Jane Hansen (businesswoman)
{{Short description|Australian business executive}}
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| name = Jane Hansen
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| order = 23rd
| office = Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
| term_start = 1 January 2023
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| predecessor = Allan Myers
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| birth_name = Jane Caroline Hansen
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| occupation = Chancellor, business executive, philanthropist
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Jane Hansen {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} is an Australian investment banker, business executive and philanthropist. She was appointed the 23rd Chancellor of the University of Melbourne on 1 January 2023.
Education
Jane Hansen graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics and then studied for a Master of Finance and Business Administration at Columbia University in New York. After working for some time in corporate finance, she completed a Bachelor of Arts (History) at the University of Melbourne. {{Cite web |last=Cashin |first=Kasey |date=2023-02-23 |title=The Chancellor of the University of Melbourne |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/leadership/chancellor |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=About us |language=en}}
Career
After completing her business degrees, Hansen worked for more than 20 years as a corporate finance expert with Macquarie Bank and First Boston/Credit Suisse.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Philanthropist and businesswoman Jane Hansen joins OA Board of Directors |url=http://www.ampag.com.au/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-11-29 |website=Australian Major Performing Arts Group |language=en}}
==Other roles==
Hansen was initially appointed to the University of Melbourne Council on 1 January 2016 and was deputy chancellor of the University of Melbourne since 2017.{{cite web| url= https://about.unimelb.edu.au/leadership/chancellor/university-council/jane-hansen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106111519/https://about.unimelb.edu.au/leadership/chancellor/university-council/jane-hansen| archive-date= 6 November 2022| website= University of Melbourne| title= Deputy Chancellor, Government Appointment: Jane Hansen}} She was appointed the 23rd Chancellor of the University of Melbourne on 1 January 2023.{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Thomas |date=2022-12-12 |title=University of Melbourne appoints new Chancellor |url=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2022/december/university-of-melbourne-appoints-new-chancellor |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Newsroom |language=en}}
{{as of|2024}} she is CEO and chair of the Hansen Little Foundation,{{Cite web |title=Little Group |url=https://www.little.com.au/ |access-date=8 April 2024|website=Little Group |language=en-US}} Chair of the Melbourne Theatre Company,{{cite web | url=https://www.mtc.com.au/discover-more/about-us/media/media-releases/jane-hansen-appointed-chair-of-melbourne-theatre-company/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA_bieBhDSARIsADU4zLd4QOMSIuHYEwnsQCVk3G-VdvRbrsDeoG6qi6ObtLKyo3bSviuppYYaAsejEALw_wcB | title=Jane Hansen AO appointed Chair of Melbourne Theatre Company }} chair of the University of Melbourne Campaign Advisory Board, member of the advisory board for the Melbourne Humanities Foundation, and board member of Opera Australia.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jane Caroline Hansen|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2005373|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=It's An Honour}}
She was appointed to the board of The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation in 2017, and is on the board {{as of|lc=yes|April 2024}}.{{cite web | title=Our Board | website=Lord Mayor Charitable Foundation | url=https://www.lmcf.org.au/about/our-board | access-date=8 April 2024}}
She is also a member of Chief Executive Women and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Philanthropy
In 2014, Hansen joined the board of the Melbourne Theatre Company. The following year she established the Melbourne Theatre Company Foundation, as its first chair.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-01-28|title=MTC Chair Jane Hansen honoured with Order of Australia|url=https://www.mtc.com.au/discover-more/mtc-now-2020/mtc-chair-jane-hansen-honoured-with-order-of-australia/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Melbourne Theatre Company|language=en}} In 2016, she and her husband, Paul Little, donated AU$1million to the Foundation.{{Cite web|last=Cooke|first=Dewi|date=2016-02-17|title=Melbourne Theatre Company receives record $1 million private donation|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/melbourne-theatre-company-receives-record-1-million-private-donation-20160217-gmwm1v.html|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}} In December 2019, she became chair of the Melbourne Theatre Company.
In 2022 Hansen partnered with Chief Executive Women to create two new scholarships for women who lead in the arts community: the Hansen Executive Leader CEW Scholarship and the Hansen CEW Leaders Program for the Arts Scholarships. The former is for one recipient, to study a leadership course of their choice anywhere in the world, while the latter offers five recipients to participate in the CEW Leaders Program.{{cite web | title=Articles: Empowering women who lead in the arts: CEW announces two new scholarships for arts community | website=Chief Executive Women | date=8 August 2022 | url=https://cew.org.au/news-and-views/scholarships/empowering-women-who-lead-in-the-arts-cew-announces-two-new-scholarships-for-arts-community/ | access-date=8 April 2024}}
In 2023, in a philanthropic partnership with the University of Melbourne, Hansen and husband Paul Little established the Hansen Scholarship, worth {{AUD|108,000}}.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Hansen Scholarship |url=https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-scholarship |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Scholarships |language=en}} The annual scholarship, which will run for an initial 40 years, welcomed its inaugural cohort in 2020.{{Cite web |title=$30m gift to University of Melbourne to transform students' lives |url=https://www.little.com.au/news/university_of_melbourne_little_hall_student_residence |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Little Group |language=en-US}}
Honours and awards
In the 2020 Australia Day Honours, Hansen was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the community, to education and cultural institutions, and through philanthropic support for charitable foundations".
In 2020, Hansen made a donation to the History Council of Victoria who, in recognition, has inaugurated the Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy awarded annually since 2021.{{Cite web |title=Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy |url=https://www.historycouncilvic.org.au/jane_hansen_prize_for_history_advocacy |access-date=2020-11-29 |website=History Council of Victoria}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.little.com.au/}}
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