How women get on boards

Schemes such as the AICD’s mentoring course are helping more females navigate the often inscrutable path from executive career to board seat.

Jacqueline Hey met mentor and serial director Ziggy Switkowski once a month. Arsineh Houspian

Sally PattenBOSS editor

Jul 30, 2021 – 5.00am

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Back in 2011, once a month, Jacqueline Hey would make the journey to the office of the chancellor of RMIT in Melbourne.

At the time, Hey, whose portfolio of directorships now includes the chairmanship of Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, was studying the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ course, having left a high-flying executive career in the technology field.

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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.