Jillian Segal

AO
Born
Johannesburg, South Africa
EducationUniversity of New South Wales
Alma materHarvard Law School

Jillian Shirley Segal AO is an Australian lawyer and business executive. She is known for her contributions on the boards of government, commercial and non-profit organisations.

Early life and education

Segal was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] Moving to Sydney, Australia, she completed her education at Kambala School in 1973. She then graduated from the University of New South Wales with a BA/LLB and won the University Medal in Law in 1979.[2] Segal received an LLM from Harvard Law School.[3]

Career

Segal's first job was associate to Sir Anthony Mason, judge in the High Court of Australia. She joined Allen, Allen and Hemsley as a senior associate and was promoted to partner, before leaving to serve as a commissioner and subsequently deputy chair of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.[3]

From 2003 to 2015 she was on the board of the Australian Securities Exchange and from 2004 to 2016 on the board of the National Australia Bank. She served on the Council of the Australian War Memorial from 2014 to 2017 and was deputy chancellor of the University of New South Wales from 2010 to 2019.[4]

Since 2008 Segal has been chairman of the General Sir John Monash Foundation that administers the John Monash Scholarships.[5] She has served on the board of the Sydney Opera House Trust since 2014.[4]

Segal was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to business law in Australia, particularly in the areas of financial services reform and market regulation, and to the community through a range of organisations".[6] She was promoted to Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to the banking and financial regulation sectors, to not-for-profit organisations, and to women".[7]

As of 2022 Segal is a community representative on the Council for the Order of Australia.[8] She has been a board member of the Garvan Institute since 2009.[9] She is also the current president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Segal, Jillian Shirley". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jillian Segal AO '73" (PDF). Kambala School. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Segal, Jillian". Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Our People". Sydney Opera House. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jillian S Segal AM". National Australia Bank. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ms Jillian Shirley Segal". It's an Honour. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ms Jillian Shirley Segal AM". It's an Honour. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Council for the Order of Australia". The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2019. Archived from Notes - AO.pdf the original (PDF) on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. ↑ Narunksy, Gareth. "Sydney's Jewish community comes together in solidarity". Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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