Ainslie joined the board of BCG in early 2020. She has extensive experience in governance. She was born in Scotland and has not lost her accent despite calling Australia home for the last 30 years. Ainslie is a business, board and management consultant and business book author. She holds an MBA and a doctorate as well as undergraduate degrees. Her most recent research features how Australian companies can improve their success through better managing diversity and inclusion. She is a life-long learner and ensures she keeps up to date with governance issues, policies and best practice in strategy, risk and governance particularly in the not-for-profit sector. Ainslie previously worked in senior positions across government in Queensland as an Executive Director in the Transport, TAFE and Infrastructure sectors. She has also worked extensively in pacific islands as well as in the UK and USA. She has been a member of a number of Australian and international boards, her former Australian board experience includes the boards of the Southern Queensland Rural Training Centre (Dalby Agricultural College), the University of Southern Queensland and Mensa Australia. Ainslie is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.