Ms Janette Kendall
Janette Kendall is an experienced company director with over 25 years of board experience across public, private and not for profit boards spanning a diverse range of industries including marketing and technology, media, communications, retail, property, horticulture, and the arts.
Janette is currently a Non-executive Director of ASX listed Vicinity Centres, Tabcorp and Costa Group. She also serves on the boards of KM Property Funds, Visit Victoria, the Melbourne Football Club and Chairs the Advisory Board of WeAre8, a for-purpose social media platform. She has previously been a NED of Nine Entertainment, Australian Venue Co, Wellcom and Foodworks, together with being a past member of the Advisory Board of the AFL Players Association.
Janette is passionate about the Arts having previously served on the boards of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, The Melbourne Theatre Company, and MTC Foundation. She was also a sponsor of the MTC Women in Theatre programme.
Her experience has been working with organisations facing disruption, undergoing transformation, expanding through acquisition or entering new global markets. All have required a strong focus on strategy, risk management and governance.
Her past executive experience, both in Australia and China, combined marketing, digital, and operations. Janette has significant expertise in strategic planning, digital innovation, marketing and leadership across a number of industry sectors including digital & technology, marketing & communications, media, retail, FMCG, hospitality, gaming, property and manufacturing. Over her executive career she was a Director of Clemenger BBDO, Managing Director of Clemenger Digital, CEO emitch, GM Pacific Brands (Holeproof) and CMO at Crown Melbourne. Her last executive role was spent living and working in China as Senior Vice President, Marketing at Galaxy Entertainment Group.
Janette is committed to Diversity and Inclusion and is a Mentor at MentorWalks,a community of over 6,000 aspiring women across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Canada, and an Advisor to Youth Activating Youth, a non-profit organisation that assists multicultural Australian youths to re-engage in their communities.
Janette is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of Chief Executive Women. She graduated from Monash in 1990 with a Bachelor of Business (Marketing)