Lauren Hicks, Head of Social Impact, QBE Insurance

Lauren is passionate about contributing to social and environmental outcomes that will see future generations enjoy a life of safety, equity, and inclusion. At QBE, Lauren leads the QBE Foundation across the organisations global footprint and is responsible for working with people across their global operations to embed sustainability and create impact. In her role she is focussed on reaching the QBE Foundation’s vision to create strong, resilient and inclusive communities through strategic and impactful partnerships.

Lauren is also a member of ActionAid Australia’s Arise Leadership Circle who help drive the objectives of the Arise Fund and meet the visionary target of empowering one million women to lead crisis response. She is also a member of the B4SI Steering Group.

Since 2006, her career has been focused on collaborating with organisations and stakeholders to develop and execute strategy and reporting relating to ESG, shared value, sustainability and community engagement in alignment with organisational vision, purpose and strategy.

Lauren holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Development Studies and Culture Change from Macquarie University, and a Diploma of Business Management.