Sam Mostyn
Sam is the Chair of the Board of Citibank Australia and serves on the boards of Virgin Australia, Transurban Group, Mirvac, and CoverMore Group.
In addition to her corporate roles, Sam has deep experience in cross-cultural initiatives and sustainability across many sectors.
On cultural matters, Sam currently is the President of the Australian Council for International Development, and Deputy Chair of the Diversity Council of Australia. She also serves on the board of the GO Foundation – established by indigenous sports leaders Adam Goodes and Michael O’Loughlin to provide support for indigenous young people in urban environments.
Over the years she has served on the board of Reconciliation Australia, which is “about building better relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the benefit of all Australians“. She was appointed as one of the inaugural Commissioners with the National Mental Health Commission.
She served on the National Sustainability Council and on the advisory boards of ClimateWorks Australia, the Climate Council, and the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU. In recent years Sam has been deeply involved in the promotion of the Global Sustainable Development Goals, working on the Australian faculty of Cambridge University’s Business Leader’s Sustainability Program, and served on the Sustainable Development Leadership Group of the Global Compact Network Australia.
As a supporter of the arts, Sam has served on the board of the Australia Council for the Arts, and is currently the Chair of Carriageworks, a contemporary arts and performance precinct in Sydney.
Sam has long been a strong advocate for gender equality and diversity, and served on the Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner’s Review of the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force.
Not leaving sports out, Sam has been a Commissioner with the Australian Football League since 2005, and was a panel member of the independent Crawford Review of Australian Sports Funding in 2009.
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