Board of Directors

Name and qualification

Experience and special responsibilities

 

Mr. Ronald McNeilly
FCPA BCom MBA (Melb)

Chairman

  • Chairman: Worley Parsons Ltd., Melbourne Business School Foundation Ltd., Deputy Chairman: Bluescope Steel Ltd. Director: Alumina Ltd., Council for Australia Latin America Relations, Mt. Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd., Vice President: Australia-Japan Business Co-operation Committee
    Member: Investment and Remuneration Committees

    Appointed: 1995 Chairman: 2000

 

Mr. Geoffrey Allen AM
BA (Hons) MBA (Melb)

Deputy Chairman

  • Management Consultant and Founder and Director: Allen Consulting Group Pty. Ltd., Chairman: Australasian Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Australian Statistics Advisory Council. Director: Lancemore Pty. Ltd., Melbourne Business School Foundation Ltd., Mt. Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd., Centre for Social Impact, George Washington University CSR Advisory Board. National Chairman: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)
    Chairman: Remuneration & Compensation Committee

    Appointed: 1996

 

Professor Margaret Abernethy

BEc (Hons) LaTrobe, PhD, CPA

  • Director: Melbourne Graduate School of Management. Dean: Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne, Professor of Accounting, visiting Professor Tilburg University, Netherlands

    Appointed 2007

 

Mr. Francis Cicutto

BCom SFFin FAICD

  • Chairman: Chord Capital Ltd. Director: St. Vincent's Health, Melbourne Business School Foundation Ltd.
    Chairman: Finance and Audit Committee
    Member: Investment Committee

    Appointed: 1999

 

Professor Paul Dainty

BA (Hons) DMS MSc MBA PhD FAHRI

  • Professor of Management Development, Melbourne Business School Ltd. Managing Director: DA Management Services Pty. Ltd.

     

    Appointed: 2006

 

Associate Professor Jennifer George

PhD (Stanford) BSc (Hons) (Canterbury)

 
  • Dean, Melbourne Business School Ltd.

     

     

    Appointed: 2009

 

Mr. Eric Gwee Teck Hai

BEng (Melb)

  • Chairman: SP Services Ltd. Director: Worley Parsons Ltd., SP Australia networks (Distribution) Ltd., SP Australia networks (RE) Ltd., SP Australia Networks (Transmission) Ltd., Singapore Power Ltd.

     

    Appointed: 2004

 

Mr. David Karpin AM

BCom (Hons) MBA LLD (Hon) FCPA FAICD FAIM FFin MACS

  • Chairman: Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Ltd., Mt. Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd. Deputy Chairman: Racing Victoria Ltd. Director: Coates Hire Ltd., Thoroughvision Ltd., National ICT Australia Ltd. Adjunct Professor of management, Australian national University

     

    Appointed: 2004

 

Mrs. Gail Kelly

HigherDipEd, BA(Cape Town), MBA(Witwatersrand), HonDBus(Charles Sturt)

  • Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Westpac Banking Corporation (since February 2008)

  • Director, Westpac Banking Corporation
    Member, Westpac Board Sustainability Committee
    Director, Westpac New Zealand Limited
    Director, St. George Bank Limited
    Director and Patron, Melbourne Business School
    Director, Financial Markets Foundation for Children
    Member, Financial Sector Advisory Council
    Member, Australian Bankers' Association
    Senior Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australia
    Patron, Westpac RSL (The Returned and Services League of Australia) NSW Sub-Branch
    Honorary Member, Chief Executive Women

    Appointed: 2004

 

Mr. Graeme Liebelt

BEcon Hons (Adel) MAICD FAIM FAATSA

  • Managing Director & CEO: Orica Ltd and subsidiaries, The Global Foundation, Australian Science and Media Centre. Member: Business Council of Australia. Fellow: Australian Institute of Management, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

     

    Appointed: February 2008

 

Mr. David Rowland Percival

BEc MBA FCPA FCIS FAICD

  • Vice Principal and Chief Financial Officer, University of Melbourne. Director: ANZU Mutual Association Ltd., Unimutual Ltd., Melbourne University Publishing Ltd., Mt. Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd.
    Member: Finance & Audit Committee

    Appointed: 1999

 

Professor Loane Skene

LLD (Melb) LLM (Mon)

Centenary Medal

  • Professor of Law and Associate Dean (Knowledge Transfer), Melbourne Law School; Adjunct Professor of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Fellow, Queens College, The University of Melbourne.

    Council Member: Nossal Institute for Global Health Advisory Council, The University of Melbourne. Board member: Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health Law and Ethics. Deputy Director: Centre for Law and Genetics, The University of Tasmania and The University of Melbourne. Member: Editorial Board, Journal of Medical Ethics (UK). Council Member: Melbourne College of Divinity.

     

    Appointed: 2005

 

Mr. Michael Taylor

  • Chairman, Murrary Darling Basin Authority

     

    Appointed: June 2008

 

Mrs. Catherine Mary Walter AM

LLB (Hons) LLM MBA (Melb) FAICD

  • Chairman: Australian Synchrotron. Director: Australian Foundation Investment Co. Ltd., James Hardie Industries NV, Payment Systems Board, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of medical Research, Melbourne International Arts Festival.
    Chairman: Investment Committee
    Member: Finance & Audit Committee


    Appointed: 1993

 

Mr Frank Zipfinger

LLB LLM (Syd) BEc (Macquarie) MBA (Melb)

  • Chairman: Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Director: Galileo Japan Trust; Member: Australian Institute of Company Directors

     


    Appointed: 2009