Governance-South East Section
Our Board
Mr John Gall OAM
Chairman, Regional Advisory Committee
Elected 6.5.82
Former President of the SE Section; Resident grazier in the SE Section Network area; Member, Broken Hill Land Board.
Mrs Joan Treweeke LLB
President
Elected 31.10.96
Resident SE Section Network area; Member,National Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Plains Advisory Committee; Chair, Yawarra
Meamei Women’s Group Inc.
Mrs Beatrice Mary (Mitty) Davies OAM
Elected 17.10.90
Resident of the SE Section Network area; Member, RFDS Regional Committee, Broken Hill.
Mr John Robert Milhinch OAM
Chairman, Audit and Risk Management Committee
Elected 29.7.86
Former President of the SE Section; Director,Europcar Asia Pacific; Chairman, RFDS National Superannuation Fund; Formerly General Manager Strategic Investments and Investor Relations, Accor Asia Pacific.
Mr Michael Carlisle Howard Burgess B Ec (Adel) FCA
Treasurer
Elected 3.11.00
Former Senior Partner of KPMG; Director,National Board of Institute of Chartered Accountants (representing SA and NT); Adjunct Professor, Division of Business,
University of South Australia; Chairman, Advisory Committee Business School, University of South Australia; Director, Medical Defence SA Ltd; Director, Adelaide
Entertainment Centre; Member, Financial Reporting Panel (Melbourne); Member, Cancer Council Foundation Finance Committee; Member, Flinders Medical Centre
Audit Committee; Chairman of Directors, Seven Hill Winery, Clare SA.
Mr David Forsyth BE (Aero), Grad Dip, FRAeS
Vice President
Elected 12.9.02
Former Executive General Manager, Aircraft Operations, Qantas Airways Ltd; Chairman Airservices Australia; President Royal Aeronautical Society (Australian Division); Chairman of the Industry Advisory Panel for the UNSW School of Aviation; Deputy Chairman for ‘Safeskies’ Conferences; Senior Visiting Fellow UNSW.
Christine Margaret McNamee Liddy AO FAICD
Elected 29.10.85
Former President of the SE Section; Partner, Australian Plantscapes Group; Partner, All Purpose Indoor Plant Hire; Board Member, University of NSW Foundation Ltd.; Board Member, Australasian Gastro-intestinal Trials Group (AGITG); Member, The Committee for the Foundation Chair of Modern Irish Studies
(UNSW); Director, Dame Pattie Menzies Foundation; Council Member, Friends of the Sydney International Piano Competition; Advisory Board Member, Mosman Art Gallery and Cultural Centre; Member, Women Chiefs of Enterprise International; Former Board Member, Frontline Defence Services (AFCANS); Former Board Member of the Art
Gallery Society of NSW.
Mr Terry Clark
Elected 01.11.07
Resident of the SE Section Network area; President, Dubbo Support Group RFDS since 2003; Past Director Dubbo Tourism Association; Former member Dubbo Tourism Advisory Committee.
Professor Bruce Robinson
Elected 2009
Dean of Faculty of Medicine - University of Sydney. Professor Robinson’s association with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) dates back to the early 1990’s when he was one of numerous medical professionals flown by the RFDS to remote areas of northern NSW. Since then, the RFDS has partnered with the Faculty of Medicine’s Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and also developed a close working relationship with the University of Sydney’s Department of Rural Health in Broken Hill and the School of Rural Health in Dubbo.
Elizabeth Johnstone FAICD, LLB, MA (Hons), BA (Hons)
Elected 2010
Having served as a Partner, National Director, and Practice Leader of law firm Blake Dawson and been listed as a Leading Legal Practitioner in various Australian and international directories, Elizabeth retired from the Blake Dawson partnership on September 30 2009 in order to pursue opportunities as a non executive director. She continues her association with Blake Dawson as a Consultant to the firm.
Elizabeth is a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) and served for 10 years as an appointed public member of the Australian Press Council, as a director of the Communications and Media Law Centre, was a founding member of the Australian Compliance Institute and served on the Council of Ravenswood School.