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1 David GONSKI AC (Chairman) BCom, LLB (UNSW), FAICD (Life), FCPA David Gonski is the Chancellor of UNSW Australia (University of New South Wales). He is also Chairman of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Coca-Cola Amatil Limited and the Sydney Theatre Company. David is also a member of Advisory Committee for Optus Ltd in Australia, the ASIC External Advisory Panel and the board of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He is a patron of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Richard ALCOCK BCom, LLB (UNSW) Richard Alcock is Managing Director of Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Richard was a Senior Corporate Partner of Allens Arthur Robinson and held various offices including Head of Governance and Chairman of the firm’s Ethics Committee. Richard's other roles include Chairman of the Finance & Performance Committee and Deputy Chairman of The Sydney Children's Hospital Network (Randwick and Westmead), member of the Board of Art Exhibitions Australia Limited, member of the Council of Knox Grammar School and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the UNSW Law Faculty. Richard was previously a member of the Australia Indonesia Institute, a member of the Advisory Board of The Australian Government Solicitor, and a Director of Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation. Richard holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Laws, both from UNSW.

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David GONSKI AC (Chairman) BCom, LLB (UNSW), FAICD (Life), FCPA

David Gonski is the Chancellor of UNSW Australia (University of New South

Wales). He is also Chairman of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group,

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited and the Sydney Theatre Company.

David is also a member of Advisory Committee for Optus Ltd in Australia, the

ASIC External Advisory Panel and the board of the Lowy Institute for

International Policy. He is a patron of the Australian Indigenous Education

Foundation.

Richard ALCOCK BCom, LLB (UNSW)

Richard Alcock is Managing Director of Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Richard was a Senior Corporate Partner of Allens

Arthur Robinson and held various offices including Head of Governance and

Chairman of the firm’s Ethics Committee.

Richard's other roles include Chairman of the Finance & Performance Committee

and Deputy Chairman of The Sydney Children's Hospital Network (Randwick and

Westmead), member of the Board of Art Exhibitions Australia Limited, member

of the Council of Knox Grammar School and Chairman of the Advisory Board of

the UNSW Law Faculty.

Richard was previously a member of the Australia Indonesia Institute, a member

of the Advisory Board of The Australian Government Solicitor, and a Director of

Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Laws, both from

UNSW.

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Robert Hugh BARRY BCom (UNSW)

Chairman of Pengana Holdings Pty Ltd. Mr Barry has extensive experience in the

capital markets both in Australia and overseas. He was the co-founder of

Dominguez & Barry and Chief Executive of Dominguez Barry Samuel Montagu

Limited, a predecessor to UBS Australia, and Head of International Capital

Markets for the Midland Bank Group.

Mr Barry was previously Chairman of Snowy Hydro Limited, Deputy Chairman of

AWB Limited, and a Director of a number of public and charitable organisations.

He is currently a Non Executive Director of Uniseed Management Pty Ltd.

Robert CAMERON AO BE (Hons), MBA, GradDip Geoscience, FAusIMM, FAIM, FAICD

Bob is the founder and Chairman (Non-Executive Director) of Centennial Coal

Company Limited and was its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer until

30 June 2011.

Bob’s other roles include Chairman of County Coal Limited, Pacific Smiles Group

and Hunter Valley Training Company Limited. He is a Trustee of the Museum of

Applied Arts and Sciences.

Bob is a member of the Deans Industrial Steering Committee for the UNSW

Faculty of Engineering and Chairman of the Minerals Industry Advisory Council

for the School of Mining Engineering at UNSW.

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Mark DORNEY BCom LLB (UNSW) FFin, FAIM, FAICD

Mark is Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking in Australia for CLSA

and has had a distinguished corporate career as a CEO, company director and

banker.

Prior to joining CLSA, Mark was a Managing Director of Grant Samuel, where his

recent deals included advising CHAMP Private Equity on the $300m acquisitions

of oOh!media and EYECorp, advising APN News and Media on the acquisition of

Perth radio station 96FM, arranging ~$100m of capital for Property Exchange

Australia Limited (PEXA) and advising Ergon Energy on the sale of their ROAMES

geospatial imaging business.

