Jillian Broadbent

From 2005 to 2006 she was president of Chief Executive Women.^[6]

From 2011 until 2017, Broadbent was inaugural chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.^[3] In 2017 she (along with Graeme Samuel and John Laker) formed a panel of inquiry into the culture of the Commonwealth Bank.^{[citation needed]}

In the commercial sector, Broadbent has served on the boards of Macquarie Bank, Woolworths, and Macquarie Group.^[3] She has also served in arts and non-profit organisations, including the boards of SBS, the National Portrait Gallery, Sydney Theatre Company, the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and Sydney Dance Company. She was a founding director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.^[3]

Broadbent was chancellor of the University of Wollongong (UOW) for 11 years, until September 2020.^[3]

She also has been a director of the Australian Securities Exchange, Special Broadcasting Service and Qantas.^[4]

In 2001, Broadbent was awarded the Centenary Medal "for service to Australian society in business leadership".^[7]

In 2003, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to economic and financial development of Australia.^[4][8]

On Australia Day 2019, Broadbent was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia "for eminent service to corporate, financial, clean energy and cultural organisations, to higher education, and to women in business".^[9]

In 2018 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.^{[citation needed]}

Broadbent holds honorary degrees from Western Sydney University (2000) and the UOW (2021).^{[citation needed]}

Ben Quilty's 2021 portrait of her hangs in UOW's new Arts and Social Sciences building, which was named after her in recognition of her role as the University's third chancellor.^{[citation needed]}