Victoria Division Council Election 2016 Candidates Please note: Candidates are provided in alphabetical order. Biographies are supplied by the candidates. Where a * appears at the start of a candidate s name, this means that the Victorian Division Council endorses the election of this candidate. Jim Bailey GAICD Jim has been a professional director for more than 20 years and is passionate about giving something back to the Australian director and business community. Jim has been a Board Member (and Chair) for a number of companies, both NFP and Private. In recent years, Jim has been a director at Northern Health and chairs an advisory committee for the La Trobe University Business School. He has quite a deal of experience in Not for Profits and considers himself well versed in a range of Private companies as well as being strong in Governance, HR and Event Management. Jim has been a member of the AICD for over 10 years and is a graduate of the Company Directors Course (in 2012). Nominators: Jennifer Williams (FAICD), Rob Gerrand (FAICD) *David Bayes FAICD (Current AICD VIC Division Council President) David Bayes is a non-executive director of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd and chair of its People and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Risk Management and Audit Committee. David is a member of AICD s national board. David previously served as a non-executive director of Chiquita Brands South Pacific Ltd; the Victorian Government appointed Board of the North Western Health Care Network and as an executive director of McDonald's Australia and Bakers Delight. He served as CEO Australasia for Choice Hotels International and CEO of Bakers Delight and held senior roles across retail, food and accommodation, financial services and Government health organisations. Nominators: Brian Jamieson (FAICD), Jane Harvey (FAICD) Page 1 of 7
Zena Burgess PhD, FAICD, FAPS Zena is a non-executive director and CEO with experience in professional development, member organisations and business development with over two decades of board level experience across the public, private and social enterprise sectors. She has been a member of AICD since 1995 and is keen to support the continued building of AICD as an inclusive, innovative industry body. Experience highlights include: member of Review Boards and Tribunals reinvigorating professional associations in psychology and health and consulting at senior levels across a broad range of commercial entities. She is currently the CEO of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners representing 34,000 members and earlier she was Director Operations International at Swinburne International. In these roles she has experience in advocacy at Federal and State Ministerial and Department levels as well as managing Finance and Audits functions, implementing governance improvements, driving strategic direction and initiating risk improvements. She has a PhD (Psychology subject area: women directors), a Master of Business Administration, (research area: quality improvement) a Master of Education (research area: professional development) and a Master of Arts (Preliminary) in Psychology. Nominators: Charles Macek (FAICD), Neil Greenaway (FAICD) *Sue Dahn FAICD (Current AICD VIC Division Councillor), B Com (Melb), MBA (Melb), FCPA, F Finsia, FAIST Sue has been a non-executive director for over twenty five years in the government, superannuation, not for profit and private sectors. She has also been Executive Director since 2004. She currently serves as an independent NED on the boards of McMillan Shakespeare Ltd and MTAA Superannuation and is an Executive Director at Pitcher Partners Melbourne. Sue has Chaired Finance Committees, Audit Committees, Risk Committees and Investment Committees. In addition Sue served for five years on the Victorian AICD's Not For Profit Committee. Sue is committed to maintaining and improving governance practices in all of these sectors in such a way that supports and enhances the success of organisations and the prosperity of our community. Sue wishes to continue to bring her cross sectoral governance skills, as well as her experience developing ongoing professional development for directors, to the AICD's VIC Division Council. Sue holds a B Com and MBA from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of CPA Australia, Page 2 of 7
