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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.

Chairman
Stephen Higgs , BEc

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

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

 

Vice-Chair

Peter Wilson, Dip. Chem. BEc

Former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer - Spotless Group Limited
Former Director of Spotless since 1984
Director of Taylors Group Limited (a New Zealand company)
Father of a daughter with type 1 diabetes

Treasurer

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

Chair of the Finance Committee

 

Partner, KPMG
Executive Director, KPMG
Member of Market Policy Committee FINSIA
Past director UBS Warburg
Sister has type 1 diabetes

 

Company Secretary (not a Director of JDRF)

William Bonney, MMgt, FAICD

Chief Operations Officer of JDRF.
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Director and Company Secretary of Glycemic Index Limited.
Past Company Secretary of Centrogen Holdings Ltd.
Past Director & Company Secretary of Woomera Systems P/L.
Has type 1 diabetes.

Robert Antulov, BE MBA MIEAust, MAICD

Member of the NSW Ball Committee

 

Founder and CEO of 3eep, an online social media company.
Former Director of Strategy, Fairfax Media Ltd.
Father of a son with type 1 diabetes.

 

Rebecca Davies,  LLB (Hons) BEc FAICD

Member of the Board of JDRF International
Chair of the Compliance Committee
Member of the Executive Board for the Islet Transplant Program
Adjunct Member of the JDRFI lay review panel and chair of JDRF (Australia) lay review panel.
Editor of Update Magazine. 

Solicitor and Company Director. 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 Chair of its Audit and Compliance Committee. Director of Little Company of Mary Healthcare Limited.
Mother of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.  

Frank Jackson

Life-member of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Founding Chapter and president for JDRF - Western Australia
Founding committee member for Walk to Cure Diabetes - WA

Managing Director, Frank Jackson Holdings Pty Ltd
Chairman of The Jackson Family Foundation
Father of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.

 

Ross Kennan, FIEA CP Eng. FAICD

C.Chem MRACI
Member of the Compliance Committee

 

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

Natasha Mandie,

B Comm (Hons), LLB (Hons), MAICD

Member of the JDRF Australia lay review panel

Director, Corporate Advisory Solutions, Credit Suisse

 

 

 

Kristen Mason, MBA

Chair of the NSW Ball Committee

 

Director of Foundation – Kambala

Former Manager Supplier Management, Airlines – Asia Pacific, Carlson Wagonlit

Mother of daughter with type 1 diabetes.       

 

Helen McCombie Partner, Citadel PR, a corporate communications consultancy.
Formerly reporter on Channel 9's Business Sunday program.
Timothy Morphy, BA LLB MBA General Manager Marketing, I-Med Network Limited
Formerly National Head of Marketing, Medibank Private Limited
Michael L. White, BA in History, MBA
President and owner of RBW Companies
Lay Review Committee Member
Member of the International Board since 2005
Member of the IT Committee and the Research Content Working Group
Son has type 1 diabetes