Governance and Nominations Committee

Mrs Lisa Cook Kleeman is the Founder and Managing Director of Get on Board Australia, supporting aspiring and emerging board members and boards to thrive in the Boardroom. She has more than 15 years of experience serving on boards from a range of organisations in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in Adelaide, Sydney, and across Australia.  
 
Mrs Cook Kleeman holds a Master of Business Law from the University of Adelaide and a Business Management and Marketing degree from Charles Sturt University.
 
Mrs Cook Kleeman has lived experience with stroke, having personally had a stroke in 2015. During her initial recovery period, Stroke Foundation and its community provided overwhelming support. Since then, Lisa has actively supported Stroke Foundation and shared her stroke story to raise awareness and donations.

Ms Sally Bateman is the Chief Executive Officer of Make-A-Wish Australia, one of the country’s most inspirational charities for children.

A former Senior Publishing Executive, Ms Bateman was Penguin Random House’s inaugural Asia Pacific Director of Marketing, Publicity and Digital following the international merger of Penguin and Random House. Previously, she spent 17 years with Penguin Australia where she led marketing and digital strategy during a decade of disruption.

Ms Bateman is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and holds a Bachelor of Arts, Public Relations and a Graduate Diploma of Psychology.

Ms Bateman’s grandmother passed away from stroke when she was 8.

Emeritus Professor Linda Kristjanson is non-executive director of Seek Ltd, Education Australia LTD, MinEx CRC Ltd, and Education Services Australia Ltd. She is a member of the Australian Urban Research Institute Network Board and a Trustee of the Bethlehem Griffith Research Foundation.

From 2011-2020, Emeritus Professor Kristjanson served as Vice Chancellor and President of Swinburne University of Technology. Upon her retirement she was awarded an Emeritus Professorship. Prior to this role she was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Development at Curtin University. She has served as a member of the National Health and Medical Research Council from 2006 to 2009. Emeritus Professor Kristjanson was the Chair of the Board the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (2016-2023) and Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Australian Synchrotron (2007-2016).

In 2002, Emeritus Professor Kristjanson was named Australian Telstra Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her entrepreneurial work in health and science. She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, acknowledged for her distinguished service to tertiary education through leadership and governance roles, strategic and innovative university reforms, and contributions to cancer research, palliative care and to women.

Emeritus Professor Kristjanson has a background in nursing and has been a pioneer in palliative care research gaining her doctorate in this field. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.

Ms Victoria Hepburn is the Managing Partner of the Consulting Solutions business for Minter Ellison and part of the Firm's Executive Leadership team. She is also a director of the Firm's services entities.

In addition to her leadership roles in the Firm, Ms Hepburn continues to actively practice with a range of clients in both the public and private sector. Victoria specialises in strategic, complex and sensitive Employment, Industrial Relations and Administrative law matters.

Ms Hepburn holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Canterbury.