Cheryl Bart
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Cheryl Sarah Bart | |
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| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Occupations | Lawyer, business executive |
| Known for | First Australian female to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam |
Cheryl Sarah Bart AO is an Australian lawyer and company director. She is also the first Australian female and the 31st person worldwide to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam.
Cheryl Sarah Bart[1] is the daughter of Emeric Klinghoffer, a Hungarian concentration camp survivor, and a Polish mother.[2]
She was educated at Moriah College in Sydney, and graduated from the University of New South Wales with degrees in commerce and law.[citation needed]
Career
Bart began her career as a banking and finance lawyer at Mallesons Stephen Jaques.[citation needed]
On 3 June 2010, she commenced a five-year term on the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[3]
She has been chair of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), ANZ Trustees Limited, the South Australian Film Corporation, the Adelaide Film Festival, and the South Australian Environment Protection Authority. She has served as a non-executive director on numerous company boards including: Spark Infrastructure Limited, ETSA Utitilies, Shaw of Australia, Audio Pixels Limited, and the Buckland Foundation.[4]
She serves or has served as non-executive director on the boards of ME Bank, Football Australia, the Prince's Trust Australia, Invictus Games Sydney 2018, Moriah Foundation, and TEDxSydney.[citation needed]
Other roles and memberships
She has been an ambassador for the Australian Himalayan Foundation and patron of Sports Connect, and is a member of Chief Executive Women.[citation needed]
Honours
On 26 January 2009, Bart was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours.[1]
Bart is the first Australian female and the 31st person worldwide to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam. Namely, the Seven Summits plus skiing, unsupported, to the North Pole and the South Pole. She completed the North Pole on 22 April 2013.[5]