Transport Women Australia Limited (TWAL) has announced the appointment of four new board members following its annual general meeting.
Loretta Hartley of Toowoomba, Claudia Foini and Ainsleigh Thomas of Sydney and Katrina Burns of Melbourne will join existing directors Di Caldwell-Smith, Penne Murphy and Kat Attana, Chair Jacquelene Brotherton, and Vice Chair and Company Secretary Coralie Chapman.
Hartley is a long-term member of TWAL and has 12 years of industry experience. She was also recognised by the organisation’s Transport Women Australia Limited Dream Maker Award and an Elite Woman in Insurance Top 50.
Foini has 22 years of transport experience and has extensively volunteered in TWAL’s schools and careers initiatives.
Thomas was a 2023 recipient of the TWAL Driving the Difference scholarship, the inaugural TWAL 2024 Young Gunnette award winner and a 2024 finalist in the Road Freight NSW Emerging Leader award.
Burns was named the VTA 2018 Young Achiever of the Year at the Australian Freight Industry Awards and has been involved in the transport and logistics industry for 12 years.
Jo Hansen and Simone Reinerstein have departed the board after one and three years respectively.
The new nine-director board will be the largest to ever have taken command of TWAL, which became a member of the Australian Trucking Association earlier this year.
TWAL also extended partnerships with Linfox, Prime Creative Media and Viva Energy Australia during the year, and has partnered with Healthy Heads in Trucks and Sheds as well as embedding its membership of both the National Rural Women’s Coalition and Australian Gender Equality Council.
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