The Yalumba Clocktower. Image courtesy Hill-Smith Family Estates

Hill-Smith Family Estates has announced that Kiera Grant will be the next chair of its board of directors effective today, 2 June 2025.

Grant has served on the Hill-Smith Family Estates board as a non-executive director since 2014. She has completed her term as chair of the people committee and now chairs the risk and audit committee.

After ten years as chairman, fifth-generation proprietor Robert Hill-Smith will move to preside over the company’s new Family Council, whilst remaining on the board as deputy chair.

“Kiera has served with distinction and enthusiasm on our board, and I am thrilled that she has accepted our invitation to become chair,” stated Hill-Smith on Grant’s appointment.

“We look forward to the future under Kiera’s guidance as a wine enthusiast and an eminently qualified professional who is committed to our family business.”

Grant has had a 20-year executive career in investment banking, mostly at UBS Australia. For the last 15 years, she has served as a director for a range of ASX-listed companies. Currently she is a non-executive director of Adairs Limited and Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited. Grant is a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Trust and is the sole independent director of Perennial Partners, a house of specialist fund managers.

Kiera holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, is a member of CEW and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Changes to the Hill-Smith Family Estates board come into effect Monday 2 June 2025.

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