Summary
Kathryn Joy Fagg AO FTSE (born July 1961) is an Australian professional chemical engineer and board director. In October 2021, she was appointed to a five-year term as chair of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Kathryn Fagg | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the CSIRO | |
| Assumed office 15 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | David Thodey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kathryn Joy Fagg July 1961 (age 62) |
| Occupation | Engineer and corporate director |
Early life and education edit
Kathryn Joy Fagg[1] was born in July 1961[2] in regional Queensland.[3]
She graduated from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1982 with a chemical engineering degree, one of six women in a class of 200.[3]
After working for some time as a petroleum engineer, Fagg did postgraduate studies in organisational behaviour,[3] earning an M.Com. in Organisation Behaviour from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).[4]
Career edit
After graduation, Fagg began worked as a petroleum engineer at Esso Australia (now ExxonMobil) in oil and gas fields in the Bass Strait,[3] from 1983 to 1989.[5][better source needed]
After her postgraduate business studies, she moved into management consultancy.[3] Her appointments included consulting with McKinsey and Company,[6] banking with ANZ bank,[7] where she was for some time general manager of retail banking in New Zealand, and managing director, banking products for the whole group.[8]
She was then appointed to senior leadership roles at BHP/BlueScope Steel, including President, Australian Building and Logistics Solutions, and President Asia, based in Singapore.[8] She then moved to Linfox (2009–11),[9] where she was president and non-executive director of Fast Moving Consumer Goods.[10]
After this, Fagg concentrated on non-executive director roles.[8] She was a non-executive director on the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 2013[8][11] until May 2018,[12][13] when she was chair of the Audit Committee.[14] She served on the board of Boral from August 2014 to 2016.[15] She has also been a director of Incitec Pivot and Djerriwarrh Investments.[8]
On 16 December 2019 Fagg was appointed director of the National Australia Bank, a position still current as of April 2024[update].[2]
In October 2021, she was appointed to a five-year term as chair of the CSIRO, succeeding David Thodey.[16]
Non-corporate activities edit
As of 2014[update], Fagg was actively involved with Chief Executive Women (CEW), at that time chairing the Thought Leadership Committee and a member of the Scholarship Committee.[4] She was elected president of CEW, to serve a two-year term from November 2016, succeeding Diane Smith-Gander.[8] until 2018.[12]
She was chair of the Melbourne Recital Centre as of 2014 until at least 2016,[4][8] and chair of Breast Cancer Network Australia in 2016.[8] She has also been a member of World Vision's Business Advisory Council,[4] and chair of Parks Victoria.[8]
She has chaired the Industry and Innovation Forum of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.[12]
As of April 2024[update] Fagg is chair of Watertrust Australia, a registered charity, at this time.[1]
Recognition and honours edit
- ?: One of Australia's Top 100 Most Influential Engineers[3]
- ?: and one of Australia's 25 Most Influential Female Engineers[3]
- ?(before 2016): Honorary Doctor of Business, UNSW[8]
- 2013: University of Queensland's inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Alumni Excellence Award[17][3]
- 2013: Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering[8]
- 2017: Ada Lovelace Medal for Outstanding Woman Engineer[18][19]
- 2019: Officer of the Order of Australia (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"[20]
Personal edit
Fagg married, and has at least one son. As of 2016[update] they were living in Melbourne.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Watertrust Australia Ltd". ACNC. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Kathryn Joy FAGG personal appointments". GOV.UK. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Chancellor" (PDF). University of Queensland.
- ^ a b c d "Chief Executive Women – Kathryn Fagg". cew.org.au. 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Login". Business News. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Executive Development, Kathryn Fagg". Merryck & Co. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Kathryn J. Fagg BE(Hons), FTSE, MCom(Hons), Hon.DBus, Hon.DChemEng: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Chief Executive Women members elect Kathryn Fagg as President". Melbourne Recital Centre. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Kathryn Fagg awarded Ada Lovelace Medal". Engineers Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Petroleum engineer in president's seat at Chief Executive Women". Financial Review. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Alumni Lecture Series: Kathryn Fagg, Board Member, Reserve Bank of Australia". UQ Business School. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Kathryn Fagg". Chief Executive Women. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "RBA: Reserve Bank Board". web.archive.org. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Reserve Bank Board". Reserve Bank of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "2007-2016". Boral. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Riley, James (15 October 2021). "Businesswoman Kathryn Fagg is the new CSIRO chair". InnovationAus.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Ms Kathryn Fagg". Alumni & Community. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "RBA's Kathryn Fagg named Australia's top female engineer". Get Stem. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "RBA's Kathryn Fagg named Australia's top female engineer". UNSW Newsroom. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Kathryn Joy Fagg". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 10 June 2019.