Dr Nicola Forrest
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Minderoo Foundation
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Minderoo Foundation
“Education enhances innovation, and both provide the keys to the long term combatting of poverty. In so doing, we won’t just help the impoverished, but raise the universal standard of living.”
Nicola has been instrumental in building and diversifying the Minderoo Foundation, particularly through education and the arts. In 2014 she was awarded the University of Canberra’s Chancellor’s Award for Services and Philanthropy, became the Western Australian of the Year in the Community category, and received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Western Australia.
Nicola is Patron for Sculpture by the Sea, the Kimberley Rock Art Foundation and Impact100 WA. She is also a Director of the Black Swan Theatre Company and a member of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership. Along with Nicola’s philanthropic work she is also a director of the Minderoo Group and Managing Director of Minderoo Station. Nicola’s priorities remain her family and supporting the wonderful team that manages the Minderoo Foundation.
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