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Board of Directors and Company Secretary

Directors Qualifications and Special Responsibilities

Experience

President of the Board
Dr Susan Alberti
AO HonLLD

Member of JDRFI Board of Chancellors
Member of Major Donor Committee JDRF International
Retired Member of Board of Directors JDRFI
Retired Member of JDRFI International Development Committee

 

Managing Director Dansu Group.  Founding member of the National Association of Women in Construction in Australia.  Associate fellow, CEO Institute. 
Chair, St. Vincent’s Institute Foundation.  Chair, Susan Alberti Charitable Foundation.
Director, Western Bulldogs Football Club.  Director, St Vincent’s Institute.
Co-Chair Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation. Director, Click Foundation (Epilepsy). Director, Victorian University Foundation Board. Director, Gold Age Pty Ltd.

Mother of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.

Chairman
Stephen Higgs
BEc

Member of the Finance Committee
Member of the Ad Hoc Lay Review Panel after 3 years on the full committee.
Member, NSW Corporate Committee.

Director, Peet and Company Ltd, Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre. Chairman, Glycemic Index Ltd. Past Chairman, Orlando Wines. Past Director, Primary Health Care Ltd, Austoft Pty, Jasco Pty Ltd, NPL Ltd, Leigh Mardon Pty Ltd, Rural Press Ltd and UBS Warburg, IPAC Securities Ltd and So Natural Foods Ltd.  
Father of a son with type 1 diabetes.

 

Vice-Chair

Rebecca Davies
LLB (Hons) BEc, FAICD

Member of the Board of JDRF International
Chair of the JDRFI International Development Committee
Member of the Executive Board for the Islet Transplant Program
Member of the JDRFI Research Committee

Solicitor and Company Director. Former partner and board member of a major national law firm. Former Chair of MLC Nominees, trustee for NAB/MLC public offer superannuation funds. Member of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council and former Chair of its Audit and Compliance Committee. Director of LCM Healthcare Limited and its subsidiaries and member of its Audit and Risk Committee. Director of Westpac/BT superannuation and financial services subsidiaries and Chair of its Investment Committee.

Mother of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.  

Vice-Chair

Peter Wilson
Dip. Chem. BEc

Member of the Finance & Audit Committee for JDRF Australia
Member and former Chair of the JDRFI Finance Committee
Member and former Chair of the JDRFI International Development Commitee
Member of the Victorian Corporate Committee
Member of JDRFI Board of Chancellors
Retired member of JDRFI Board of Directors
Former President of Long Island, New York, Chapter of JDRF

 Managing Director PAGA Consulting Pty. Ltd.
Former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Spotless Group Limited. Former Director of Spotless.Director of Taylors Group Limited (a New Zealand company). Director Stanhope Eco Trade Pty Ltd.

Father of a daughter with type 1 diabetes

Treasurer

Trevor Allen
BCom (Hons), CA, FF,MAICD

Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee

National Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, KPMG. Executive Director, KPMG Corporate Finance (Aust) Pty Ltd. Partner, KPMG. Member of Market Policy Committee of FINSIA. Past director UBS Warburg.

Relative with type 1 diabetes.

Robert Antulov
BE, MBA, MIEAust, MAICD

 

Partner at Hall Capital Strategies Pty Ltd. Director Medianext Pty Ltd.
Former Director of Strategy, Fairfax Media Ltd.

Father of a son with type 1 diabetes.

Stuart Green
BA (Hons), MBA, FCA, ACMT

Executive Director, Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Macquarie Group Limited.

Frank Jackson

Life-member JDRF.
Founding President, JDRF WA Chapter.
Founding committee member for Walk to Cure Diabetes - WA

Managing Director, Frank Jackson Holdings Pty Ltd. Chairman of The Jackson Family Foundation. Former Director of Broadwater Resort Management. Former Council Member of The Owners of Broadwater Grand Mercure Busselton. Former Managing Director, Broadwater Beach Bar and Restaurant, Busselton.

Father of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.

Ross Kennan
FIEA CP Eng. FAICD. C.Chen MRACI

Member of the Compliance Committee

Chairman, Neptune Marine Services. Director, Dadanco P/L, and Dadanco Inc.(US). Former Global SBU Vice-President of Honeywell Inc.
Natasha Mandie

B Comm (Hons), LLB (Hons), GAICD

Ad-hoc member of the JDRF Australia lay review panel

Managing Director, Mandie Consulting, a boutique corporate advisory firm. Director and Advisory Board Member of various private companies

Former Director, Corporate Advisory Solutions, Private Banking, Credit Suisse

Type 1 Diabetic

Kristen Mason
MBA

Chair of the NSW Ball Committee

Manager, Travel Partner Networks, JAPA, American Express. Former Director of Foundation – Kambala. Former Manager Supplier Management, Airlines – Asia Pacific, Carlson Wagonlit

Mother of daughter with type 1 diabetes. 

Helen McCombie

Member of the NSW Corporate Committee.

 Partner, Citadel PR, a corporate communications consultancy.
Former reporter on Channel 9's Business Sunday program.
Timothy Morphy
BA LLB MBA		 Managing Director of Healthways Australia Pty Ltd.
Former General Manager Marketing, I-Med Network Limited. Former National Head of Marketing, Medibank Private Limited

Michael L. White
BA in History, MBA

Member JDRFI Board of Chancellors
Chair of JDRFI Strategic Alliance Committee
Past Member JDRFI Executive Committee
Past Chair of Research JDRFI
Past Chair of Research Development Committee JDRFI
Past President Desert Southwest Chapter JDRFI

 President and owner of RBW Companies, Inc. (USA)

Father of a son with type 1 diabetes

Mike Wilson
GAICD, BSc, BEc (Hons)

Company Secretary

 CEO of JDRF Australia since 2004.
Director, Glycemic Index Foundation. Alternate Director, Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre.