Guest speaker – Nicola Forrest AO
Nicola Forrest AO is the guest speaker for the 2024 Marcus Oldham Foundation Cocktail Party.
Nicola is traveling from her home in Perth to address the guests at this year’s event, which is a annual highlight for the College and its supporters.
Nicola is co-chair of the Minderoo Foundation which she co-founded in 2001.
Nicola has led the diversification of the Minderoo Foundation to provide a holistic approach to community development, particularly through education and the arts, believing an integrated approach is essential to build sustainable empowerment in individuals and communities.
In addition to the Minderoo Foundation, Nicola is a member of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership, Telethon Kids Institute CoLab Advisory Council and Governor of the Forrest Research Foundation. Nicola supports a number of community and arts organisation as Patron including the Kimberley Rock Art Foundation and Impact100 WA and is a Life Governor of Sculpture by the Sea.
Along with Nicola’s philanthropic work she is also a director of the Minderoo Group, one of Australia’s largest private companies and Managing Director of Minderoo Station’s pastoral operations in the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia.