# Therese Rein

Therese Rein (17 JUL 1958); born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; married Kevin Michael Rudd.

**Lifespan:** 17 JUL 1958 – ?

## Also known as
- Therese Rudd

## Spouses
- [Kevin Michael Rudd](/p/kevin-michael-rudd-9495.md) — m. 1981

## Timeline
- 17 JUL 1958 — **Born** at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 1980 — **Graduated (BA (Hons) in psychology, Australian National University)** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Studied psychology, linguistics and English at the Australian National University in Canberra, graduating Bachelor of Arts with honours in psychology in 1980, and took a Master of Psychology (Qualifying) degree there in 1981. She had earlier attended St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School in Adelaide and Firbank Grammar School in Melbourne.
- DEC 2010 — **Human Rights Medal, Australian Human Rights Commission** — Awarded the Human Rights Medal by the Australian Human Rights Commission in December 2010 for her long-term dedication to human rights, especially the rights of people with disability.
- DEC 2012 — **Honorary Doctor of the University, Griffith University** — Awarded an Honorary Doctor of the University degree by Griffith University in December 2012 for her services to business. She was further awarded a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by the University of Western Sydney in April 2014.
- 2018 — **Inducted, Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame** — Inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in 2018.
- **Occupation (Founder, Ingeus)** — Founder of Ingeus, an international employment and business psychology services company that helps jobseekers, particularly the long-term unemployed, into work. No date is attached because the source dates the founding twice and inconsistently: as Work Directions in 1986 and as Thérèse Rein and Associates, later Ingeus, in 1988. The Australian arm was sold in 2007 to avoid a perceived conflict of interest while her husband led the Opposition.

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