Prior to joining Grant Samuel, Mark was an Executive Director of Macquarie

Group Limited where he was CEO of Southern Cross Austereo (‘SCA’, formerly

Macquarie Media Group) an ASX 200 listed media company comprising

subscription and free-to-air television, commercial radio and print media. At

Macquarie Media Group, Mark led the acquisitions and merger of RG Capital

Radio ($245m) and DMG Regional Radio ($186m) to create Australia’s largest

regional radio network, the on-market acquisition of Southern Cross

Broadcasting ($1.35bn), the sale of radio 2UE/3AW/4BC and Southern Star

($480m) to Fairfax Media and the sale of Taiwan Broadband Communications in

Greater China ($1bn). Mark also led the IPO of MMG and the subsequent

internalisation of management to form what became SCA.

Prior to Macquarie, Mark was Managing Director and Head of Equity Capital

Markets for Australasia at N.M. Rothschild & Sons where he was project leader

for the $14.3bn and $16bn privatisation of Telstra 1 and 2 respectively by the

Commonwealth Government of Australia, the $1.2bn privatisation of Contact

Energy by the NZ Government and the $1bn privatisation of TAB by the NSW

Government.

Mark is also currently Vice Chairman of the Australia Taiwan Business Council.

Dr Robert EVERY AO BSc (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (UNSW), FTSE, FAICD, FIE Aust

Chairman of Wesfarmers since November 2008, director since 2006.

Bob was the Chairman of Steel and Tube Holdings Limited and Managing

Director and Chief Executive Officer of OneSteel Limited. Other executive

positions previously held include Chief Executive Officer of Steel and Tube

Holdings Limited, Managing Director of Tubemakers of Australia Limited and

President of BHP Steel.

Other directorships/offices include Chairman of Boral Limited (since May 2010),

and Director of Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

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Dr Holly FORSYTH BA (UQ), PhD (UNSW)

Dr Holly Kerr Forsyth has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland,

graduated from the Ryde College of Horticulture, Sydney, and has a PhD in

History from the University of New South Wales. As well as writing for a range of

mainstream and academic publications, her writing on gardens, landscape,

environment and social geography can be found each Saturday in The Weekend

Australian. Holly’s doctoral thesis – titled 'From the British Pastoral to the

Australian Arcadia: Women, Transferred Vision and the Reconstruction of

Landscape' - addresses the ways in which colonial and post colonial women in

European-settled Australia reconstructed the landscape they found into their

vision of an English Arcadia. Holly instigated the annual Ian J Bickerton

Postgraduate History Prize in honour of historian, Associate Professor Ian

Bickerton.

The author of eleven books on gardens and gardening, Holly is in demand for

speaking engagements around Australia, and overseas, presenting illustrated

lectures on her books and on garden history. She is also in demand as an after

dinner speaker and as a presenter. Prior to her writing she had founded and run

her own PR agency for some 20 years.

Dr Daniel GAUCHAT BCom (UNSW), MBA (INSEAD), AICD

Daniel Gauchat is a Founding Partner of The Adelante Group, which provides

CEO and Senior Executive Mentoring Services.

Until the end of 2006 he was a Senior Client Partner and Head of Global

Consumer/Life Sciences Markets, Australasia in the Sydney office of Korn/Ferry

International. Mr Gauchat joined the firm in 1999, previously having been an

Equity Partner with another major search firm AMROP International. In 1995, Mr

Gauchat became Vice-Chairman of the company’s international Board and

Executive Committee and in 1997, was appointed Chairman for a two-year

period.

Prior to his career in the executive search industry, Mr Gauchat held a number of

senior management positions for Société Generale de Surveillance (SGS),

including Senior Vice President and Director of the SGS Group in Switzerland,

Chief Executive Officer of SGS Spain, SGS Thailand and SGS Indonesia, as well as

General Manager of SGS in Japan. Before joining SGS, Mr Gauchat worked for

Grace Industrial Chemicals in Europe and as Operations Manager for the Coca-

Cola Export Corporation in Australia.

