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Lisa Annese has been the Chief Executive Officer of Diversity Council Australia since 2 June 2014. In this role she leads debate on diversity and inclusion in the public arena, and oversees the development of thought leadership research pieces for Australian workplaces. In 2018, Lisa was named one of the AFR’s 100 Women of Influence. In 2019 she was elected to the Board of Amnesty International Australia and in 2021, appointed to the Board of Women for Election. Lisa is a member of Chief Executive Women and Executive Producer of DCA’s podcast, The Art of Inclusion. Lisa has had a long career in the diversity and inclusion space across the corporate, government and not-for-profit sector. Some of her career highlights include: advocating for policy action to eliminate workplace harassment and gendered violence and closing the gender pay gap, presenting DCA’s leading research internationally; developing the first ever citation recognising Employers of Choice in Gender Equality and the first ever census of ‘Australian Women in Leadership’ while at the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, and co-authoring “Chief Executives Unplugged: CEO’s Get Real About Women in the Workplace”.