Helen Marion Nugent is a leading Australian company director, businesswoman and former academic.
In 2001 Nugent was awarded a Centenary Medal and in 2004 was made an Officer of the Order of Australia "for service to the performing arts, to business and the financial services industry, particularly in the area of corporate governance and to the community".In recognition of her community contribution and career, in 2009 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business by the University of Queensland; and in 2018 Bond University awarded her an Honorary Doctorate.