Mr Gauchat has an MBA from INSEAD and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Merit)

from UNSW, and has an AICD Diploma (Merit). He has been awarded a Doctor

(hc) of the University of New South Wales for services to the community and

UNSW.

Mr Gauchat was the President of the Australasian Advisory Council of INSEAD for

10 years and is a company member of Winifred West Schools. He was the

founding Chairman of the UNSW Medicine Advisory Council and is a member of

the Dean's Circle. He is also a member of the UNSW Risk Committee.

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Dr Catherine HARRIS AO PSM BCom (UNSW), FAICD

Chairperson, Harris Farm Markets Pty Ltd.

Ms Harris has had an extensive career in both the public and private sectors. As

well as her commercial activities she has contributed to a number of boards.

She is a recipient of the Public Service Medal, the Centenary Medal and an

Officer of the Order of Australia. Ms Harris is a Director of the Australia Rugby

League Commission, a Director of The Australian Ballet and a Director of the

National Gallery of Australia and was Deputy Chancellor of UNSW from 2000 -

2004.

Rod HOUNG-LEE BCom/LLB (UNSW)

Rod Houng-Lee began his thirty two year career with the Big 4 accounting firm,

PwC, in Sydney. Rod was seconded by PwC to Hong Kong where he was

admitted to partnership and was based until his recent return to Australia after

some twenty six years.

Rod performed a number of roles for PwC as a partner, including that of a client

service tax partner for some of the world's largest multinational companies, as

well as management roles as the Hong Kong and China firm's Head of Tax and a

member of that firm's Management Board, as the Head of Tax for PwC in Asia

Pacific, and as a member of the firm's Global Tax Executive Team. He withdrew

from the PwC Hong Kong and China firm partnership in 2010.

Rod is currently an Independent Non Executive Director for a group based in

Europe and Asia.

Cassandra KELLY BEc (Hons) (Syd), FFin

A corporate leader and entrepreneur, Cassandra is a known strategist and

tactician. She has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, North America, Europe and

Australia. In 2003, she co-founded Pottinger, a recipient of the ABA’s

"Recommended Employer" award for seven years in a row.

Cassandra’s track record in assisting organizations to embrace new

opportunities, challenge the status quo and seize business opportunities placed

her on the list of 100 Women of Influence in Australia by the Financial

Review/Westpac.

With extensive experience in financial services, retail, property, energy and

resources, technology/media/telecommunications, consumer and clean energy,

Cassandra is regularly called upon locally and internationally as a speaker.

A passionate advocate for helping women connect across industries, from public

and private sector, she co-founded the Glass Elevator. Investing in female talent

is a passion and a business imperative for Cassandra. In addition, she supports

initiatives that assist the disadvantaged, including the homeless.

She is a Director of Flight Centre Limited, Allpress International, the UNSW

Foundation and an Ambassador for One Million Women. She is also on the

Advisory board of the Resolution Project. Previous directorships include Starlight

Children's Foundation and Children's Cancer Institute Australia. She served as

Vice President of Women in Banking and Finance and a member of the Advisory

Board of the CEO Sleepout.

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Cassandra is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a focus on Economics,

Finance and Commercial Law. Her honors year focused on the economics of

developing nations.

Professor Ian JACOBS BA, MA, MBBS, MD, FRCOG

Professor Ian Jacobs is President and Vice-Chancellor of UNSW Australia (the

University of New South Wales), a position he has held since February 2015.

Professor Jacobs came to Australia from the UK, where he had a distinguished

career as a leading researcher in the area of women’s health and cancer and in

university leadership. Immediately prior to joining UNSW he was Vice President

and Dean at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester

Academic Health Science Centre, a partnership linking the University with six

healthcare organisations involving over 36,000 staff. He was previously at

University College London, where he created and led the Institute for Women’s

Health, was Research Director of UCL Partners and Dean of the Faculty of

Biomedical Sciences.

