Jennifer Clark

Ms Jennifer Clark was appointed Deputy Chair of the Board on 10 February 2015 and reappointed on 10 February 2020 for a further five year term.

Ms Clark was appointed to the Board on 8 May 2012 and was appointed Chair of the AMSA Board Audit, Risk and Finance Committee in February 2014.

Ms Clark is a Board Member of the Australian Payments Network Limited and is a member of its Audit Risk and Finance Committee and Chair of the Policy Experts Group. She is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committees of the Department of Human Services; the Department of Defence; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Austrade; the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority; the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care; the Australian Law Reform Commission; and is Chair of the Department of Defence Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group Risk Advisory Committee. Ms Clark is also an independent member of the Audit and Risk Committees for the Department of Finance and the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Ms Clark has an extensive background in business, finance and governance through a career as a Non-Executive Director since 1991 and as an Investment Banker for over 20 years. In her banking career, Ms Clark provided advice to the Commonwealth Government and was responsible for funding major infrastructure projects and arranging finance for a large number of Australian companies. Ms Clark is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been a Board member of a number of companies and Commonwealth Government agencies over the past 29 years.