Christine Frances McLoughlin (born 1964 or 1965) is an Australian business executive, who is Chairman of the Suncorp Group Ltd and Chair of

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, a director for global medical devices company

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, and Chairman and Co-Founder of the Minerva network. She is a former Chancellor of the

University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong (UOW) is an Australian public university, public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately south of Sydney. , the university had an enrolment of more than 33,000 s ...

Career

McLoughlin graduated from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

with a BA (1984) and LLB (1986). Her honours thesis was titled "Recent developments in corporate financing: Redeemable preference shares and convertible notes". On graduation McLoughlin began her career working for law firm Allen Allen and Hemsley from 1987 to 1992, moving to Optus Communications in 1993 as their corporate counsel. From there she became general manager of the Office of the CEO at

AMP Limited AMP Limited (formerly Australian Mutual Provident Society) is an Australian financial services company that operates in Australia and New Zealand. It offers superannuation and investment products, financial advice and banking services through '' ...

from 1997 to 2004. She then joined Insurance Australia and later Westpac, in their insurance arm. McLoughlin joined the board of

Suncorp Group Suncorp Group Limited, known simply as Suncorp, is an Australian finance, insurance and banking corporation based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was formed on 1 December 1996 by the merger of Suncorp, Metway Bank and the Queensland Ind ...

in 2015 and has been chairman of Suncorp Group since 2018; she was appointed Chairman of

in August 2024. McLoughlin was a member of the board of

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from 2009 to 2013. McLoughlin is one of the co-founders and chairman of the Minerva Network, a not-for-profit enterprise that provides business mentoring, development programs, networking opportunities and scholarships for female athletes. She was Chairman and Director Venues NSW and Chairman of

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. Other board directorships include nib Group, the

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, Whitehaven Coal Limited, Spark Infrastructure and The Smith Family. McLoughlin was appointed the fourth Chancellor of the University of Wollongong, taking over the role from Jillian Broadbent in 2020 and completed her term in 2024, handing over to Michael Still. McLoughlin was appointed a

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in the

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for her "significant service to business, to the not-for-profit sector, and to women".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McLoughlin, Christine 1960s births Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Order of Australia Australian National University alumni Australian women business executives 21st-century Australian businesswomen 21st-century Australian businesspeople Academic staff of the University of Wollongong