Suncorp Chairman Christine McLoughlin has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for significant service to business, the not-for-profit sector and to women.

Ms McLoughlin, a Suncorp board member since 2015 and chairman since 2018, was named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

The citation notes Ms McLoughlin is Australian private sector representative to the G20 Empower Council, which is focused on women’s economic representation around the world, and is a member of Chief Executive Women.

Ms McLoughlin is Chairman and Co-Founder of the Minerva Network, supporting elite female athletes and also University of Wollongong Chancellor.

In the tourism sector she is Destination NSW Chairman and in other corporate work sits on the board of Cochlear.

Previous business roles, include being a director on Westpac insurance business boards, while she was Group Executive, Strategy, Human Resources and Communications at Insurance Australia from 2005-08, the citiation says.

This year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients also include Perth-based HBA Legal Partner Andrew Lu, recognised with an AM for service to the visual and performing arts, to the law and to legal education.

Dr Lu has more than 20 years’ experience representing the insurance industry, health practitioners and Government.

He began practice as a commercial insurance solicitor with what is now Herbert Smith Freehills, managed professional indemnity and general insurance disputes at Minter Ellison and was a partner at the firm that’s now Sparke Helmore. At HBA he leads the national Medical Practice and Health team.

The award citation includes that in the arts, Dr Lu is a director of the Australian Youth Orchestra and Arts Law Centre of Australia and was Deputy Chairman and a board member of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra from 2004-2013.

Dr Lu is a National Gallery of Australia Life Governor and a foundation council member and benefactor of the Art Gallery of WA, among a number of other roles.