RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING …

1 BACKLASH & BUY-IN RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY2 BACKLASH & BUY-IN Spencer BeasleyFormer Vice PresidentRoyal Australasian College of SurgeonsFrances Adamson Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; MCC Special Adviser, CEW memberMark AndersonChief executive OfficerCollingwood Football ClubJoe AgiusDirectorCOXPaul Anderson Chief executive Officer Ten NetworkGraham AshtonChief Commissioner Victoria PoliceGerard CorcoranChief executive OfficerHASSELLD aniel CrabtreeManaging DirectorMeritor Heavy Vehicle Systems AustraliaWilliam CoxManaging DirectorAustralia and New ZealandAureconPaul CraigChief executive OfficerSavills Australia and New ZealandRowen Craigie Non- executive DirectorGreg CrossmanChief Officer and Chief executive , SA Metropolitan Fire ServiceKathlyn Loseby Chief Operating Officer MCC Special Adviser John DewarVice Chancellor La Trobe UniversityCraig DrummondManaging Director and Chief executive OfficerMedibankPhil DuthieGeneral Manager Australia GHDA ndrew ClarkManaging Director Boston Consulting GroupAndrew Colvin APM OAMC ommissionerAustralian Federal PoliceBrian ClohessySenior Practice Director BVN.

2 Brian CookChief executive OfficerGeelong Football David CookeChairman and Managing DirectorKonica Minolta Business Solutions AustraliaGordon Cairns Non- executive DirectorLieutenant General Angus Campbell, AO, DSCA ustralian ArmyJonathan CallaghanChief executive OfficerInvesta Property GroupShaun CarterPrincipal ArchitectCarterwilliamson ArchitectsRaelene CastleChief executive OfficerRugby Australia, MCC Special AdvisorJenny BoddingtonNED, CEW memberJohn BradleySecretary Department of Environment, Land, Water and PlanningGlen Boreham AMNon- executive DirectorElizabeth Broderick AONon- executive Director; Founder and Convener, Male Champions of Change, CEW memberDaryl BrowningChief executive OfficerISPT David AtkinChief executive OfficerCbusTodd BattleyChief executive Officer Australia and New Zealand, AECOMKen BartonChief Financial Officer Crown Resorts andCEO, Crown DigitalPaul BaxterCommissionerFire and Rescue New South Wales3 BACKLASH & BUY-IN Robert EastonChairman & Senior Managing Director, Accenture Australia & New ZealandStephen EllisChief executive OfficerKnight FrankChris Eccles AOSecretary Department of Premier and CabinetStuart EllisChief executive OfficerAustralasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities CouncilKathryn FaggNon- executive Director.

3 President, Chief executive Women Toby HallChief executive Officer St Vincents Health AustraliaDavid HawkinsChairman and Managing DirectorAustralia and New ZealandBASFM atthew HarrisNSW Managing DirectorRider Levett BucknallPatrick HillSenior Vice President and General ManagerBuildings and Infrastructure, Asia Pacific and Middle EastJacobsDoug Hilton AODirector The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchKristen HiltonVictorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner; Convener Male Champions of ChangeCindy Hook Chief executive Officer Deloitte Australia; MCC Special Adviser, CEW memberPeter H jVice ChancellorUniversity of QueenslandCarmel HouriganGlobal Head of Real EstateAMP Capital; PMCC Special AdviserGreg HywoodChief executive Officer and Managing DirectorFairfax David GallopChief executive Officer Football Federation AustraliaTodd GreenbergChief executive Officer National Rugby LeagueNicolas GindtChief executive Officer Yarra TramsAdam HaddowDirector Architecture SydneySJBA ndrew HadjikakouManaging DirectorPACCAR AustraliaStuart FowlerChief executive Officer Norman Disney & YoungPaul GardinerRegional Manager-Asia PacificSLRG avin Fox-SmithVice President Johnson & Johnson Medical Asia PacificTony FrenchamGroup Managing Director WorleyParsonsBrendon GaleChief executive Officer Richmond Football ClubAlan FinkelChief Scientist of AustraliaStephen Fitzgerald Managing PartnerAffirmative Investment ManagementMatt FinnisChief executive Officer St Kilda Football ClubShane FitzsimmonsNew

