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Nova Peris OAM OLY, DIRECTOR |
| Qualifications | MAICD Australian Institute of Company Directors Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM): Awarded in 1997 Young Australian of the Year: Awarded in 1997 |
| Tenure | Hockey Australia Director since May 2025. |
| Experience |
Nova Peris became the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal as part of the Hockeyroos in Atlanta 1996 and the first Australian mother to win gold since 1956. On 7 September 2013, Nova Peris became Australia’s first Indigenous woman elected to federal parliament and served in the Federal Parliament from 2013 to 2016 as Senator for the Northern Territory. Nova’s cousin Brooke (born 1993) was a member of the gold medal winning Hockeyroos at the 2014 Commonwealth |
| Other Responsibilities |
• Member of Hockey Australia High Performance Committee • Member of Hockey Australia People Culture & Social Sustainability Committee |
