Jude Munro Ao

Jude Munro is experienced in guiding large complex organisations both as a non-executive director and when she was a CEO. She has been board chair of Australia's fourth largest water utility, a State Planning Authority, and one of Victoria’s largest not for profits with services directed to children, young people and families. She has also been a chair of a not for profit company with oversight of four major hospitals. She has been a director of a national aviation business, an airport, a state transit authority, a bus company, a development company, and chair of Australia's first Pride Centre for the LGBTIQ+ community. She provides advice to organisations on strategic planning, governance and leadership. Jude mentors CEOs, and assists organisations in selection and CEO performance reviews. Her last CEO position was as CEO of Brisbane City Council for 10 years. She led the Council with its $2.6B annual budget, 9000 employees and planning and delivering infrastructure projects, bus and ferry services, regulatory and other municipal services for 1.2M people. Infrastructure projects included $2.7B Clem7 tunnel, steering committee chair for the feasibility stage of Airport Link, the Green Bridge, and Go Between bridge. She served three Lord Mayors in that time. She has been CEO of two capital city Councils – Adelaide and Brisbane.