Janet Kim Albrechtsen was born on 23 September 1966 and is an Australian opinion columnist with The Australian.
17 Facts About Janet Albrechtsen
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The daughter of Danish immigrants to Australia, Albrechtsen was born in Adelaide and attended Seacombe High School.
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Janet Albrechtsen subsequently studied at University of Adelaide, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours.
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Janet Albrechtsen subsequently attained a Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Sydney.
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Janet Albrechtsen's thesis was titled The regulation of the fundraising process in Australia: searching for an optimal mix between legislative prescriptions and market forces.
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Janet Albrechtsen moved to Sydney to work as a commercial solicitor at Freehills.
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Since turning to commentary, Janet Albrechtsen has written for the Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Quadrant, Canada's National Post, the Vancouver Sun, The Wall Street Journal and The Wall Street Journal Asia.
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Janet Albrechtsen was a member of the Foreign Affairs Council from 2003 until 2007.
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Janet Albrechtsen was appointed to the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2005.
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Janet Albrechtsen had previously derided the ABC as a "Soviet-style workers collective".
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Janet Albrechtsen told reporters in late 2009 that she was planning to retire from the board, and completed her five-year term on 18 February 2010 without seeking reappointment.
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In 2008, Janet Albrechtsen wrote a chapter for Peter van Onselen's book The Liberals and Power.
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Janet Albrechtsen argued the Liberals have become preoccupied with "dominating the rational low ground", abandoning the high moral ground to the left.
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Janet Albrechtsen conducted a lengthy interview series in 2014 with former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard, which aired as a featured story on Seven Network's Sunday Night, and again in January 2015 as its own five-part series on Sky News Australia entitled Howard Defined.
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Janet Albrechtsen was from 2014 until 2017 director and chair of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee of the National Museum of Australia.
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Janet Albrechtsen was appointed a director of the Institute of Public Affairs in 2016, and as chairman in July 2018, replacing Rod Kemp, a position held until November, 2019.
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Janet Albrechtsen was married to lawyer John O'Sullivan, a friend of Malcolm Turnbull.