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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, MAICD

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

 

Managing Director Dansu Group. Director, Western Bulldogs Football Club. Co-Chair, Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation Ltd. Director, GoldAge Pty Ltd. Foundation Chair, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. Director, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. Member of the Advisory Group for the Australian Community Centre for Diabetes in alliance with Victoria University, Western Health and the International Diabetes Institute. Retired Director, Click Foundation (Epilepsy). Director, Victoria University Foundation. Member of the Australia Day Committee (Victoria). Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors. Chair of the Susan Alberti Medical Research Foundation. Director, Western Health 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, Peet and Company Ltd. 

Chairman, Glycemic Index Ltd. Past Chairman, Orlando Wines. Austoft Pty, Jasco Pty Ltd, NPL Ltd, Leigh Mardon Pty Ltd, Rural Press Ltd, IPAC Securities Ltd, So Natural Foods Ltd, Primary Health Care Ltd and UBS Warburg.

Father of a son with type 1 diabetes

Vice-Chair

Paul Heath

Chair of Remuneration Committee

Chief Executive Officer, JBWere Pty Ltd.
Board Director, Beyond Empathy.
Member, Endowment Investment Committee of the Benevolent Society.

Father of a daughter with type 1 diabetes

Vice-Chair

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

Member of Remuneration Committee

Managing Director, Mandie Consulting.

Former Director, Corporate Advisory Solutions, Credit Suisse

Type 1 Diabetic


Treasurer

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

Chair of the Finance Committee

Director Peet Limited. Director of Peet Flagstone City Pty Limited.

Former National Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, KPMG and now a consultant to KPMG.

Relative with type 1 diabetes

Robert Antulov
BE, MBA, MIEAust, MAICD

 

Corporate Advisor and Company Director.
Director Medianext Pty Ltd.
Director of Sydney Film Festival.
Director of Choice (Australian Consumers Association).
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 JDRFI International Affairs Committee
Member of the JDRFI Research Committee

Former Partner and board member of a major national law firm.
Formerly Chair of MLC Nominees.
Member of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council and former Chair of its Audit and Compliance Committee.
Former Member of the Executive Board for the Islet Transplant Program.
Director of LCM Healthcare Limited and member of its Audit and Risk and Remuneration Committees.
Director of Westpac/BT superannuation and financial services subsidiaries, Chair of its Investment Committee, member of Audit Committee.
Chair Gondwana Choirs.
Member Research Committee National Health and Medical Research Council

Mother of a daughter with type 1 diabetes

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

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

Ross Kennan
FIEA, AICD, RACI

Member of the Compliance Committee

Former Global SBU Vice-President of Honeywell Inc. Chairman, Neptune Marine Services Ltd. Chairman, Dadanco P/L

Kristen Mason
MBA

Chair of the NSW Ball Committee

Manager, Travel Partner Networks, JAPA, American Express.
Former Director of Foundation – Kambala. 

Mother of daughter with type 1 diabetes 

Helen McCombie

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

Jonathan Salmon
MAICD

CEO and Owner of DNS IT and Hosted IT

Father of a son with type 1 diabetes

Mark van Dyck
BA (Hons); GAICD

Member of the Corporate Advisory Committee.
Member of the Corporate Council for JDRF.

Former COO of LG Electronics.
Former Managing Director of Coca-Cola Australia.
Former Managing Director of Coca-Cola Ireland.
Board member of GI Foundation.
Member of the NSW Council for Reach Foundation.

Father of a daughter with typ 1 diabetes

Michael L. White
BA in History, MBA

Member JDRFI Board of Chancellors
Chair of JDRFI Strategic Alliance Committee
Member JDRF Research Executive Committee.

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

Father of a son with type 1 diabetes

Mike Wilson
MAICD, BSc, BEc (Hons)

Chief Executive Officer.
Company Secretary

CEO of JDRF Australia since 2004.
Director, Glycemic Index Foundation.
Director, Labstamp International. 

Peter Wilson
Dip. Chem. BEc

Member of the Finance Committee for JDRF Australia
Member and former Chair of the JDRFI Finance Committee
Member and former Chair of the JDRFI International Development Committee
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

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). Managing Director PAGA Consulting Pty. Ltd. Director Stanhope Eco Trade Pty. Ltd.

Father of a daughter with type 1 diabetes