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Libby Lyons

Libby Lyons

Director, Workplace Gender Equality Agency

Current Positions

Director, Workplace Gender Equality Agency

Previous Positions

Head of Corporate Affairs, BHP Billiton
Executive Chair, Kalparrin - Parents of Children with Special Needs Inc.
Deputy Director, Executive Office - Head of External Relations, CITIC Pacific Mining
General Manager, Atlas Iron Ltd
Manager, Government Relations and Public Policy, Alcoa of Australia
Executive Manager, Corporate Relations, Western Power
Chair and Non Executive Director, Sids and Kids WA

Libby Lyons was appointed Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency in October 2015. She oversees the statutory reporting process that gathers gender equality data from more than 10,000 employers, covering more than 4 million or 40% of Australian employees. Soon after starting her appointment at the Agency, Libby initiated the development of a strategic plan focused on maximising the Agency’s world-leading dataset and expanding the reach and impact of gender reporting nationally and internationally.

As part of this strategic vision, Libby has travelled to Singapore, Chile, Argentina, Vietnam, Korea and Japan to speak with government and private enterprise on the business case for gender equality and the Agency’s dataset. She also presented at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York in 2018 and 2019.

In leading the Agency, Libby is focused on working closely with employers to achieve gender equality and takes part in regular roundtable and speaking events with business leaders and their peers to share their experiences, challenges and successes in creating workplaces where the skills and ambitions of employees are equally recognised and rewarded regardless of gender.

Libby is featured in 200 women who will change the way you see the world, as well as Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People Working in Gender Policy 2018. She is a member of Chief Executive Women and is a proud Ambassador for Honour a Women, a volunteer organisation working to achieve gender balance in the Australian Honours system.

Prior to joining the Agency, Libby had a distinguished career in corporate affairs and government relations, including heading up BHP’s Olympic Dam corporate affairs division, as well as senior executive roles at Atlas Iron, CITIC Pacific Mining, Alcoa of Australia, Western Power Corporation and Telstra.

Libby has a strong personal commitment to public service, having started her career as a primary school teacher. She also sat on the boards of non-profit organisations SIDS and Kids WA, and was Executive Chairman for Kalparrin, a charity that supports the families of children with disabilities and special needs.

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