Joan Fitzpatrick

Joan’s executive and director experience covers the corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors.

Originally qualified as a barrister, Joan’s management career began at 20th Century Fox’s fastmoving consumer goods enterprise in London. She went on to hold senior management roles in heavy manufacturing industries, large start-up projects in Europe, and international insurance operations in Asia. For more than 16 years, she worked as CEO and Director of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance.

Joan currently works within a diverse portfolio of non-executive director roles, and consults across a wide range of organisations in the areas of strategic planning, leadership, governance and risk.

She is often called upon to work with teams to address governance issues and create frameworks to meet best practice standards and regulatory compliance requirements.