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Jenn Morris
Personal information
Born (1972-09-20) 20 September 1972 (age 52)
Medal record
Women's Field Hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1994 Dublin Team Competition
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1993 Amstelveen Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 1997 Berlin Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Amstelveen Team Competition

Jennifer Lyn Morris OAM (born 20 September 1972) is a non-executive director of Sandfire Resources. Born on 20 September 1972 in Maryborough, Queensland, Morris is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years later she was on the squad, winning the title, this time at home in Sydney, Australia.[1] Making her international debut in 1992, Morris was famous for her penalty corner.

Morris was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours.[2]

In 2009 Morris was appointed to the board of the Fremantle Football Club.[3]

In 2014, she was appointed as a Human Capital Consulting Partner at Deloitte Australia in Perth.[4][5]

In November 2016, Morris was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.[6]

In 2017, Morris joined Walk Free, Minderoo Foundation's anti-slavery initiative, as the Director of Business and Government Engagement. Shortly after this she was appointed Chief Executive Officer.[7]

Morris left Walk Free in 2019.

References

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  1. ^ "Jenny Morris Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Lyn Morris". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. ^ "President Rick Hart to stand down". Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Deloitte announces seven new Perth partners". Canningspurple.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Jenn Morris - Australia | LinkedIn". Au.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Board of Directors | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd". Fmgl.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Team | The Minderoo Foundation". Minderoo.com.au.
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