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Our Board

Board 2012

L to R: Front Row Mrs Ruth Sandow, Ms Elizabeth Johnstone, Mr Michael Burgess, Mr Clyde Thomson, Mr John Milhinch
Back Row Professor Bruce Robinson, Mr Terry Clark, Mr John Gall, Mr Lyell Strambi, Mrs Joan Treweeke
See below for photo of Baron Glendonbrook. Image courtesy of The Barrier Daily Truth.

John Milhinch OAM

President and member of the Board Executive
Former Director, Europcar Asia Pacific; Chairman, RFDS National Superannuation Fund; Formerly General Manager Strategic Investments and Investor Relations, Accor Asia Pacific.

Joan Treweeke LLB

Vice - President and member of the Board Executive
Resident SE Section Network area; Member, National Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Plains Advisory Committee; Chair, Yawarra Meamei Women’s Group Inc. Board Member Western NSW Local Health District; Member of Management Committee Contact Inc.

John Gall OAM

Treasurer and member of the Board Executive
Resident grazier in the SE Section
Network area.

Michael Burgess B Ec (Adel) FCA

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

Terry Clark

Chair, Regional Advisory Committee
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 MD MSc FRACP

Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
Dean, Sydney Medical School; Head, Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Kolling Institute; Chairman, Hoc Mai, the Australian Vietnam Medical Foundation; Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Elizabeth Johnstone LLB MA (Hons) BA (Hons) FAIM

Chair, Audit & Risk Management Committee
Former Partner and Practice Head (Company Law and Governance), Blake Dawson; Consultant, Blake Dawson; Member, Australian Press Council; BPW/Qantas Business Woman of the Year; Director, Macquarie University Hospital; Director, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board; Director, Sydney Writers Festival; Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors; Former Member, Australian Press Council; Founding Member, Australian Compliance Institute; Former Associate, Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness; Former Director, Communications and Media Law Centre; Member, ASX Compliance Board.

Elaine (Ruth) Sandow

Appointed 30.7.10
Former Registered Nurse; Resident Grazier in the SE Section Network Area; Founding Member and Chairperson of the Milparinka Heritage & Tourism Association Inc.

Baron Glendonbrook CBE

Sir Michael Bishop CBE

Appointed 28.10.10
Trustee ‘The Michael Bishop Foundation’; Life peer as Baron Glendonbrook, of Bowden from 1 February 2011; Conservative Member of House of the Lords from 22 March 2011; Honorary Degree of Doctor and Laws; Avuncular Chairman of BMI British Midland; Former owner of airline British Midland Airways Ltd.

Lyell Strambi BBus

Appointed 4.7.11
Group Executive Qantas Airlines Operations; Former Chief Operating Officer, Virgin Atlantic Airways; Former Executive General Manager, Ground Services, Ansett Australia Ltd.; Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Clyde Thomson GM MBA MAP FAIM

Executive Director

 

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