Professor Jacobs qualified at Cambridge University and the Middlesex Hospital,

obtained accreditation in obstetrics and gynaecology working at the Royal

London Hospital and Rosie Maternity Hospital Cambridge and specialist

accreditation as a surgical gynaecological oncologist at Bart’s and The Royal

Marsden Hospitals. He was Head of Department of Gynaecological Oncology and

then Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Queen Mary University of London from 1996

to 2004 and created and directed the UCL Institute for Women’s Health between

2004 and 2009. He set up and directed the UCL Biomedical Research Centre

(2006-2009) and secured NIHR funding for the Centre.

Professor Jacobs is the Principal Investigator for the Cancer Research UK and Eve

Appeal funded PROMISE (Prediction of Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Screening and

Early Detection) programme and on several large multicentre clinical trials

including the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening involving

202,000 participants in 13 collaborating UK centres and the UK Familial Ovarian

Cancer Screening Study. He has an H-Index of 64 and has published more than

200 scientific papers with over 15,000 citations including 8,000 in the last 5

years.

In 2005 Professor Jacobs established the Uganda Women’s Health Initiative,

which he still chairs and which conducts a series of projects in Uganda including

a cervical screening programme. He has been President of the British

Gynaecological Cancer Society (2001-2004) and of the European Society of

Gynaecological Oncology (2005-2007). He is Medical Advisor to the Eve Appeal

charity (also known as the Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund) which he

founded in 1985, a Patron of Safehands for Mothers, founder and non-Executive

Director of Abcodia Ltd and patent holder of the ROCA (Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Algorithm).

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Dr Wal KING AO (Deputy Chair) BE, MengSc, Hon DSc (UNSW), Hon FIEAust, CPEng, FAICD, FAIM, FAIB, FTSE

Former Chief Executive Officer, Leighton Holdings Limited. Chairman, Sundance

Resources Ltd and Asia Resource Minerals plc. Director, Coca-Cola Amatil

Limited, Kimberley Foundation Australia Limited and Senior Adviser, CITIC Pacific

Limited. Council Member, University of New South Wales (2006-2012).

Mr King has worked in the construction industry for over 40 years and was Chief

Executive Officer of Leighton Holdings Limited, a company with substantial

operations in Australia, Asia and the Middle East, from 1987 until his retirement

on 31 December 2010.

Christine Margaret McNAMEE LIDDY AO BA (UNSW), FAICD

Christine McNamee Liddy is a former Board Member and Past President of the

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia(South Eastern Section) and a Former

National Vice-President of the RFDS. She is Board member of the Australasian

Gastro –Intestinal Trials Group (GI Cancer Institute) and is also on the Board of

the Gastro-Intestinal Cancer Institute of New Zealand. She is a Board Member of

the Dame Pattie Menzies Foundation. Christine was the Founder of All Purpose

Indoor Plant Hire, which she owned and ran for thirty seven years before selling

to a multinational in 2010. She remains a Partner in Australian Plantscapes. She

is also a Council Member of the Friends of the Sydney International Piano

Competition and an Advisory Board Member of the Mosman Art Gallery and

Cultural Centre and a former member of the Capital Campaign Committee of the

State Library of NSW. She is a member of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of

Australia Capital Campaign Committee. (Friends of the RFDS) She is a member of

the UNSW Arts and Social Science Advisory Council.

Christine’s former roles include, Board Member Frontline Defence Services for

the Australian Army and Air Force, Member of the UNSW Arts & Social Sciences

Advisory Council, Council Member of the Art Gallery Society of NSW (for twenty

two years including an eight year period as the Honorary Secretary), Council

Member of the Foundation for Classical Archaeology Sydney University, a

member of the Aircraft Replacement Committee (Royal Flying Doctor Service).

Christine is a former Chairman of St John’s College within the University of

Sydney.

