Margaret Seale

Margie has more than 25 years’ experience in senior executive roles in Australia and overseas, including in consumer goods, global publishing, sales and marketing, and the successful transition of traditional business models to digital environments. Prior to her non-executive career, Margie was Managing Director of Random House Australia and New Zealand and President, Asia Development for Random House Inc.

Margie is a former Director and then Chair of Penguin Random House Australia Pty Limited, and a former Director of Ramsay Health Care Limited, Bank of Queensland Limited and the Australian Publishers’ Association. She also previously served on the boards of Chief Executive Women (chairing its Scholarship Committee), the Powerhouse Museum, and the Sydney Writers Festival.

In 2015, Margie founded philanthropic literary travel company Ponder & See, which funds writers’ festivals and writers through creating literary trips or experiences for interested readers.