hospital for Women; and Head of Planning in NSW Health. Professor Bennett was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2014 Australia Day Honours in recognition of her distinguished service to medicine and health care leadership. She is a member of the Risk Management Committee.
