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National Mental Health Commissioner and former Macquarie Bank executive Lucy Brogden failed every mathematics exam she sat until the Higher School Certificate.
âEveryone had told me, âYou are not good at maths. Thatâs OK.â It was forgiven and accepted,â she said of the prevailing attitude to women and girls. A former boss, Allan Moss, then Macquarieâs chief executive, once asked her if she could do percentages.
Lucy Brogden AM, chair of the National Mental Health Commission admitted that she had failed every maths exam until the HSC.
Credit:Renee Nowytarger
Ms Brogden spoke of her midlife conversion to maths at the launch of a documentary and community education program called Womenâs Work to encourage women and girls to gain greater financial independence by learning maths.