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Terrance Fitzsimmons

Lecturer in Leadership at The University of Queensland

Major works

Terrance has served as national and state presidents of not for profit bodies as well as a being a director on boards of Listed Public Companies in Australia and overseas. He has published several major reports into issues of leadership and gender inequality:

  • 'Filling the Pool' in 2015 with the Committee for Perth
  • 'Hands Up for Gender Equality' in 2018 with the Alliance of Girl Schools Australasia and
  • 'Employer of Choice for Gender Equality: Leading Practices in Strategy, Policy and Implementation' in 2020 with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

About me

Terrance Fitzsimmons (email: buslead@business.uq.edu.au) is a Lecturer in leadership, human resource management and change management with the University of Queensland Business School. He is also a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience. His PhD in Leadership examined successful attributes of CEOs and differing pathways to CEO roles for men and women. Fitzsimmons has worked with many of Australia’s largest firms on their diversity programs and speaks regularly in Australia and overseas in the area of gender equality and inclusion.

Contact the Business Leadership MicroMasters course team at buslead@business.uq.edu.au