FINSIA and the Australian Institute of Super Trustees. She is a Winston Churchill Fellow and an Alumni of Leadership Victoria. Sue has been a member of the AICD since 2003 and has completed the Company Directors Course and the Mastering the Boardroom program. Nominators: Kate Spargo (FAICD) and Fiona Bennett (FAICD) *Jane Harvey FAICD (Current AICD VIC Division Councillor), B Com (Melb), MBA (Melb), FCA Jane has pursued a career as a non-executive director since retiring from the PwC Partnership in 2002. She is particularly interested in the continued development of directors as professionals in the various communities in which they operate. Continuous improvement through education and policy development will assist directors and others charged with governance, to build confidence and respect of their actions in both commercial and not-for-profit entities, in the communities in which they operate. Jane is currently a director of IOOF Holdings Ltd, UGL Ltd, DUET Finance Ltd, Bupa ANZ, Colonial Foundation Ltd and Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health. She has also served on a various Victorian State Government Boards including Alfred Health, Rural Finance Corporation, the Legal Services Board, and the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority. Jane has served two terms on the AICD (Vic) Council, where she is also a member of the national Reporting and DPD Oversight Committees. She is also a member of the 30% Club Steering Committee which is actively working with the AICD to achieve 30% female representation on ASX200 Boards by 2018. Nominators: Kate Spargo (FAICD), David Bayes (FAICD) Jon Hodson MBA FAICD Jon has performed various Director/ Executive Director/ CEO/ Advisory Committee and Board (including Chairman) roles over the past 15+ years. Jon commenced his career with Rolls Royce in the British military/ defence sector before migrating to Australia in 1988 where today he has a total of 33 years international experience in sectors spanning consulting, corporate, government, military, security, academia and training. Page 3 of 7
Corporate and Board/ company leadership positions have been held in 2 countries, plus consulting, sales, operational & training assignments have been completed in 6 countries in addition to having held various management/ operational roles in 3 countries. Recent (circa 3 year) executive advisory committee roles have also been held within the international security, corporate strategy, risk management and University training/ education program sectors. In addition to being a master trainer/ assessor, Jon has also proven himself in assisting businesses with world class strategy through to operational execution solutions with organisations like KPMG, PwC etc. and wishes to volunteer his skills to assist in the areas of education, resources, corporate governance advocacy and membership events with AICD s VIC Division Council. Jon has been a Fellow of AICD since November 2003 and is a past graduate of the Company Directors Course. Nominators: Richard Morris (MAICD), Vince Gill (GAICD) Andrew Logie-Smith B. Ec, LLB, GAICD Andrew is a corporate lawyer and Managing partner of Logie-Smith Lanyon a mid-tier Melbourne based law firm. During his 30 year legal career he has worked with and advised clients in an extremely diverse range of Australia industries. Andrew has been able to successfully fuse together business acumen and vision with his significant legal capabilities. In combination with his direct approach to communication, and capacity to quickly analyse and comprehend business opportunities and goals, Andrew is sought after as both an advisor to business and increasingly as an independent director. Over recent years Andrew has become actively involved with a variety of businesses. Currently Andrew is the Chair of Allard Shelton Real Estate and WTFN Entertainment, a director of Real Estate Institute of Victoria, and Savi Technology (a US supply chain technology entity) and the Company Secretary of National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Nominators: David Cartney (FAICD), Alan Fisher (MAICD) Bruce McDonald GAICD Bruce has complemented his earlier extensive career with Ford Motor Company in Australia and overseas with his role as a non-executive director of Rural Workforce Agency, Victoria, a not-forprofit board in the health sector, for the past five years. He is also a member of the board s Audit and Risk Committee. Page 4 of 7
He has been Chair of the RMIT Graduate School of Business and Law Program Advisory Board since 2011 and was a Co-Ordinator of the School s Mentoring Program. Bruce has also been CEO of Driver Education Centre of Australia, a Victorian Government Business Enterprise in the transport education and training sector. More recently, he has been CEO of Australian Automotive Dealer Association, a Member Based Organisation in the automotive distribution sector. Bruce founded his consulting business, Advantage Point, in 2011. His business helps clients to achieve sustained performance improvement through a focus on differentiated strategy, inspirational leadership, engaged employees and delighted customers. Bruce has been a member of the AICD since 2009 and is a graduate of the Company Directors Course. Bruce strongly believes in the principle of making excellence a habit in all business activities, and considers effective governance as the pinnacle of such behaviour. Nominators: Philip Webster (GAICD), George Norris (FAICD) *Rebecca McGrath FAICD (Current AICD VIC Division Councillor) Rebecca has been a professional director for seven years and prior to that has significant subsidiary governance experience in a large multinational. She is actively involved in the development of future women directors and is a member