Ms Tanya Hosch

Ms Tanya Hosch is the Executive General Manager Inclusion and Social Policy at the Australian Football League (AFL). Ms Hosch has a long and distinguished history in Australian Indigenous policy, advocacy, and governance and is an accomplished public speaker. Before joining the AFL, as the first Indigenous person and second woman in its executive ranks in August 2016, Ms Hosch was the joint campaign director of the Recognise Movement for Constitutional Recognition. At the AFL, Ms Hosch’s portfolios include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, gender equality, sexuality and gender diversity, racism, and sexism. She is tasked with the implementation of the AFL’s enhanced Indigenous strategy, advising the AFL National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council, the maintenance of the Respect and Responsibility Policy 2017, the AFL’s Gender Action Plan and the Gender Diversity Policy.

Ms Hosch is a Co-Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Group of the National Australia Bank and is a Board Director of Circus Oz, and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and was a member of the Referendum Council that led the process and final recommendation that resulted in The Statement from the Heart in May 2017. A career highlight was contributing as a consultant on the ABC drama Total Control. In October 2020, Ms Hosch was announced as the South Australian of the Year for 2021. In December 2022, She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Flinders University.