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Hon Julia Gillard AC

Hon Julia Gillard AC

chair of Wellcome and former Prime Minister of Australia

Julia Gillard was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia. She currently serves as the Chair of Beyond Blue, one of Australia’s leading mental health awareness bodies; is the inaugural Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership , which through research, practice and advocacy, is addressing women’s under-representation in leadership. She was recently appointed as the Chair of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that supports science to solve urgent health challenges. Her second book ‘Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons’ which is co-authored by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was released in 2020. 
Twitter: @JuliaGillard