Australian corporate director
Kathryn Joy Fagg (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 CSIRO.
Early life and education
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
After graduation, Fagg began worked as a petroleum engineer at Esso Australia 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 & Company,[6] banking with the 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
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
Personal
Fagg married, and has at least one son. As of 2016[update] they were living in Melbourne.[8]
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