Judith Slocombe

Dr Judith Slocombe is a professional board director and business consultant with extensive experience across corporate, Government and non-profit organisations. In 2001 Judith was awarded Australia’s most prestigious award for women in business, the Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. Judith is an entrepreneur, having built and sold her own business followed by many years’ experience as a CEO and in senior executive roles in both the corporate and non-profit sectors, operating across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Judith was CEO of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation for ten years, has since held a number of Interim CEO roles.

Judith has held a portfolio of non-executive directorships in various business sectors for over 15 years. She is a current director of Fight MND, Leadership Victoria, Children’s Rights International, Gardiner Dairy Foundation, and is Chair of the Consumer Advisory Panel at Walter + Eliza Hall Institute. Former directorships include Australian Red Cross Blood Service, VicHealth, Open Universities Australia, South East Water, Young and Well CRC, Agriculture Victoria Services and Chair of the Lort Smith Animal Hospital.

Judith has an MBA from the Melbourne Business School, has studied Senior Executive Management at Harvard and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2003 she was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to the Australian Society in Business Leadership and received an Order of Australia award in 2018.