Carol Schwartz

AM

Occupation
Board member, Lawyer, Philanthropist and Property developer
Jurisdiction

Carol Schwartz is a Melbourne business woman who has been a leading figure in the Victorian not-for-profit and corporate sectors for roughly twenty-five years. She holds one of the country's most diverse portfolios of board appointments. Schwartz studied law/arts at Monash University.

Read more about Carol Schwartz in our sister publication The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.

Sources used to compile this entry: Davey, Melissa and Brereton, Adam, Australia Day honours: David Walsh and Elizabeth Broderick among recipients, The Guardian (Australia edition), 26 January 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jan/26/australia-day-honours-david-walsh-and-elizabeth-broderick-among-recipients; Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds), 'Schwartz, Carol', The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2 May 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0147b.htm.

Prepared by Nikki Henningham