Libby Lyons

[citation needed] Lyons has worked in senior management roles across the corporate and government sectors in the energy, resources and telecommunications industries.

She held senior roles at Atlas Iron, CITIC Pacific Mining, Alcoa of Australia, and Western Power.

[7] In November 2016, Lyons presented Australia's gender equality scorecard, based on the Agency's latest data from employers, at the National Press Club in Canberra.

She took on the position of executive chairman for Kalparrin,[9] a Perth-based charity that supports families of children with special needs, in June 2013.

[12] Following the conclusion of her term as director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Lyons was appointed as the inaugural chair of the Aged Care Workforce Industry Council.

[1] Lyons stood for Liberal Party preselection prior to the 2008 Western Australian state election, losing to Bill Marmion in the seat of Nedlands.

She also contested preselection for the House of Representatives prior to the 2010 federal election, losing to incumbent Tangney MP Dennis Jensen.

[1] In 2022, Lyons was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Curtin University for "distinguished service to the social sciences through outstanding and influential advocacy for gender equality in the workplace, with impacts in Australia and internationally".