{"id":15682,"date":"2025-12-08T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=15682"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:52:57","slug":"patron-in-chief-her-excellency-the-honourable-ms-sam-mostyn-ac-governor-general-of-the-commonwealth-of-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=15682","title":{"rendered":"Patron-in-Chief Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15689 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamMostyn_Portrait_horizontal_PMC-Custom-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamMostyn_Portrait_horizontal_PMC-Custom-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamMostyn_Portrait_horizontal_PMC-Custom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamMostyn_Portrait_horizontal_PMC-Custom-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamMostyn_Portrait_horizontal_PMC-Custom-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamMostyn_Portrait_horizontal_PMC-Custom-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamMostyn_Portrait_horizontal_PMC-Custom-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>Ms Sam Mostyn AC was sworn in as Australia\u2019s 28th Governor-General on 1\u00a0July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>A businesswoman and community leader, Ms Mostyn is known for her exceptional service to the Australian community. She has a long history in executive and governance roles across diverse sectors, including business, sport, climate change, the arts, policy and not-for-profit.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Ms Mostyn was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for eminent service in the social justice, gender equity, sporting, cultural and business sectors, to reconciliation, and to environmental sustainability. She had previously been appointed an Officer of the Order in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>For her continued contribution as an advocate for gender inclusion and equality, sustainability, and climate change action, Ms Mostyn was awarded the 2020 United Nations Day Honour Award and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the Australian National University in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15688 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SimeonBeckettGG_horizontal2-Custom-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SimeonBeckettGG_horizontal2-Custom-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SimeonBeckettGG_horizontal2-Custom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SimeonBeckettGG_horizontal2-Custom-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SimeonBeckettGG_horizontal2-Custom-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SimeonBeckettGG_horizontal2-Custom-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SimeonBeckettGG_horizontal2-Custom-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ms Mostyn is married to Mr Simeon Beckett SC and they have an adult daughter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gg.gov.au\/about-governor-general\/governor-generals-biography\">The Governor-General&#8217;s biography | Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Sam Mostyn AC was sworn in as Australia\u2019s 28th Governor-General on 1\u00a0July 2024. A businesswoman and community leader, Ms Mostyn is known for her exceptional service to the Australian community. She has a long history in executive and governance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=15682\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15682"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15696,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682\/revisions\/15696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}