Board of Directors

Name and qualification

Experience and special responsibilities

Mr Ron McNeilly
Chairman
FCPA BCom MBA (Melb)

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

Mr Geoff Allen
Deputy Chairman
BA(Hons) MBA (Melb)

  • Management Consultant and Founder and Director: Allen Consulting Group Pty Ltd. Chairman: Australian Government Trade Policy Advisory Council, Australasian Centre for Corporate Public Affairs. Australian Statistics Advisory Council, Melbourne Business School Ltd Remuneration & Compensation Committee appointed 1996. Director: Lancemore Pty Ltd., Melbourne Business School Foundation Ltd., Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd., Southern Cross Broadcasting Ltd, Australian Government WTO Advisory Council, Potter Museum of Art; Member: Advisory Board, Victorian College of the Arts.

Professor Margaret Abernethy
BEcon Hons Ph.D (LaT) ASCPA

  • Dean: Faculty of economics & Commerce, The University of Melbourne, Professor of Managerial Accounting

Mr Frank Cicutto
BCom
FAIBF, FCIBS

  • Chairman: Orix Australia Corporation Ltd., RUN Corp. Ltd., Director: St Vincent's Health Melbourne Business School Foundation Ltd

Professor Paul H Dainty
BA (Hons), DMS, MSc, MBA, PhD, FAHRI

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

Mr Eric Gwee Teck Hai
BEng (Melb)

  • Chairman: SP Services Ltd., Board of Governors, Institute of Technical Education, ITE Holding PTE Ltd. Director: Singapore Power Limited, Worley Parsons Ltd., SP Australia Networks (Distribution) Ltd., SP Australia networks (RE) Ltd., SP Australia Networks (Transmission) Ltd.

Mr David Karpin AM
BCom (Hons),
MBA LID (Hon),
FCPA, FAICD,
FAIM, ASIA, MACS

  • Company Director and Chairman: Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Ltd., Magnesium International Ltd., Director: Placer Dome Inc, Institute of Public Affairs Ltd., Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd., Racing Victoria Ltd., Thoroughvision Ltd., Adjunct Professor of Management, Australian National University.

Mrs Gail Kelly
Dip Ed, BA, MBA, FAIBF

  • Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer: St George Bank, Director: St George Bank Ltd., St George Bank Administration and Subsidiary, Asgard Wealth Solutions Ltd. Governor: St George Foundation Ltd. Member: Financial Sector Advisory Council.

Graeme Richard Liebelt
BEcon Hons (Adel), AMP (Stanford), FAIM FAATSE

  • Managing Director and CEO: Orica Limited, Member of the Board: The Global Foundation; The Australian Science & Media Centre, Member: Business Council of Australia; Australian Institute of Company Directors; Council on Australia Latin America Relations.

Mr David 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.

Ms. Heather Ridout
BEcon Hons (Syd)

  • Chief Executive: Australian Industry Group., Director: Australian Super; Electrolux Home Products Pty. Ltd.

Professor John Seybolt
BA (Yale), MBA
(Utah),PhD (Cornell)

  • Dean and Director, Melbourne Business School Ltd., Director: G.E. Capital Financial Inc.

Professor Loane Skene
LLB (Hons)(Melb) Centenary Medal

  • Chairman: Board of Undergraduates Studies (BUGS), Professor of Law, Law Faculty and Adjunct Professor Law, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences - The University of Melbourne. Director: Medical Ethics Program, Centre for Applied Philosophy and public Ethics - Charles Sturt University and University of Melbourne, 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).

Michael John Taylor AO
BAgSci (Melb), DipEc(UNE), FTSE FAIM FIPAA

  • Secretary: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Chair: National Standing Committee on Transport; National Standing Committee on Regional Development, Member: Crawford Fund Board of Governors; Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.

Mr Vu Tien Vy
LLB Hon BCom
MBA (Melb)

  • CFA, Financing Solutions Group, Barclays Capital, Singapore.

Mrs Catherine Walter AM
MBA, LLB(Hons), LLM, (Melb), FAICD

  • Company Director and Chairman: Equipsuper Pty. Ltd., Director: Australian Foundation Investment Co Ltd., Orica Ltd., Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research., James Hardie Industries NV