Board of Directors

Name and qualification

Experience and special responsibilities

 

Mr. Peter Barnes
BCom MBA (Melb)

Chairman

  • Chairman, Ansell (since 2005), director (since 2001).
    Director, News Corporation; Deputy Chairman, Metcash limited.  

    Appointed: 2010 Chairman: 2010

 

Mr. Chee Meng Cheong
BMech Eng MBA (Melb)

  • Chief Distribution Officer Global Life Asia Pacific, Zurich Life Insurance Company Limited, Hong Kong 

    Appointed: 2010

 

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

 

Mr. John Dahlsen

LLB MBA 1969 (Melb)


  • Solicitor
    Chairman, J.C. Dahlsen Pty. Ltd.

    Appointed 2009

 

Dr. Jackie Fairley

BSc BVSc Hons MBA (Melb)
  • CEO, Starpharma Holdings Limited

    Appointed: 2010

 

Associate Professor Jennifer George

PhD (Stanford) BSc (Hons) (Canterbury)

 
  • Dean, Melbourne Business School Ltd.

     

    Appointed: 2009

 

Mr. Peter Jopling QC

LLB (Melb)


  • Barrister
    Deputy Chairman, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art;
    Member, Victorian Administrative & Civil Tribunal (Legal Practice Board)

    Appointed 2009

 

Mr. David Karpin AM

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

  • Chairman: 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

 

Professor Emeritus Frank Larkins AM

BSc (Hons) DipEd MSc (Hons, Bed, DPhil, DipAdvMath (Oxon), DSc (Melb),
FRACI, FAIE, FAIP, FTSE, FAA


  • Chief Scientist for Energy, Department of Primary Industries Victoria

    Appointed 2009

 

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

 

Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Sonenberg

BSc PhD

  • Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration)
    Professor of Information Systems, Faculty of Science
    The University of Melbourne

    Appointed 2009

 

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

 

Professor Robert Wood

BBus (Curtin), PhD (Washington). FIAAP, FANZAM, FASSA, FAPA
  • Professor of Management (Organisational Behaviour)
    Director Accelerated Learning Laboratory, Melbourne Business School; Member Board of Academy of Social Sciences Australia; Member Board of
    International Association of Applied Psychology

    Appointed 2009

 

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