of the AICD Chairman s Mentoring Scheme. During 2016 she chaired the AICD/Chief Executive Women Advisory Group meeting for Guidelines for Gender Reporting. Rebecca s executive career in the oil industry has positioned her well for a board portfolio of ASX listed industrial companies. She also has significant board experience in the industrial and commercial property sectors (listed and unlisted). She is passionate about occupational workplace health and safety and chairs committees on several boards. Over the last 5 years Rebecca has played a key role in the development of a grass roots social welfare NFP called Project New Dawn where she is Chairman. She is also Chairman of Kilfinan Australia. In addition to her active contribution to improving gender diversity, Rebecca has significant ASX board experience and wishes to volunteer her skills in director and boardroom skills development to the AICD s VIC Division Council. Rebecca has been a member of the AICD since 2003 and is a graduate of the Company Directors Course. Nominators: Debbie Goodin (MAICD), Bronwyn Wellings (GAICD) Page 5 of 7
Janice van Reyk FAICD Janice has been a professional company director since 2010, following a career as a senior executive in ASX 100 listed companies. She currently serves on the Boards of Lochard Energy Group, Port of Melbourne Corporation, Citywide, Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority and Melbourne Forum. She also chairs the Audit Committees of Lochard Energy Group and of Port of Melbourne and chairs the Safety Risk & Environment Committee of Citywide. Her previous appointments include Director of Melbourne Water, of Gippsland Water and of Victorian Arts Centre Trust; Independent Member of the Audit Committees of The Salvation Army and of Sustainability Victoria and Independent Member for the Public Inquiry into the Victorian EPA. Janice has strong experience in listed companies and the commercial sector, as well as government and not for profit sectors. She is a Leadership Victoria Fellow. She has multidisciplinary qualifications, M Comm, M Env, LLB (Hons), BA. Janice has been a member of the AICD since 1997 and a Fellow since 2012. Nominators: Jay Bonnington (FAICD), W Peter Day (FAICD) Brendan Walsh MBA (Melb); Dip, Comp Dir Course (AICD); Exec Cert, NFP Gov (Harvard); FAICD, AFACHSM Brendan is a passionate and entrepreneurial professional who has committed his career to serving through not for profit enterprises. Through CEO and Board roles, he has achieved significant influence and many achievements with particular focus in services innovation, organisational renewal and transformation. With over 30 years as a Director of Not for Profit enterprises, as well as many roles reporting to Boards, including as CEO across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland He undertook the MBA for Senior Executives at Melbourne Business School (MBS) and successfully completed the Diploma, AICD Company Directors Course. His governance education has been enhanced by short courses, such as Non-profit Governance at Harvard Business School and Merger and Acquisition Strategy at MBS. Roles have included positions with State and Local Governments, Not For Profit organisations in disability support, healthcare and social justice with Brotherhood of St Laurence. Page 6 of 7
Brendan has been an active contributor to a range of community enterprises, serving as Deputy Chair of the Townsville Chapter of the AICD along with chairing major regional events in the absence of the Chair involving seminars and workshops with business and community leaders, Directorships of not for profits, disability support and community care agencies and social enterprises. Nominators: David Brant (FAICD), Chris Carter (MAICD) Russ Wood MBA MAICD Russ Wood s philosophy is that the best governance skills come from governance roles across sectors and functions and through supporting both large and small organisations. Russ is building an impressive portfolio of executive and non-executive roles in government, NFP and charitable as well as the private sector. Russ is currently a director of Eating Disorders Vic (EDV) and of SIMNA Ltd having also been director of several private companies over time. Russ is passionate about organisations serving their missions by having the culture and systems in place to truly represent the interests of their members and shareholders particularly in the area of social & health services which is where his career has been focused. Russ has served as an officer in the Australian Army, an adviser to Cabinet ministers at two levels of government, as a commercial adviser to boards across the health and human services systems as well as an executive within the St Vincent de Paul family here in Victoria. Russ s experience in public policy, social finance, strategy and governance means he can bring strategy, marketing, NFP governance and fundraising skills to the AICD s VIC Division Council. Russ has been a member of the AICD since 2011. Nominators: Joseph Connellan (GAICD), Jennifer Beveridge (MAICD) Page 7 of 7