Champions of Change Coalition makes board appointments
The Champions of Change Coalition has elected former IBM managing director Andrew Stevens as its new chair, with EY deputy CEO Jenelle McMaster and Andrew Colvin also joining the board.
Established by Elizabeth Broderick in 2010, the Champions of Change Coalition today includes more than 250 senior Australian business, public sector and non-profit leaders committed to achieving workplace gender equality.
A founding member, Stevens succeeds inaugural chair and Amazon Australia country manager Janet Menzies, who earlier in her career spent a decade with McKinsey & Company in the US and will continue as a member of the board.
“It’s an honour for me to step into the role of chair of the coalition, especially following Janet Menzies’ exemplary leadership,” Stevens stated. “Janet has set a high standard with her steadfast commitment to our shared goal of achieving inclusive gender equality across Australia’s workplaces by 2030 and I’m humbled by the opportunity to continue this vital work.
A three-decade business and technology veteran, Stevens oversaw the Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand merger and later PwC Consulting integration with IBM in the Asia Pacific before serving as A/NZ managing director of the latter to 2014. He also currently serves as chair of government advisory board Industry, Innovation and Science Australia.
Joining Stevens on the board from July are newly-appointed directors Jenelle McMaster and former Australian Federal Police commissioner Andrew Colvin, who has spent the past three years as a partner at Deloitte. McMaster has meanwhile served as EY Oceania deputy CEO over the same period, having joined the firm in 2007 after an earlier decade at PwC and IBM.
Other leaders of the organisation include CEO Annika Freyer, also a McKinsey alum, while former Deloitte CEO Richard Deutsch (insurance) and CBRE Asia Pacific advisory services chief Phil Rowland (property) are among industry group convenors. Prior to serving as Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner and heading her own consultancy, Broderick was a partner at Ashurst.
