The corporate adviser discusses the modern dilemmas of autonomous weapons, investing for the public good and getting women in the workforce.
I am in the throes of dealing with a maitre de who is refusing to allow our photographer into the Michelin-starred venue , when my dining companion, Cassandra Kelly, chairman of the Treasury Corporation of Victoria and senior adviser at Pottinger, appears.
With the COVID-19 pandemic over, she has been travelling again: to Australia for her role with TCV, which provides finance for the state government. In an environment of rapidly rising interest rates, the job has become more testing. Europe is also a destination since another of her many jobs is asof the EU’s Global Tech Panel. This position has particular relevance as autonomous weapons and cyber hazards are increasingly used.
“My sober father was amazing and many of the best parts of him I hope live on in me. I miss him terribly. He was incredibly courageous and daring, he was generous and kind. He hated unfairness.” Kelly knows about pushing hard in all areas of her life. When she was at a loose end during the pandemic, at a time when she “literally could not jog to the corner”, she had a personal trainer prepare her for her first ultramarathon in Moab, Utah, in 2020.[The time] was super-duper slow, I think they call it DFL: dead f---ing last.”
When they first came to New York, Kelly decided to have her three children homeschooled. She says her children are the “greatest gift” she and her former husband gave to each other. Eventually, she was able to get them into the elite Stuyvesant School in lower Manhattan.
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