Kathryn Joy Fagg is a professional engineer, a board member and board chair from Australia. Fagg is currently the Chair of the Board for the

CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentar ...

and a non-executive director on the board of

Medibank Private Medibank Private Limited, better known as simply Medibank, is one of the largest Australian private health insurance providers, covering 3.7 million people in 2021. Medibank initially started as an Australian Government not-for-profit insurer i ...

. Fagg has been a board member of the

Reserve Bank of Australia The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority. It has had this role since 14 January 1960, when the ''Reserve Bank Act 1959'' removed the central banking functions from the Commonwealth Bank. T ...

since 2013,

Boral Boral Limited is Australia's largest building and construction materials supplier, with market-leading positions in quarries, cement, concrete and asphalt. Boral is actively pursuing a decarbonisation strategy through recycling of demolition ma ...

president of Chief Executive Women, Chairman at

Melbourne Recital Centre Melbourne Recital Centre is a venue for live music in Melbourne and welcomes over 200,000 visitors each year. The organisation programs and presents more than 500 concerts and events a year across diverse range of musical genres including classi ...

, and a director of

Incitec Pivot Incitec Pivot Ltd. () is an Australian multinational corporation that manufactures fertiliser, explosives chemicals, and mining service. Incitec Pivot is the largest supplier of fertilisers in Australia; the largest supplier of explosives prod ...

, Breast Cancer Network of Australia and Djerriwarrh Investments. In 2013 she received the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

’s Inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Excellence Award and was elected fellow of the

Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies (now five) ...

. Four years later she was awarded the Ada Lovelace Medal for Outstanding Woman Engineer (2017) where she was reported as being “an inspiration to us all, particularly young women.” Her professional career includes: (Esso Australia now known as)

ExxonMobil ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30, ...

from 1983-1989, consulting with

McKinsey and Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

, banking with ANZ, leadership roles at BlueScope Steeland Linfox (2009–11) President of

FMCG Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), also known as consumer packaged goods (CPG), are products that are sold quickly and at a relatively low cost. Examples include non-durable household goods such as packaged foods, beverages, toiletries, cand ...

(Fast Moving Consumer Goods), as well as its non-executive director. Fagg 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 ...

(AO) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to business and finance, to the central banking, logistics and manufacturing sectors, and to women".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fagg, Kathryn Living people Australian engineers Australian business executives Year of birth missing (living people) Officers of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering