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

Early life

Broadbent attended Ravenswood School for Girls and graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics and Mathematics from the University of Sydney. She is the daughter of

John Raymond Broadbent (Major General) Major General John Raymond Broadbent, (24 June 1914 – 27 October 2006) was an Australian Army officer and lawyer. Early life and career Broadbent studied at the University of Sydney, gaining the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor ...

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. She also has been a Director of the

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, Special Broadcasting Service and Qantas. 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. 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 The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or go ...

"for service to Australian society in business leadership". In 2003, Broadbent was appointed an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

for service to economic and financial development of

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. 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". 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.

References

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