Mitchell’s appointment follows the retirement of long-time independent chairman Andrew Kemp after 20 years of service, to be replaced by current board member Bede King.

Mitchell is the chair of ASX-listed Apollo Tourism & Leisure and a director of Corporate Travel Management. She is also a non-executive director of Morgans Australia, chairman of the Queensland Advisory Council for Australian Super and, in the not-for-profit sector, is a director of Morgans Foundation Limited.

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