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Chief executive of the Australian Medical Association NSW. Age 45; shares four children with neurosurgeon husband Brian; lives in Sydney. Business graduate who feels queasy at the sight of blood. First job was assistant to an industrial relations commissioner during the 1990s. Always interested in cooking and maybe becoming a chef. Aware she had choices that women before her didn’t, she champions women around her. Has climbed Tasmania’s highest mountain, Ossa, and getting on top of her finances was a recent achievement.