Anna McPhee was appointed Director of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency in June 2004 following ten years experience working in business and Government.
In 2005 she represented the Government at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and in 2006 was invited to guest lecture at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Anna has worked as an Adviser to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister & Cabinet and Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister for Foreign Affairs.  She has also been Adviser to the Deputy Leader of the NSW Opposition.

In business she has consulted privately, and worked for Ernst & Young and most recently for Australian Business Limited, the NSW based employer association.

Anna has a Masters of Business Administration (Executive) and is a recipient of the AGSM 2006 Chairman’s prize. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts.

Anna has spent time in the United States on political exchange and on separate occasion worked for a Californian political consultant.  She is a published photographer and edited A Voyage with an Australian Sailor and Take Your Seats, a guide for women seeking elected office.