Elizabeth Broderick AO

Elizabeth Broderick is Principal of EB&Co. a specialist consultancy focused on high 
impact strategic transformation in gender equality, diversity and inclusion.  She is a 
globally acknowledged leader in driving cultural change, particularly in male-dominated 
environments and has led over 35 independent reviews of national and global 
institutions.  

As Australia’s longest-serving Sex Discrimination Commissioner (2007– 2015), she led 
pioneering reforms, including implementing Australia’s gender equality blueprint, 
progressing paid parental leave, and establishing key data on sexual harassment.   
From 2017–2023, Elizabeth served as a United Nations Special Rapporteur, addressing 
human rights violations and authoring global reports, including Women’s Rights in the 
Changing World of Work.  

Elizabeth is the founder and convenor of the Champions of Change strategy, engaging 
270+ private and public sector CEOs to advance gender equality through disruptive, 
real-time cultural experiments and strategies.  

She is Chair of the global board of trustees of Fondation CHANEL, one of the world’s 
largest independent foundations. The Fondation is dedicated to advancing the 
economic and social conditions of women and adolescent girls worldwide.  
Elizabeth sits on global advisory councils, including the Global Institute for Women’s 
Leadership (King’s College, London) and the World Economic Forum’s Future Council 
on the Care Economy.  She chairs the Gender and Disaster Australia Expert Advisory 
Committee.   

She is a former Board member of the International Services for Human Rights (Geneva), 
Special Advisor to the Under-Secretary General UN Women on Private Sector 
Engagement (New York) and a former Co-Chair of the UN Global Compact’s Leadership 
Group on the Women’s Empowerment Principles, (New York).  She is a former Co
Director and Adviser, Partner Nation, to NATO on Security Council Resolution 1325 on 
Women, Peace and Security (Brussels) and a former Member of the World Bank 
Advisory Council on Gender and Development (Washington). 

Her contributions have been recognised with multiple honours, including as an Officer 
of the Order of Australia (2016), NSW Australian of the Year (2016), and seven honorary 
doctorates. Elizabeth is an Adjunct Professor at The University of Sydney and an 
Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.