OUR BOARD

The Jawun Board consists of leading Australian minds across the corporate, government, Indigenous and philanthropic sectors.

  • Director Of Indigenous Nation Building, Jumbunna Institute-Research

    Professor Daryle Rigney is a citizen of the Ngarrindjeri Nation and Professor and Director of the Indigenous Nation Building and Governance Research hub in the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney.

    His background is in education having previously held positions as Dean of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement and Director of Yunggorendi First Nations Centre, Flinders University.

    He is currently a director of the Ngarrindjeri Native Title Compensation Trust and Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee, director at the GO Foundation, a member of the International Advisory Council, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona and a Pou & Senior Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, Melbourne & Atlantic Institute, Oxford.

    Previously he has been a board member of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) and Deputy Chair of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. Daryle is regularly engaged to present on Indigenous Nation building to governments, the University sector, private sector and Indigenous nations.

  • Independent Non-Executive Director

    Susan is an accomplished c-suite executive and board director with more than 17 years at the CEO-1 level and over 30 years of international experience working in Australian and global roles.

    Until August 2023, Susan was the Group Executive for People & Culture at National Australia Bank (NAB) for four years.  For the previous eight years, Susan held several roles at KPMG including the Global Head of People, the Global Head of Inclusion & Diversity and the National Managing Partner for People & Culture for the KPMG Australian firm.

    Prior to KPMG, she led the HR function at the Australian law firm, Allens, for three years. Susan has also lived and worked in the UK for 15 years in global and regional roles for investment banks including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, ING and NatWest.

    Susan has been a long time advocate and supporter of Indigenous issues having worked closely with Jawun for over ten years, led the work for the first Reconciliation Action Plans for Allens, and worked closely with the Corporate Citizenship and Social Impact teams at KPMG and NAB on Indigenous employment and talent retention. 

    Susan is a non-executive director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) and Chairs the SSO People & Culture Committee. She is on the Board of the Financial Executives Institute and the Manly Art Gallery and is one of the External Members of the People & Culture Committee of the University of Sydney.  Susan also Chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Message Stick Foundation and has been appointed to the board of Airservices Australia for a period of four years, effective 24 March 2025.  Susan’s prior Boards include the Committee for Sydney (as the NAB representative) and the Royal Women’s Hospital Foundation. 

    In 2025 Susan joined Mineral Resources as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration and People Committee.

  • Director

    Peter retired as Westpac Group CEO in December 2024 after 5 years in the role. He was CEO during a critical time for the bank as it navigated COVID, simplified its business and significantly uplifted its risk management practices.

    In his 30 years at Westpac, Peter also held the Chief Financial Officer role for 5 years as well as senior finance positions in the Group and Divisions.

    Peter started his career at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, holds a Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University, and completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Peter was appointed Jawun’s Audit and Risk Committee Chair on 1 October 2025.

  • Managing Director and Senior Partner,
    Boston Consulting Group

    Ant is a Managing Director and Senior Partner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and used to lead BCG’s people development function across Asia-Pacific.

    He works across the public and private sectors, with an emphasis on government, having previously lead BCG’s Public Sector Practice in Asia-Pacific. He has worked with the Australian Government, most State Governments in Australia, and select governments and public sector organisations overseas, covering areas such as transport, health, housing, education and energy. He has also worked with a range of Australian and other companies.

    Ant’s involvement with Jawun began in 2003, living nine months in Cape York with his family working with Indigenous leaders and organisations. He subsequently spent three months assessing the progress and developing the national strategy for Indigenous Enterprise Partnerships (now called Jawun). He now sits on the Jawun Board, and in the intervening years has supported many BCG efforts with Indigenous Australia.

    Prior to BCG, Anthony was a lawyer with Minter Ellison in Australia and Europe. He holds Law and Economics degrees from Adelaide University, and a Masters of Law from Oxford University (First Class) where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

  • Head of First Nations Strategy, ANZ

    Shelley, a proud Nyoongar woman from Perth, is deeply passionate about unleashing the potential of First Nations people through economic and financial empowerment. As Head of First Nations Strategy (Australia) at ANZ, Shelley is leading the development of ANZ's inaugural First Nations Strategy for Australia.

    Prior to ANZ, Shelley was Director of Generation One, a philanthropic initiative with the ambitious goal of supporting 300,000 First Nations people into work by 2040. Shelley’s expertise and leadership has been recognised nationally, including through her appointment to the Australian Government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce, and internationally, through her advocacy at the United Nations on financial literacy. Shelley is also a member of Chief Executive Women and an Advisor to the Noongar Charitable Trust.

  • Managing Partner, Allens

    Richard is the Managing Partner of international law firm Allens. Before becoming Managing Partner in 2016, he spent more than 20 years as a corporate lawyer, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and governance advice and was also the firmwide Head of Corporate.

    As Managing Partner, Richard oversees Allens' inclusion and diversity strategy and progress. Richard also chairs the firm's Community Engagement Board comprising representatives of Allens' Reconciliation, Pro Bono, Philanthropy and Sustainability committees.

    Richard is an Ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and a member of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation Chairman's Panel.

  • Secretary, Attorney-General’s Department

    Katherine commenced as Secretary of Attorney-General’s Department in August 2021. Prior to her appointment as Secretary, Katherine was the Associate Secretary of the Department of Defence. She was appointed to that position in June 2020, where her portfolio included oversight of the Chief Information Officer, Chief Finance Officer, Deputy Secretary of Defence People and Deputy Secretary of Estate and Infrastructure. In addition, Katherine was responsible for Defence enterprise planning, performance and risk management functions, and the integration of all corporate enabling services which included the delivery of the Defence Transformation Strategy and the Defence Data Strategy.

    Before joining the Department of Defence, Katherine was the Deputy Secretary for Business Enabling Services in the Department of Finance. She held that role since October 2017. Katherine has practical experience in delivering shared services in government and was responsible for delivering whole of government digital systems to support collaboration and customer service, including the innovative GovTeams platform.

    Katherine has also held senior positions in the Attorney-General’s Department including as the Deputy Secretary responsible for National Security, Criminal Justice and Emergency Management, the head of the International Crime Cooperation Division and the head of the Social Inclusion Division with responsibility for policy and programs across Indigenous justice, native title, legal assistance and human rights.

    In 2017, Katherine received a Public Service Medal for her outstanding contribution in the field of national security.

    She has a Bachelor of Arts from La Trobe University and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales. Before joining the public service in 1999, Katherine spent more than a decade in educational and academic publishing as a sponsoring editor and publisher at the McGraw Hill Book Co.

  • BA (Hons), MCom, GAICD 

    Debra has over 30 years’ experience in global financial services, with a particular focus on Australia and Japan. Her executive experience includes national CEO roles in Japan (CBA) and Australia (Mizuho Bank) as well as treasury, corporate/project finance and human resources/organisational culture.  

    Debra is an experienced Chair and Non-executive Director currently serving as Chair of Export Finance Australia, Vice President of the Australia-Japan Business Co-operation Committee and None-executive Director of the boards of Persol Holdings Co. Ltd (Tokyo Stock Exchange) and Australia Post. Debra was previously the Chair of AMP Ltd and AMP Bank.  

    Debra holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in Economics and Finance as well as Philosophy and Japanese and studied at University of Sydney, UNSW and Keio University (Tokyo), and was recently awarded the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Commendation for 2024.