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                    Lord Mayor Sally Capp AO

                    Lord Mayor

                    Sally Capp.
                    Sally Capp was re-elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne in October 2020 – having previously been elected in May 2018 – and is the first woman to be directly elected as Lord Mayor.

                    Sally’s top priorities are setting the pace and driving a prosperous city economy, helping rough sleepers get more support and a pathway into secure housing, and ensuring Melbourne remains a global leader in environmental sustainability. She is committed to seeing Melbourne reclaim the title of the world’s most liveable city. 

                    Sally is the current Chair of the Council of Capital Cities Lord Mayors, and also a member of the Federal Government’s Urban Policy Forum. In 2023, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the King’s Birthday Honours for distinguished service to the people of Melbourne, to local government, to business, and to the community through various organisations. She was also named the McKinnon Emerging Political Leader of the Year in 2019.

                    Sally was the first woman to hold the post of Agent-General for Victoria in the UK, Europe and Israel. She has also served as the CEO for the Committee for Melbourne and Victorian Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia. A passionate Collingwood Football Club supporter, Sally made history in 2004 as the club’s first female board member.

                    Sally began her career as a solicitor, after completing Law (Hons) and Commerce degrees at the University of Melbourne. She has held senior roles at both KPMG and ANZ, and co-founded a small business, which she took to the ASX.

                    She is involved in a number of charities, currently sitting on the board of the Olivia Newton-​John Cancer Research Institute, the Mary Jane Lewis Scholarship Foundation and the Melbourne University Faculty of Business and Economics.

                    Sally is portfolio lead for City Transport, Infrastructure and Operations, and Aboriginal Melbourne. For more details see Councillor portfolios.

                    She is Council representative on the following committees and bodies:

                    • Queen Victoria Market Committee of Trustees – Chairperson
                    • Local Government Mayoral Advisory Group
                    • Fishermans Bend Mayor’s Forum
                    • Melbourne 9 (M9)
                    • Australia-Britain Society (Victoria) Inc. – Victorian Honorary Vice President
                    • C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
                    • Council of Capital City Lord Mayors
                    • Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation – Honorary Patron, Statutory appointment
                    • Melbourne Art Trust - Statutory appointment
                    • Metropolitan Local Governments’ Waste Forum
                    • Metropolitan Transport Forum​
                    • Royal Humane Society of Victoria – Patron
                    • Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices – Patron
                    • Royal Women’s Hospital Foundation – Patron
                    • Shrine of Remembrance Trustees – Trustee, statutory appointment
                    • Chief Executive Officer Employment Matters Committee
                    • Rotary Club of Melbourne, Honorary Member.

                    Contact details

                    Contact name
                    Lord Mayor Sally Capp AO
                    Address
                    City of Melbourne
                    GPO Box 1603
                    Melbourne VIC 3001
                    Telephone number
                    03 9658 965803 9658 9658
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