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Josephine Sukkar AM

Principal

Josephine is co-owner and Principal of Buildcorp, founded in 1990 with her husband Tony.

She is a professional company director and serves on a number of private, public and not-for-profit boards, including Sout Patts, Growthpoint Properties Australia, the Green Building Council of Australia, the Australian Museum and the Buildcorp Foundation. This external business experience for ASX listed companies in strict governance environments enables Josephine to bring further assurance and certainty to Buildcorp’s operations.

Josephine was formerly the Chair of the Australian Sports Commission, Chair of the Sport Diplomacy Advisory Council (DFAT), a non-executive director of The Trust Company, the Property Council of Australia, Opera Australia, the Centenary Institute of Medical Research, the Parramatta Park Trust and the YWCA NSW.

Josephine served as Chair of Australian Women’s Rugby Union, was a member of the Nominations Committee of Rugby Australia and the Australian Rugby Foundation and, through Buildcorp, has financially supported the rugby community for over 30 years. In her role as President of Australian Women’s Rugby between 2015 and 2023, Josephine was a strong advocate in increasing female participation and opportunity throughout the pipeline.

Josephine is a Fellow of the University of Sydney, and in 2017 she was recognised for her services to the community, the arts and sports with a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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