Wendy Smith is the chairman and executive director of Vipac Engineers and Scientists Ltd and deputy chairman of the Victorian Government's Patient Review Panel. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

and a general nursing certificate from

Adelaide Children's Hospital The Women's and Children's Hospital is located on King William Road in North Adelaide, Australia. It is one of the major hospitals in Adelaide and is a teaching hospital of the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and Flin ...

Career

Her former corporate government positions include deputy chairman of the Tourism Victoria Board, chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Tourism Victoria Board, director of the Victorian Public Transport Ombudsman Board and chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Public Transport Ombudsman Board. She was a

City of Kew The City of Kew was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, on the southeast bank of the Yarra River. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. History Kew was first ...

councillor from 1983 to 1988. Her background in politics includes six years (1996-2002) as a Victorian Member of Parliament for the Silvan Electorate. Smith was the Shadow Minister for Small Business in 2002 and Shadow Cabinet Secretary from 2000 to 2002. She was also a ministerial advisor to the Kennett Victorian Government in the Major Projects portfolio from 1993 to 1996. From 2003 to 2014, she was the owner and operator of an ecological tourism business and involved in Australian tourism and trade both internationally and nationally.

Founder

Smith was the founder and principal of International Infrastructure conferences based in Singapore from 1989 to 1993. From 1988 to 1989, she was the general manager of the Metropolitan Municipal Association (MMA). Her earlier professions include being a nurse educator at the

Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) was a hospital for children in Herston, Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Australia. RCH was located next to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital before it was demolished and the land was used to build the Surg ...

, and health counsellor at

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria an ...

in Victoria.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Wendy Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council La Trobe University alumni Victoria (Australia) local councillors 21st-century Australian politicians Women members of the Victorian Legislative Council Women local councillors in Australia Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian women politicians