The Australian Women's Register

Jillian Segal has a BA LL.B from the University of New South Wales and an LL.M from Harvard Law School. She started her law career as a judge’s associate to The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Mason at the High Court of Australia after graduating from Law School with the University Medal.

After completing her Masters at Harvard Law School and working in a New York law firm, Jillian returned to Sydney to become a Senior Associate and later a partner at Allen, Allen and Hemsley in the corporate and environment fields.

She then become a Commissioner and later Deputy Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). After completion of her five year term, she was a member of the Dawson Review into the Trade Practices Act. In 2003 she set out to pursue a non-executive career. Since that time, she has held a range of corporate and government advisory board positions including as  Non-Executive Director of the National Australia Bank, ASX Limited and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research; a Trustee of The Sydney Opera House , a Member of the Australian War Memorial Council and Chairman of the General Sir John Monash Foundation. Segal was Deputy Chancellor of UNSW Australia 2010 – 2019. She has also served on the Banking and Finance Ombudsman Board, the Administrative Review Council and the Federal Government’s Remuneration Tribunal.

Jillian Segal was created a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005 and Officer of the Order of Australia in 2019.

She is a former Preisdent of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and in July 2024 was named as the first Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in Australia.