Carolyn Hewson

Carolyn Judith Hewson (born July 1955)^[1] is an Australian business woman.^[2]

She studied at the University of Adelaide and at Cambridge.^[3]

She is the Director of BHP Billiton Limited, BHP Billiton Plc.^[4] YWCA,^[5] the NeuroSurgical Research Foundation, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.^[6] She has held top executive positions with Schroders Australia Limited;^[7] BT Investment Management Limited,^[8] Westpac Banking Corporation (“WBC”),^[9] AMP Limited,^[10] CSR Limited,^[11] AGL Energy Limited,^[12] the Australian Gas Light Company,^[13] South Australian Water,^[14] and the Economic Development Board of South Australia^[14]. In 2009 she received the Queen’s Birthday Honour “for service to the community through support for charitable organisations, particularly YWCA, and to business,”^[15] has been recognized as “one of Australia’s most influential company directors,”^[16] and ranked as “Australia’s most influential female board directors”^[17] by the Australian Financial Review. In 2017 she was on the panel of judges for the Workplace Giving Excellence Awards. In 2014 she was named as one of four possible candidates to become South Australia’s next Governor,^[18] but the position was eventually given to Hieu Van Le.^[19]

She has spoken in support of proposed laws that would mandate %40 of roles on Government boards be filled by women^[20] and that cultural roles needed to adapt to support the realities of bringing up children.^[21]

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