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How an ‘unusual director’ rose to the boardroom at age 32

How an ‘unusual director’ rose to the boardroom at age 32

Bridget Loudon-Harris is the winner of the Alvarez & Marsal Special Award in the inaugural Financial Review BOSS Director of the Year Awards.

Bridget Loudon-Harris says it is important for forward-thinking companies to have a governance perspective from young people in the workforce. Wolter Peeters

Bridget Loudon-Harris says she is an “unusual director”, whose appointment to the Telstra board ruffled feathers with some institutional investors.

On Thursday night she was named winner of the Alvarez & Marsal award in the inaugural Financial Review BOSS Director Awards. The special award is for leaders whose values and actions clearly align with Alvarez & Marsal’s principles and positioning, which emphasises leadership, action and results.

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Maxim Shanahan
Maxim ShanahanProfessional services reporterMaxim Shanahan is a professional services reporter at the Australian Financial Review. Email Maxim at max.shanahan@nine.com.au

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