Jenn Morris OAM

Jenn Morris OAM's Biography

Jenn Morris OAM is an accomplished corporate executive and non-executive director (NED), with key experience in advising corporations and government entities on strategy development, governance controls, complex large-scale business transformation, human capital related work including remuneration, the embedding of ESG (environment, social and governance) related policies and the understanding of high-performance environments learned during her varied career including elite sport. She has experience in a range of industries including mining, transport, government, health, consumer and the financial services sector.

Currently on a range of public and private Boards, including global copper company Sandfire Resources (ASX:SFR) and lithium miner Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR), after recently resigning from ASX top 10 company, Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) after 7 years.

Jenn currently serves as a NED on a range of publicly listed and private companies, including global copper company Sandfire Resources (ASX:SFR) and lithium miner Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR), after recently resigning from ASX top 10 company, Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) after 7 years. Jenn also Chairs the Remuneration and People Committee at both of these and serves as a member on a number of committees, including Audit, Risk Management and Sustainability. Jenn is also a Director of Levin Health, a start-up world-class sports science company focusing on research related to solving chronic pain and concussion issues. She has recently joined as a NED at Argonaut, a private integrated investment house, and The Leisure Collective, a coastal and surfing lifestyle wear company.

Jenn was a senior executive of Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation where she was CEO of Walk Free, a global human rights organisation. She is a former Partner of global professional services firm Deloitte where she worked across mining, transport and government portfolios. She also served as Chair of Healthway, the then WA-government’s peak independent health body, where she successfully aligned the activities of the organisation with the legislation it was intended to enforce and was a Director of AFL club, The Fremantle Dockers for six years. Prior to this, Jenn was a member of the Australian women’s hockey team where she won gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Jenn is a strong communicator with extensive experience in team effectiveness and leadership programs. She is also an engaging corporate speaker and storyteller, sharing her extensive experience across the various environments she has worked in. She has demonstrated expertise in leadership from her time as captain with the dual Olympic gold medal-winning Australian hockey team, and her time in governance and corporate executive roles where she developed a keen understanding of what makes for effective leadership, exceptional performance and high-performing teams from the board/executive level down.

Having a great understanding of what makes an individual and team successful especially during times of disruption and change, Jenn’s experience has been leveraged in her involvement with clients and boards of organisations. Jenn has had the privilege of seeing the dynamics of a boardroom achieving effective and ineffective outcomes. A key component of the effective examples is always linked to the ability of a group of Directors to genuinely embrace different thinking to ultimately get to a better end result that would not have happened with like-minded individuals.

A naturally charismatic communicator, Jenn draws on the potent parallels between sport and business in order to reveal the common values and attitudes required for success. She regularly addresses events for corporate clients such as ANZ Bank, Commonwealth Bank, AMP, McDonalds Australia, Automotive Holdings Group – Holden Australia, Financial Planners’ Association of W.A., AON Health Risk Insurance Services, National Nine Network, BankWest, General DataCom, and many others.

Speaking Topics Include

Creating a Leaderful Team - encompasses Training & Work Ethic, Continuous Learning, Growth through Adversity,  Common Goals,  Flexibility,  Breadth of Leadership, Honesty and Humility,  What the Hockeyroos can teach Business,  Core Values of a Champion Team and Dealing with Change.