Freya MArsden
Freya Marsden
GAICD
A highly experienced Director with over 20 boards and committees, Freya Marsden is an economist, risk, assurance, strategy and sustainability specialist across a wide range of commercial and for-purpose sectors.
CURRENT BOARDS
VIC Return Chair of the Board.
Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme Co-ordinator, maintaining scheme integrity, financial operations, community, operator and government engagement.
Melbourne Water Non-Executive Director and Chair, Risk, Optimisation & Sustainability Committee.
Melbourne’s multi-billion wholesale water business managing $8B of assets.
Sustainability Fund Chair of the Board.
Fund management, governance, stakeholder engagement and risk across climate change, energy transition and the circular economy.
Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) Chair Audit and Risk & Independent Member.
(3000 Commercial Members & $11M T/O). Aims to progress the circular economy through product stewardship, EPRs, and packaging targets.
Standards Australia Technical advisor.
AI & Environment for new Standard development
Department of Treasury & Finance (VIC) Independent Member of Audit & Risk Committee
$607M T/O.
City Of Boroondara Independent Member Audit & Risk Committee.
Victoria’s 2nd largest local government Council with $607M T/O.
PREVIOUS BOARDS
Energy Storage Solutions Research Hub: Australian Research Council Deputy Chair & Industry Advisory Board Member Commercialisation of Innovation.
Integrated Research Hub for commercialisation of advanced energy storage technologies.
Water Infrastructure NSW Advisory Board Independent Member.
Advising on $4B+ infrastructure capital expenditure.
City West Water Non-Executive Director, Chair, Risk Management & Audit Committee, member Health, Safety & Environment Committee.
Moved from South East Water at Minister’s request to ready organisation for, and undertake, significant merger.
South East Water Non-Executive Director, Chair, Finance, Assurance & Risk Management Committee, member People, Remuneration, Safety & Wellbeing Committee.
$1B+ T/O. Brought accounts out of (inherited) Audit Qualification.
Victorian Planning Authority Authority Member, Chair Audit, Risk & Finance Committee, Member Executive Remuneration, People & Culture Committee.
Strategic land use planning, $22m T/O.
Abalone Victoria Interim CEO & Chair.
Start-up governance and financial/regulatory establishment and sustainability.
Brotherhood of St Laurence Non-Executive Director and Member, Finance & Investment Committee.
Waverley Industries Pty Ltd Board Deputy Chair, Chair, NDIS Committee, Member Executive Committee and Communications Committee.
VicRoads Member, Risk, Audit & Governance Committee.
Infrastructure capital expenditure and asset management.
EXECUTIVE CAREER SUMMARY
Freya has held key strategy, economics, finance, policy and external affairs roles at the highest levels of both the private sector and government. This has included Senior Economist for AECOM working on the nation’s largest infrastructure projects, Director of Policy for the Business Council of Australia, BHP and Rio Tinto External Affairs, Federal Treasury and the Treasurer’s Office.
QUALIFICATIONS / AFFILIATIONS
Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors plus various Short Courses
Non-Executive Directors Program, CIS Leadership
Sustainable Finance, University of Cambridge (High Distinction, over 90%)
Master of Commerce (Spec. in Economics), University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Agriculture and Resource Economics (Honours), La Trobe University