Belinda Hutchinson

Belinda Jane Hutchinson (born August 1953) is an Australian businessperson, accountant, and philanthropist.

Early life and education Belinda Jane Hutchinson was born in August 1953.

Hutchinson graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1976.

Hutchinson trained as a chartered accountant in Sydney, while working.

Career Hutchinson worked as an accountant for seven years at Arthur Andersen, which included three years in the United States. She then took up a post in the project finance division of Citibank in Sydney. She stayed at Citibank for 11 years, also working in corporate finance. Macquarie Group, a client of Citibank invited her to join its advisory business, and she later created its Equity Capital Markets division.

Hutchinson was appointed chancellor of the University of Sydney in 2013. the local branch of a French arms manufacturer. In July 2017 the University of Sydney created a memorandum of understanding with Thales "to work closely together over the next five years to develop new technologies and capabilities". The university says that Hutchinson had no part in the memorandum of understanding. In June 2023, she became a non-executive director of the board.

In December 2016, the university senate reappointed Hutchinson for a second term as chancellor. In May 2020, the university senate reappointed Hutchinson for a third term as chancellor. On 11 March 2024, it was announced that Hutchinson would be stepping down from the role, having reached 12-year limit of the University Senate, which elected David Thodey as her replacement.

On 12 April 2018 Hutchinson was appointed as a non-executive director to the Qantas board (still active ). of which she remains a member. ) and QBE Insurance Group, and as director on the boards of AGL Energy (until 2018 and is a trustee of the St Vincent's Curran Foundation. Her family has a foundation that supports a number of community-based projects, such as work done by the Hunger Project in Malawi. 2020: Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, for "eminent service to business, to tertiary education and scientific research, and through philanthropic endeavours to address social disadvantage"

Personal life Hutchinson had children in the 1990s.