Gabrielle Trainor AO

Gabrielle Trainor has over 25 years’ experience as non-executive director, including as chair, with a range of entities in sectors including urban development and property, mining and construction contracting, finance and insurance, transport, sport, infrastructure and tourism

Gabrielle is chair of the National Film and Sound Archive, a member of the boards of Infrastructure Australia, the Victorian Government’s Major Transport Infrastructure Authority, Zurich Australia Limited and listed investment company WAM Global. She is a director of the ACT City Renewal Authority and of the Western City and Aerotropolis Authority.

Gabrielle is a member of the Board of Trustees of Western Sydney University and a trustee of the Charlie Perkins Education Trust. She chairs the Construction Industry Culture Taskforce, a joint project of industry, academia and the NSW and Victorian governments.

In the sporting sphere Gabrielle is a Commissioner of the Australian Football League (AFL) and previously on the Australian Sports Commission Board.

Gabrielle has a Master’s degree in Creative and Cultural Practice. She chaired the arts and culture panels of the Docklands Authority and the Barangaroo Delivery Authorities and chaired the reference group for Infrastructure Australia’s 2019 paper on Future Cities.

Gabrielle is a Churchill Fellow and was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017 for distinguished service to the community.