Person

Henry, Elaine (1945 - )

Born: 29 September 1945
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Company director

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Chronology

1980 - 1981: Career position - Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK
1981 - 1985: Career position - Secretary, New South Wales Cancer Council
1985 - 1997: Career position - Executive Director, New South Wales Cancer Council
1988 - 1996: Career position - Member of the Council, Australian Cancer Council
1994 - 1998: Career position - Member of the Management Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National Breast Cancer Centre
1994 - 2020: Career position - Inaugural Director, National Breast Cancer Foundation
10 Jun 1994: Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to community health, particularly as executive director of the New South Wales Cancer Council.
1995 - 1998: Career position - Board member, Australian Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
1998 - 2001: Career position - Director, AXA Trustees Ltd. (formerly National Mutual Trustees Ltd.)
1998 - 2010: Career position - Chief Executive Officer, The Smith Family
2012 - 2020: Career position - Chair, National Breast Cancer Foundation
9 Jun 2025: Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for significant service to youth and children, to breast cancer research and screening, and to board governance roles

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

Biographical cuttings on Elaine Henry, business professional, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

'Henry, Elaine (1945-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474003. Details

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