Kelly O'Dwyer

Kelly is currently a non-executive director of ASX listed Home Consortium and a member of the School Council of Caulfield Grammar School. She was the Liberal Party member for the Federal seat of Higgins in the Australian Parliament for nine years and a former Cabinet Minister.

Elected at age 32, she was the youngest woman appointed to Cabinet and the first woman to serve in Cabinet in a Treasury portfolio, and the only Cabinet Minister to have given birth during her period in office.

During her time in Parliament, she was a member of the Cabinet’s Budget Committee (the Expenditure Review Committee and held a number of senior economic portfolios including Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations; Minister for Revenue and Financial Services; Minister for Small Business; and Assistant Treasurer. Kelly also served as Minister for Women; as well as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister with the Public Service. She was internationally recognized as one of the most inspiring and influential women of 2018 on the BBC’s 100 Women list.

Prior to entering Parliament, Kelly worked in law, government and finance.