Jacqueline Hey

Jacqueline Cherie Hey (also known as Jacquie Hey), is an Australian banker and also the current chairperson of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.[1] She is also currently serving in the Boards of Cricket Australia, Qantas Airways and AGL Energy. She is also serving as the council member at Brighton Grammar School and member of Australia Institute of Co. Directors.

Jacqueline Hey
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne; Southern Cross University
Occupationbanker, director
OrganizationBendigo and Adelaide Bank
Known forfirst woman director of Cricket Australia

Biography

Jacquie grew up in a small town on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula where she spent most of her childhood. She pursued her primary education at a school in Wallington near Geelong. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Melbourne and pursued her graduate degree from the Southern Cross University.

Career

She joined the Director Board of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in 2011. She served as the CEO of Ericsson Australia and Ericsson UK for a short stint before joining in as one of the first three independent directors of the Cricket Australia during an Annual general meeting in 2012. She also became the first female director of Cricket Australia.[2]

She also joined the Board of Directors of Qantas Airways in August 2013 and became one of the members of the audit committee of the Qantas Airways. She then joined the director board of Australian Foundation Investment Company in 2013 and served in the board until 2019. She was inducted into the Board of Directors of AGL Energy with effect from 21 March 2016.[3] She was also named in contention for the position of chairperson of Cricket Australia in November 2018 following the resignation of David Reever aftermath the 2018 Australian ball tampering scandal.[4][5][6]

On 30 May 2019, she was officially appointed as the chairperson of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank at the age of 53 succeeding Robert Johanson.[7] She officially assumed her duties as chairperson of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank with effect from 29 October 2019 after the annual meeting.[8] In 2020, she is expected to quit the director board of CA following the resignation of Michael Kasprowicz.[9][10]

References
  1. "New chair to take charge of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank board". Bendigo Advertiser. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. "Hey looms as cricket's agent for change". The West Australian. 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  3. https://www.agl.com.au/about-agl/media-centre/asx-and-media-releases/2016/january/jacqueline-hey-to-join-agl-board
  4. "David Peever quits as Cricket Australia chairman | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  5. Press, Australian Associated (2018-11-01). "Cricket Australia begin search for new leader with Eddings and Hey in frame". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  6. "Fresh Cricket Australia grants offer rejected by states | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  7. Agenda, Women's (2019-05-30). "Jacqueline Hey appointed chair of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank". Women's Agenda. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  8. "Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Announces Jacqueline Hey as Next Chair". www.bendigobank.com.au. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  9. "Justin Mohamed: Cricket Australia needs Indigenous leaders as well as cricketers | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  10. "Jacquie Hey, Michael Kasprowicz to exit CA Board | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
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