Lisa Chung AM
Independent non-executive Governance Board Member, PwC Australia
About Lisa
Lisa is an independent non-executive member of the Governance Board. Lisa has experience as a non-executive director of professional services firms, privately held companies, for-purpose and ASX listed company boards in commercial property, financial services, creative arts and community services.
Lisa is the Chair of Australian Unity Limited, Artspace Sydney and The Front Project; an independent non-executive board member of the Committee for Sydney, the Sydney Community Foundation, and a trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW Foundation. Lisa has previously held the roles of Chair of Urbis; Chair of the Benevolent Society (Australia’s first charity) and Deputy President of Trustees of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum). Lisa has also served as a non-executive director on the boards of APN Outdoor Group Limited and AV Jennings Limited.
Lisa began her career as a lawyer. As a partner of Blake Dawson (now Ashurst), she served as an elected member of the Board of Partners, National Leader for the Property, Projects and Government Practice and Sydney Managing Partner. Lisa has led organisations through regulatory and cultural change and brings extensive governance experience. She is a regular contributor to discussion panels on various aspects of governance for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and has twice co-presented the AICD’s annual Essential Director Update.
