Jane Hansen (businesswoman)

Jane Hansen AO is an Australian investment banker, business executive and philanthropist. She has been deputy chancellor of the University of Melbourne since 2017.

Jane Hansen

AO
Born
Jane Caroline Hansen
EducationMonash University BEc
Columbia University MFin&BusAdmin
OccupationBusiness executive, philanthropist
Board member ofMelbourne Theatre Company, University of Melbourne, Opera Australia
Spouse(s)Paul Little
Websitehttps://www.little.com.au/

Hansen graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics and then studied for a Master of Finance and Business Administration at Columbia University in New York. She then worked for more than 20 years as a corporate finance expert with Macquarie Bank and First Boston/Credit Suisse.[1]

In 2014 Hansen joined the board of the Melbourne Theatre Company. The following year she established the Melbourne Theatre Company Foundation, as its first chair.[2] In 2016 she had her husband Paul Little donated AU$1million to the Foundation.[3] In December 2019 became chair of the Melbourne Theatre Company.[2]

In 2016 Hansen became a member of the Council of the University of Melbourne and has been its Deputy Chancellor since December 2017.[4][5]

She joined the board of Opera Australia in 2018.[1][4]

In the 2020 Australia Day Honours Hansen was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the community, to education and cultural institutions, and through philanthropic support for charitable foundations".[4]

In 2020 Hansen made a donation to the History Council of Victoria who, in recognition, have inaugurated the Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy to be awarded annually from 2021.[6]

References
  1. "Philanthropist and businesswoman Jane Hansen joins OA Board of Directors". Australian Major Performing Arts Group. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. "MTC Chair Jane Hansen honoured with Order of Australia". Melbourne Theatre Company. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. Cooke, Dewi (17 February 2016). "Melbourne Theatre Company receives record $1 million private donation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. "Jane Caroline Hansen". It's An Honour. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. Andrews, Peter (16 March 2020). "Ms Jane Hansen". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. "Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy". History Council of Victoria. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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