Draft:Ming Long AM


Ming Long
AM
Photo of Ming Long AM
Ming Long AM
Born1961 (age 64–65)
Johor, Federation of Malaya
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
OccupationsCompany director, executive
Known forChair of CSIRO; first woman of Asian heritage to lead an ASX-200 listed entity in Australia
TitleChair of CSIRO
PredecessorKathryn Fagg

Ming Long AM is an Australian company director and former executive. She is the chair of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, having been appointed in March 2025.[1] She succeeded Kathryn Fagg, who resigned for personal reasons, having served as the agency's deputy chair since May 2024.[1] She is described as the first woman with an Asian heritage to lead an ASX-200 listed entity in Australia,[2] and is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in Australian corporate life.

Early life and education

Ming Long was born in 1961 in Johor, Malaysia, to Chinese-Malaysian parents.[3] She is the eldest of eight children.[4]

When she was nine years old, her family migrated to Australia and settled in Lithgow, New South Wales.[5] Long has described the move from Malaysia to regional Australia as a significant cultural adjustment, recalling that her family was the only Asian family in the town and that she often felt pressure to fit in at school.[6]

Long later studied at the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics in 1992 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1994.[7] She subsequently completed a Master of Business Administration at the University of Technology Sydney.[8]

Long has said that she was considered the "black sheep" of her family because, unlike her siblings who pursued medicine, she chose a career in business, accounting and finance.[9]

Today, Long holds a Bachelor of Economics and Laws from the University of Sydney, and an MBA from the University of Technology Sydney.[10] She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, a Fellow of Finsia, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.[11]

Career

Long has held senior executive positions in listed and unlisted companies, including CEO and CFO roles. She spent around eleven years at Investa Property Group, rising from Chief Financial Officer to Joint Managing Director.[12] In 2014 she became Group Executive and Fund Manager of the $2.5 billion Investa Office Fund, in which capacity she became the first—and at the time only—Asian woman to lead an ASX 100 or 200 company.[13]

In funds management she chaired AMP Capital Funds Management Limited. She had been on its board since 2017 and was appointed chair in 2018, before retiring from the role on 31 October 2022.[12] In October 2022 she was appointed an independent director of IFM Investors, taking up the position on 1 November 2022.[14]

Long has held a number of non-executive directorships, including with QBE Insurance (Auspac), the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Telstra, and Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, and has previously served on the board of the Property Council of Australia.[10] She has also sat on the steering committee of the Climate Governance Initiative with the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been a member of the ASIC Corporate Governance Consultative Panel.[12]

CSIRO

In May 2024 the Australian Government appointed Long as a part-time member and Deputy Chair of the CSIRO Board for a four-year term, alongside the appointment of Terry Moran AC as a member.[15] In March 2025, Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic announced her appointment as Chair of CSIRO, following the resignation of Kathryn Fagg, who had been chair since October 2021.[1] On her appointment, Long said she was honoured to be appointed and acknowledged Fagg's leadership in positioning CSIRO for the future.[1]

Diversity advocacy

Long is an advocate for gender and ethnic diversity in Australian business. She established the Property Champions of Change in 2015 and was named one of the 100 Women of Influence in 2016.[2] She has chaired Diversity Council Australia, having earlier served as its deputy chair.[16] She has spoken publicly about what she describes as a "bamboo ceiling" limiting the advancement of people of Asian background in Australian organisations.[13]

Honours and recognition

In 2020 Long was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her significant service to the financial and real estate sectors, and to diversity and inclusion.[10] She was a finalist in the Telstra Business Women's Awards in 2014.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ming Long appointed Chair of CSIRO". Lab Online. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Ming Long AM GAICD". Australian Institute of Company Directors. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  3. ^ "At the 2024 Wang Gungwu Lecture, Ming Long delivered a powerful keynote tracing her family's migration story". ABC Asia. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  4. ^ "At the 2024 Wang Gungwu Lecture, Ming Long delivered a powerful keynote tracing her family's migration story". ABC Asia. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  5. ^ "My Australia: Success was 'twice as hard' for women like me". SBS News. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  6. ^ "My Australia: Success was 'twice as hard' for women like me". SBS News. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  7. ^ "The corporate trailblazer promoting diversity and inclusion". The University of Sydney. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  8. ^ "Ming Long AM". IFM Investors. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  9. ^ "My Australia: Success was 'twice as hard' for women like me". SBS News. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  10. ^ a b c "Ming Long AM, Board Member". IFM Investors. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  11. ^ "Ming Long". Chief Executive Women. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  12. ^ a b c "IFM Investors appoints new director to the Board" (Press release). IFM Investors. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  13. ^ a b "The corporate trailblazer promoting diversity and inclusion". University of Sydney. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  14. ^ "IFM Investors names Ming Long as independent director". Asia Asset Management. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  15. ^ "New Deputy Chair and board member appointed" (Press release). CSIRO. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  16. ^ "Ming Long appointed Chair of Diversity Council of Australia board". Women's Agenda. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2026.


Category:Living people Category:Australian women business executives Category:Australian people of Asian descent Category:Members of the Order of Australia Category:University of Sydney alumni Category:University of Technology Sydney alumni Category:CSIRO people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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