Wendy Stops GAICD

Wendy is a Non-executive Director of Coles Group, Chair and Non-executive Director of the not-for-profit Fitted for Work, and a Deputy Chancellor & Council Member of The University of Melbourne. 

In addition, Wendy is the Chair of the Industry Advisory Board for the Centre for Business Analytics at the Melbourne Business School, a member of the AICD’s Governance of Innovation & Technology Advisory panel, a member of Kearney’s ANZ Advisory panel, and a member of Chief Executive Women’s Leaders Development Committee. Wendy was previously the Chair and a non-executive Director of Blackmores Group, a non-executive director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Altium, and a member of the Digital Experts Advisory Committee for the Digital Taskforce in the federal government’s Department of Industry, Science & Resources.

Prior to taking up her Director career, Wendy was an information technology and management consultant, spending her 32+ year career with global leader Accenture. During her final years with Accenture, she had been in various regional and global senior management leadership positions including Director of Operations (COO) – Asia Pacific; Global Senior Managing Director, Outsourcing – Quality & Risk Management; Global Senior Managing Director, Technology - Quality & Risk Management; and finally as Senior Managing Director, Technology - Asia Pacific. Over her career with Accenture Wendy worked across multiple industry sectors and operated across multiple countries (including living in New York, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur). Wendy is also a member of Chief Executive Women and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).