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Dr Peter Edward MASON AM BCom (Hons), MBA (UNSW), Honorary Doctorate of Business (UNSW)

Peter Mason is a Senior Advisor to UBS Investment Bank; and a Non-Executive

Director of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel).

Peter is Chairman of the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR);

Chairman of the UBS Australia Foundation; a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House

Trust; and an Ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.

Peter has over 40 years’ experience in investment banking. He was Chairman of

AMP Limited from 2005 to May 2014 (Director from 2003), and Chairman of

David Jones Limited from 2013-2104 (Director from 2007). Peter was Chairman

of JP Morgan in Australia from 2000 to 2005 and Executive Chairman of their

associate, Ord Minnett Group. Prior to that he was Chairman and Chief

Executive of Schroders Australia Limited and Group Managing Director of

Schroders’ investment banking businesses in the Asia Pacific region. Peter was a

member of the Council of the University of New South Wales for 13 years. For

12 years he was a Director of the Children’s Hospital in Sydney and Chairman of

the Children’s Hospital Fund for eight years. Peter was appointed a member of

the Order of Australia for his contribution to the Children’s Hospital.

Bruce MORGAN BCom (UNSW), FCA, FAICD

Bruce is Chairman of Sydney Water, a Director of Caltex Australia Ltd, Origin

Energy Ltd, the European Australian Business Council and Redkite.

Bruce's career was in professional services, having been a partner with the

leading global firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for over 25 years. Bruce

served as Chairman of the Australian PwC Board and as a member on the PwC

International Board.

He previously held roles as Managing Partner of the PwC's Sydney and Brisbane

offices. Bruce practised as an audit partner focused on the financial services,

energy and mining sectors. He retired as a partner of PwC in October 2012.

Bruce holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from UNSW. A

Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and of the AICD.

Warwick NEGUS BBus (UTS), MComm (UNSW), SFFin

Warwick is a Director of ASX listed Washington H Soul Pattinson and Co, a

Director of Terrace Tower Group and a Director of the Financial Services Institute

of Australasia. He is a member of the Council of Cranbrook School and a

member of the Sydney Advisory Board of the Salvation Army.

He spent more than 25 years in the Finance Industry both in Australia and

around the world in leadership roles with Bankers Trust Australia, Goldman

Sachs and more recently Colonial First State Global Asset Management.

Warwick is a member of the Council of UNSW where he is also Presiding

Member of its Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Advisory Council

of both the UNSW Business School and the Centre for Social Impact.

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Tim OLSEN BEd (UNSW)

Tim Olsen is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected art identities and successful gallery owners. Son of Australia’s national living treasure, artist Dr John Olsen, A.O. O.B.E., Olsen was born into a life of modern and contemporary art, and through fortitude and adversity has forged his own path, successful career and has become a highly recognised Australian over the past three decades.

Tim Olsen has also worked in and managed many leading Art Galleries including Rex Irwin Art Gallery, Woollahra; Australian Galleries, Collingwood and Paddington; and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Paddington. He established his own Gallery in 1993, which has rapidly expanded to become one of Sydney’s leading galleries today for over twenty years, whilst marking his contribution and commitment to the Australian art scene. He not only has supported the careers of many of Australia’s leading established artists but also has nurtured the creative lives of many emerging artists who can presently include themselves as being very much part of the eminent art establishment today.

Representing over 40 artists, Olsen has established himself as a leader in Contemporary Art, with a client base extending throughout Australia and the world. He has been a foundation member of the AGNSW for over 15 years and is dedicated to its restoration department and also a major donor and benefactor to the MCA. Tim Olsen has been a patron of the King’s School Art Prize for over twelve years and for over ten years sponsored the annual Tim Olsen Drawing Prize at COFA. He was also recently invited onto the board of the National Art School in East Sydney. Tim has been strongly associated with many charities directly and is constantly donating the gallery itself for fundraising events that include the Royal Randwick Children’s Hospital, the St Vincent’s Hospital Curran Foundation through to Oxfam and the Australian Opera to name a few. As a creative business visionary he was recently invited to join EO (Entrepreneurs Organisation) a selected forum of leading entrepreneurs. He also listed under the Tourism Australia 'friends of Australia' campaign and was invited to be its ambassador to the arts.

