Brenda Wilson

Brenda Wilson was chief executive of Cancer Council SA, from 2002 to May 2015 and was South Australia's first female Lieutenant-Governor, serving from 15 August 2014 to 20 January 2022.

Early life Wilson was born in Wales and migrated to Australia as a young girl with her parents and older sister in 1959.

Career Wilson has worked in the health industry since 1973,

Wilson was CEO of the Cancer Council SA from 2003 to 2015.

Wilson was sworn in as Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia on 15 August 2014, replacing Hieu Van Le who became governor on 1 September.

Brenda is currently a member of the ACHA and WCHN Boards and Chairman of the Board of Helping Hand Aged Care

Academic ranks and awards Wilson has a Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing), Bachelor of Business (Health) and an MBA. She is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD), a Fellow of the College of Health Service Executives (FCHSE), a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia (FRCNA) and a fellow of the Wharton School of Management.

In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours Wilson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to community health, and to the people of South Australia through a range of roles".

Personal life Wilson's partner is Dr Kym Bannister, a nephrologist and nuclear physician, and she is stepmother to his two sons.