Lisa Chung AM
Board Member
Profile

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committee@sydney.org.au

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Lisa is a professional non-executive director and currently sits on the boards of Australian Unity Limited, AVJennings Limited, Warren and Mahoney Limited, the Foundation of the Art Gallery of NSW, The Front Project, the Sydney Community Foundation and Artspace.

She previously held the following roles:

– Deputy President of Trustees of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences;

– Non-executive director of APN Outdoor Group Limited, an ASX 200 listed company;

– Chairman of Urbis; and

– Chairman of The Benevolent Society, Australia’s first charity.

In her earlier career, Lisa was a partner of law firms Maddocks and Blake Dawson (now Ashurst) where she held a number of senior management roles, including Sydney Managing Partner and Executive Partner with responsibility for the Property Projects and Government group and People and Culture. She was an elected member of the Blake Dawson board for 4 years.

Lisa practised for over 30 years, specialising in commercial property law.

In 2004, Lisa completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD in France. She is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of Chief Executive Women and, in 2020, became a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the community through charitable and cultural organisations.