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Simon POIDEVIN OAM BSc (Hons) (UNSW)

Simon Poidevin is Managing Director – Corporate Stockbroking at Bell

Financial Group, a leading Australian full service broking and financial

advisory firm.

Prior to joining BFG, Simon was an executive director at Bizzell Capital

Partners, and before that he worked at Pengana Capital, an Australian based

Absolute Return funds management company, as an Executive Director.

Simon continues a close association with Pengana Capital through an ongoing

consulting role.

Simon has worked in Global Financial Markets for over 28 years, spending 14

years with Citigroup, culminating in heading the firm's Corporate Equity

Broking division in Australia.

In March 2011, Simon was appointed to the Board of Dart Energy, an

Australian S&P/ASX listed company and resigned from the Board in

November 2013

Simon represented Australia in Rugby Union from 1980 to 1991, captaining

the Wallabies in 1986 and 1987 and becoming the first Wallaby to play 50

test matches. In total he played 59 test matches including 21 against the New

Zealand All Blacks; a record for an Australian forward. In 1991 Simon was a

member of the first Wallaby team to win the Rugby World Cup.

Simon is currently the Co-President of the Classic Wallabies, the living

heritage of Australian Rugby and encompasses all players who have been

selected to play for the Wallabies.

Simon was awarded an OAM in 1988 and awarded the Centenary Medal in

2003. He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame in 1991 and into the

Australian Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014. Simon is also an emeritus member of

the Ben Lexcen Sports scholarship committee and co-founded the

establishment of the “Lexcen Scholarships” in 1988. The “Ben Lexcen Sports

Scholarships” program has supported over 190 UNSW Athletes since its

creation.

He holds a Blue in Rugby Union from the University of New South Wales, and

is a member of both the UNSW Sporting Hall of Fame and the UNSW Faculty

of Science Hall of Fame.

Professor Laura POOLE-WARREN BSc(Hons) UNSW, PhD UNSW, FBSE, FAIMBE

Laura Poole-Warren is the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research Training) & Dean of

Graduate Research at UNSW Australia. She is also a Professor of Biomedical

Engineering and leads a research group in the field of biomaterials and tissue

engineering.

Laura was a decade-long member (up to 2013) of the Australian

Commonwealth statutory Advisory Committee on Medical Devices. In this

role she advised the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration on safety

of medical devices. Laura also spent 2 years as a preclinical scientist in the

biomedical industry from 1999 to 2001 working on development of

implantable devices including wound dressings and embolic agents for cancer

treatment.

Laura is current Convenor of the Australian Council for Deans and Directors

of Graduate Research, is Vice-Chair of the International Federation of

Medical and Biological Engineering Women in BME Committee and is

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immediate past Chair of the Go8 Deans of Graduate Research. Her other

roles include being an Associate Editor of the journal Biomaterials and an

advisory board member of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems

Science and the Bionic Vision Australia Consortium.

Laura holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a PhD degree from UNSW.

Julian REYNOLDS BCom (Hons) (UNSW), MBA (Stanford), MSAA

Joint Managing Director, Reynolds Equities Pty Limited.

Julian is a founder and Director of Reynolds Equities - a member firm of the

Morgans Stockbroking and Financial Planning Group. He has been actively

involved in the Australian securities industry for the past 48 years and

specialises in private client investment advice. During this time Julian has

served on the Boards of both Public Companies and Charitable organisations.

Julian has been a UNSW Business School Alumni Leader at UNSW since 2005.

He was previously a Governor on the UNSW Alumni Association Board 2000-

2010.