4 South Wales Rural Fire ServicesMike FosterChief executive OfficerFujitsu AustraliaJoanne Farrell Group executive , Health, Safety & Environment, Rio Tinto; MCC Special Adviser, CEW member Marne FechnerChief executive OfficerNetball Australia, MCC Special Advisor James FazzinoNon- executive DirectorRod FehringChief executive OfficerFrasers Property AustraliaAdam FennessyPartner, EY4 BACKLASH & BUY-IN Grant KelleyChief executive Officer and Managing DirectorVicinity Centres Kate JenkinsSex Discrimination Commissioner; Convener Male Champions of Change, CEW memberPeter Jensen-MuirExecutive Managing Director Asia Pacific, CumminsPaul JenkinsGlobal Managing Partner Ashurst Bob JohnstonChief executive Officer and Managing DirectorThe GPT GroupDamon JohnstonEditorHerald SunPeter McIntyreChief executive Officer Engineers AustraliaGillon McLachlanChief executive OfficerAustralian Football LeagueDarrin McKenzieChief Fire OfficerForest Fire Management Victoria Department of Environment, Land, Water and PlanningAnthony MooreChief executive Officer Basketball AustraliaChris Moraitis SecretaryAttorney General s DepartmentKen MorrisonChief ExecutiveProperty Council of AustraliaJohn MulcahyIndependent Non- executive ChairMirvacMegan MottoChief executive OfficerConsult AustraliaDr Jess MurphyExecutive Director Convener.

5 Architects Male Champions of ChangeCraig OakleyA/g executive General ManagerARFFS, Airservices AustraliaLarry MarshallChief ExecutiveCSIROC hris Maxwell ACPresident Court of AppealSupreme Court of VictoriaPeter MasseyManaging Director and Chief executive OfficerCalibre GroupKevin McCann AMNon- executive DirectorSteve McCannGroup Chief executive Officer and Managing DirectorLendleaseCraig Lee Managing Director Beca AustraliaCain LiddleChief executive Officer Carlton Football ClubDuncan LewisDirector-General of SecurityASIOMing LongNon- executive Director; Convener, Male Champions of Change, CEW memberJohn Lydon Managing Partner McKinsey & CompanyGraham KerrChief executive OfficerSouth32 Ren LalandeChief executive OfficerTransdev AustralasiaBrian KrugerNon- executive DirectorDominic LaneCommissionerACT Emergency Services AgencyCraig LapsleyEmergency Management CommissionerEmergency Management VictoriaTony JohnsonOceania Chief executive OfficerEYAlan Joyce ACManaging Director and Chief executive Officer Qantas Airways LimitedRhys JonesChief ExecutiveFire and Emergency New ZealandDavid W KalischAustralian StatisticianAustralian Bureau of Statistics5 BACKLASH & BUY-IN Kate PalmerChief executive OfficerAustralian Sports Commission.

6 MCC Special Advisor Adi PatersonChief executive OfficerANSTODr Martin Parkinson AC PSMS ecretary Department of the Prime Minister and CabinetJames PattersonChief ExecutiveCushman & Wakefield Australia and New ZealandGrant PeltonDirector Regional ProgramsDepartment of Environment, Water and Natural Resources SAPaul SmithChief executive OfficerCountry Fire Authority VictoriaDr Michael Spence, ACVice-Chancellor and Principal The University of SydneyMark SpainA/g executive DirectorNorthern Territory Fire, Rescue and Emergency ServiceGreg SteeleChief executive OfficerAustralia PacificArcadisMark SteinertChief executive Officer and Managing Director StocklandDan StephensActing Chief executive OfficerMetropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, MelbourneDominic Stevens Managing Director and Chief executive OfficerASXA ndrew Stevens Non- executive DirectorClive StiffChief executive Officer Unilever Australia & New ZealandJames SutherlandChief executive OfficerCricket AustraliaCarol Schwartz AMNon- executive DirectorConvener, Property Male Champions of Change, CEW memberAnn Sherry AOConvenerMale Champions of Change.

