Ms Margaret Smylie is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Board adviser with more than 30 years’ experience in governance, risk, assurance and organisational leadership across the private, government and not-for-profit sectors. She is a former senior partner at KPMG, where she held national and state leadership roles and worked with organisations to strengthen governance, risk management, assurance and operational practices. She has 10 years’ experience as a member of university audit and risk committees.

Ms Smylie currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of Learning Links, where she chairs the Finance and Audit Committee and is a member of the Governance and Risk Committee. She is also Chair of the Audit Committee of the Australian Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency. Her broader governance experience includes working with audit committees and major organisations across the public and private sectors, including Qantas, Origin Energy and Sydney Water.

Ms Smylie is a Certified Practising Accountant and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She brings to the Board extensive expertise in governance, financial oversight, risk and assurance, organisational performance and the governance of complex and purpose-led organisations.

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