Gabrielle Trainor AO is a non-executive company director with 30 years’ experience on private, public and for purpose entities. She has been a director in sectors including infrastructure, construction and urban development.

She is a former chair of Infrastructure Australia and of co-chair of BuildSkills Australia. She chaired the Construction Industry Culture Taskforce for its seven-year duration, its product being the Construction Industry Culture Standard. 

Other sectors in which she has significant governance experience are sport, the arts, child protection and the education and empowerment of First Nations Australians.

Her more distant background is as a lawyer, journalist, public sector executive and consultant in public policy and issues management.

She is Deputy Chancellor of Western Sydney University and chairs the family office of the Albert family. Gabrielle is Deputy Chair of the Committee for Sydney and an adviser to national law firm Gadens. 

Her other current appointments include as director of Built Group Holdings Pty Ltd and board member of the Bradfield Development Authority. She is a Commissioner of the AFL, a trustee of the Charlie Perkins Trust and a director of WAM Global. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2018.