7 CEW member Jamie SheltonChief executive OfficerNorthropSelina ShortManaging PartnerReal Estate & ConstructionPMCC Special AdviserIan SilkChief executive Officer AustralianSuperLeigh Russell Chief executive Officer Swimming AustraliaLuke SayersChief executive OfficerPwC AustraliaGeorge SavvidesNon- executive DirectorPhil SchachtChief ExecutiveHanson AustraliaBrian SchmidtVice ChancellorAustralian National UniversityTim ReedChief executive OfficerMYOBBen RimmerChief executive Officer City of MelbournePatrick ReganGroup Chief executive Officer QBE InsuranceIan RobertsChief executive OfficerRowing AustraliaSimon Rothery Chief executive Officer Goldman Sachs Australia and New ZealandAndrew Penn Chief executive Officer TelstraStephen PittChief executive OfficerGolf AustraliaJames PhillisChief Operating OfficerAustralia and New ZealandSMEC Ray PittmanPresident and Chief executive Officer, PacificCBREJohn PrenticePrincipalWoods Bagot6 BACKLASH & BUY-IN Louis VegaPresidentDow Australia and NZ, Vice President, Olympic and Sports SolutionsGiam SwiegersGlobal Chief ExecutiveAureconDavid Thodey Non- executive DirectorSean TaylorManaging Director and Chief executive OfficerKomatsu AustraliaGiles ThompsonChief executive OfficerRacing VictoriaAndrew ThorburnChief executive Officer National Australia BankGary Wingrove Chief executive Officer KPMG AustraliaScott WyattChief executive OfficerViva Energy AustraliaWill WrightManaging DirectorDouglas PartnersAndrew VeseyManaging Director and Chief executive OfficerAGLDr Ian Watt.

8 AC Non- executive DirectorPhilip VivianDirectorBates SmartGeorge WhyteManaging Director Aggreko Australia Pacific Geoff Wilson Non- executive DirectorCraig TileyChief executive Officer Tennis AustraliaTroy UlemanDirectorPTWAdam TindallChief executive Officer AMP CapitalPeter Varghese, AO Chancellor The University of Queensland7 BACKLASH & BUY-IN Dear Colleague, Chief executive Women (CEW) and Male Champions of Change (MCC) share a common goal to achieve gender equality and advance more women into senior leadership is a fundamental economic, business and social issue. Women and men in positions of power must work together to deliver sustainable change. Many organisations have taken innovative approaches to shift the systems that result in inequality. For example, in 2016 CEW and MCC published In the Eye of the Beholder: Avoiding the merit trap, a report highlighting how the misapplication of merit can allow biases to flourish.

9 We suggested that unless leaders examine our biases and take account of both performance and potential, we will not: tap into the full talent pool; identify the best candidate for a role; and take full advantage of diverse thinking, perspectives and experiences. If we continue to define merit as people like us who have done what we have done, the status quo will continue, and gender equality will elude us. We have also encountered a level of resistance to our approaches as is often the case with major change initiatives. Such responses manifest as internal and public debate on issues such as: gender fatigue; the demise of meritocracy; reverse discrimination; experiences of gender-based harassment and discrimination; and the rise of identity politics. There is a view that efforts to achieve gender equality have simply gone too far.

10 Some call this reality is there is still a long way to go. As the 2017 CEW Senior executive Census shows, despite some advances, few organisations have achieved gender equality at senior levels and most organisations are very far off this. In fact, men hold 79% of executive leadership roles in the ASX 200 and 95% of ASX 200 CEO positions. In this report, we explore the range of responses we have encountered, and provide our insights to continue progress toward gender equality in the & BUY-IN PROGRESS AND RESISTANCE TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITYWe still have a long way to Men hold 79% of executive leadership roles in the ASX 200 95% of ASX 200 CEOs are men 21% of ASX 200 companies have only men in their executive leadership team1 Chief executive Women, 2017 Senior executive Census 2 Chief executive Women, 2017 Senior executive Census 3 OECD, 2017 World Economic Forum, 2017 BUSINESS CASE DRIVES OUR ACTIONST here is a demonstrated business case for gender equality.