Board of Directors

Name and qualification

Experience and special responsibilities

 

Mr. Ross Barker
BSci (Hons)
MBA 1980 (Melb)

  • Managing Director, Australian Foundation Investment Company
    Non-Executive Director, Baker Medical Research Institute

    Appointed: 2011

 

Mr. Peter Barnes
BCom MBA (Melb)

Chairman

  • Chairman, Ansell (since 2005), director (since 2001).
    Director, News Corporation; Deputy Chairman, Metcash limited.  

    Appointed: 2010 Chairman: 2010

 

Mr. Chee Meng Cheong
BMech Eng MBA (Melb)

  • Chief Distribution Officer Global Life Asia Pacific, Zurich Life Insurance Company Limited, Hong Kong 

    Appointed: 2010

 

Mr. Francis Cicutto

BCom SFFin FAICD

  • Chairman: Chord Capital Ltd. Director: St. Vincent's Health, Melbourne Business School Foundation Ltd.
    Chairman: Finance and Audit Committee
    Member: Investment Committee

    Appointed: 1999

 

Mr. John Dahlsen

LLB MBA 1969 (Melb)


  • Solicitor
    Chairman, J.C. Dahlsen Pty. Ltd.

    Appointed 2009

Professor Zeger Degraeve

PhD (Chicago)
MBA (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
BSc (Ghent)

  • Dean Melbourne Business school
  • Professor of Decision Sciences

    Appointed 2011

Associate Professor
Douglas J. Dow

PhD (Melbourne),
MBA (Western Ontario),
BSC (Queen's)


  • Associate Professor (Business Strategy)
    Member, MBS Centre for the Practice of International Trade
    Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of International Business Studies

    Appointed 2011

Dr. Jackie Fairley

BSc BVSc Hons MBA (Melb)


  • CEO, Starpharma Holdings Limited

    Appointed: 2010

 

Mr. Peter Jopling QC

LLB (Melb)


  • Barrister
    Deputy Chairman, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art;
    Member, Victorian Administrative & Civil Tribunal (Legal Practice Board)

    Appointed 2009

Mr. David Karpin AM

BCom (Hons) MBA LLD (Hon) FCPA FAICD FAIM FFin MACS

  • Chairman: Mt. Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd. Deputy Chairman: Racing Victoria Ltd. Director: Coates Hire Ltd., Thoroughvision Ltd., National ICT Australia Ltd. Adjunct Professor of management, Australian national University

     

    Appointed: 2004

Ms. Annette Kimmitt

BBus (Acc) (Monash) MAICD FICA

  • Managing Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services Group/ Assurance Practice, Ernst & Young

    Board member: United Nations Principles of Social Investment Secretariat
    Director: Committee for Melbourne; Victoria University Foundation; Grattan Institute.

    Appointed: 2011

Professor Emeritus Frank Larkins AM

BSc (Hons) DipEd MSc (Hons, Bed, DPhil, DipAdvMath (Oxon), DSc (Melb),
FRACI, FAIE, FAIP, FTSE, FAA

 


  • Chief Scientist for Energy, Department of Primary Industries Victoria

    Appointed 2009

Mr. Graeme Liebelt

BEcon Hons (Adel) MAICD FAIM FAATSA

  • Managing Director & CEO: Orica Ltd and subsidiaries, The Global Foundation, Australian Science and Media Centre. Member: Business Council of Australia. Fellow: Australian Institute of Management, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

     

    Appointed: February 2008

Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Sonenberg

BSc PhD

  • Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration)
    Professor of Information Systems, Faculty of Science
    The University of Melbourne

    Appointed 2009

Scott Tanner

MBA (Melbourne Business School)
B.App Sci (Math) RMIT

  • CEO, Bank of Melbourne

    Appointed 2011

Mr. Michael Taylor

  • Chairman, Murrary Darling Basin Authority

     

    Appointed: June 2008

Mr Frank Zipfinger

LLB LLM (Syd) BEc (Macquarie) MBA (Melb)


  • Chairman: Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Director: Galileo Japan Trust; Member: Australian Institute of Company Directors

     

     


    Appointed: 2009