Jillian SEGAL AM BA LLB (UNSW), LLM (Harvard), FAICD

Jillian Segal was appointed Deputy Chancellor of UNSW Australia in January

2010. She has been a member of the University's Council, its governing body,

since 2006. She is a professional company director with a legal and regulatory

background. Currently, she is a director of ASX Limited and the National

Australia Bank. She is also Chairman of the General Sir John Monash

Foundation and on the board of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

She is a Member of the Australian War Memorial Council and is Chairman of

the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce. Jillian was appointed a trustee of

the Sydney Opera House Trust on the 1st January 2014.

Jillian is a former member of the Remuneration Tribunal and the Sydney

Advisory Council of the Centre for Social Impact. Jillian was a Commissioner

and Deputy Chair at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission

(ASIC) from 1997 to 2002. She was a member of the Dawson Committee

which reviewed the Trade Practices Act in 2002, was a member of the

Business Regulatory Advisory Group from 2005 to 2008. She has also served

on a number of other government and private sector boards, including being

Chair of the Banking & Financial Services Ombudsman Board, a member of

the Australia Council's Major Performing Arts Board and President of the

Administrative Review Council.

Prior to her time at ASIC, Jillian practised as a corporate and environmental

partner at Allen Allen & Hemsley (now Allens Linklaters) and also worked for

Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.

Jillian graduated BA. LL.B with the University Medal for law from UNSW and

has an LL.M from Harvard University. Jillian was awarded a Centenary Medal

in 2003 for services to society through business leadership, in 2005

appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to business law,

and received a UNSW Alumni Achievement Award.

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Shane SIMPSON AM LLB (Hons) (Auckland), MJur (Auckland)

Shane Simpson is Special Counsel at Simpsons Solicitors. He is on the Council

of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Chairman of the Bundanon

Trust and the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers' House Trust, and a director

of the Australian National Academy of Music and the Luca and Anita

Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation. He chairs the UNSW Faculty of Art and Design

Advisory Council.

He is the author of many books including ‘Visual Artists and the Law’, ‘Music

Business’, and ‘Collections Law: Legal Issues for Australian Archives, Galleries,

Libraries and Museums’.

Dr Colin SUTTON BSc (UNSW), PhD (UNSW), FAICD

Dr Sutton is an Adjunct Professor at the UNSW Graduate School of

Biomedical Engineering. He is a Non-Executive Director of UNSW Innovations

Pty Ltd and the UNSW Foundation. Last year he retired as a Director of the

Australian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group, Heart Research Australia and as a

Director of the Bionic Vision Australia Consortium.

He is a former member of the Council of the National Health and Medical

Council. He was a member of the Grants Committee of Innovation Australia

within the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

Dr Sutton has had a long career in the international medical device industry.

Most recently he was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of

Ventracor Limited, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.

Prior to that he was CEO of Sirtex Medical Limited, where he was responsible

for the commercialisation of a new liver cancer therapy. Dr Sutton was also

Chairman of Polartechnics Limited and has served on various other company

boards.

Dr Sutton holds a DEng and a PhD from the Faculty of Engineering, University

of New South Wales. He is a Life Member of the UNSW Sports Association

and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Albert Yue-Ling WONG BCom (UNSW), FFin, MSDIA, FAICD

Originally from Hong Kong, Mr Wong has lived in Australia for 40 years and

has been involved in the stockbroking and investment banking industry for

over 33 years. He was admitted as a Member of the Australian Stock

Exchange in 1988 and was the principal of Intersuisse Limited until 1995

when he established the Barton Capital group of companies, including eStar

Online, both companies were listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

He was the business partner of former NSW Premier, The Hon. Neville Wran

AC QC at Wran Partners from 2004-2011. Until recently, Mr Wong was the

Founder and Chairman of Winmar Resources Limited and Deputy Chairman

of Kimberley Diamonds Limited.

Apart from being Deputy Chairman of Prima BioMed Limited, Mr Wong has

been widely involved in philanthropic activities including his directorship on

Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for Youth Foundation, Honorary Life Governor and

President of the Physics Foundation at The University of Sydney and the

Children’s Medical Research Institute. Mr Wong is a Fellow of the Financial

Services Institute of Australasia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of

Company Directors.