Lynette Thorstensen is the group head of sustainable business practices at Insurance Australia Group (IAG).
Lynette's role at IAG spans community engagement, community partnerships, corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
IAG published its first sustainability report in November, 2004,
released as a companion document to the Annual General Report. Since
then, IAG has been rated as one of the top 10 corporate social
responsibility companies in Australia, by Reputex. In 2006, IAG was
announced at Davos as one of the top 100 sustainability companies in
the world, one of only two Australian companies listed.
Lynette’s career has spanned the community, government and private
sectors. She is a former CEO of Greenpeace Australia and a former
coordinator of Greenpeace International's climate change campaign,
based in Amsterdam. She has remained passionately committed to
Greenpeace and, like many former campaigners, is quite unable to get
the organisation out of her blood.
Lynette worked for three years in the Premier's Department, New South
Wales, as director of social development and environment. In this role,
she oversaw a large number of "whole of government" partnerships on
behalf of the premier.
Lynette is also a board member of the Sydney Community Foundation. She
is a mother of two young children and tries to lead a sane and balanced
life!