Director of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, appointed 2023
Dr Katherine Woodthorpe AO is an experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director serving for over 20 years on the boards of a variety of organisations including listed entities, government boards and for-purpose organisations. She has a strong track record in a broad range of innovation-dependent industries including healthcare, renewable energy and environmental and climate science. She has been cited in various media as one of Australia’s most influential people in innovation.
Amongst her many board roles she has been Chair of both the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC and also the Antarctic Science Foundation as well as Natural Hazards Research Australia. She Chaired the Commonwealth Government’s National Climate Science Advisory Committee which developed the “Climate Science for Australia’s Future” report and is also Chair of the Vision 2040 committee examining medical research investment by the Commonwealth.
[January 2023]