RBA governor Michele Bullock and competition chief Gina Cass-Gottlieb are among 33 women leading Australia’s regulatory bodies, once the domain of male enforcers.
Women now dominate the leadership of federal regulatory and oversight agencies that enforce rules for business and the economy, with 33 women holding chief executive or chair roles. This signals a profound shift for the nation’s top watchdogs, once almost solely the domain of male enforcers.
“Many women have had to broaden their careers and build a broad set of skills to be successful. There is now a body of capability to draw up. The talent pool has changed, and the jobs require broader skills. It is a confluence of events,” she says.The surge in women leading federal regulators compares with 19 women chairing ASX200 companies and 26 women who are CEOs across the ASX300, as at the end of 2023.
Others such as Rachel Noble , Julie Inman Grant , Jayde Richmond and Michelle McGuinness are focused on rapidly emerging harms, including national security threats, identity and data theft, consumer abuse, online scams and fraud. Tydd says she was attracted to regulatory work because of the value of promoting open government, transparency and accountability.
“We are now seeing the fruits of that in the field of regulation, where a group of highly capable women are now in senior positions, often acting as role models for each other and for future female regulators,” Professor Beaton Wells says. “We’ve still got a long way to go on cultural and linguistic diversity. My board is very white, and very middle-aged.
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