John M Schubert
CHAIRMAN
Dr Schubert (BE, PhD, FIEAust, CPEng, FTS, FIChemE) was appointed Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in 2004. Dr Schubert is Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and a Director of BHPB Billiton Limited and Qantas Airways Limited. He is also Chairman of G2 Therapies Limited and is a Member of the Business Council of Australia.
Dr Schubert commenced his career with Esso Australia Ltd as a professional engineer and held various positions with Esso in Australia and overseas. In 1983 he was appointed to the Board of Esso Australia. In 1985, Dr Schubert became Esso's Deputy Managing Director and in 1988 he became Esso's Chairman and Managing Director.
Dr Schubert was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer International Limited from 1993 until 2000. From 2001 to 2003 he was the President of the Business Council of Australia. He was also previously Chairman of Worley Parsons Limited.
Judy Stewart
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Judy Stewart has been the Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) for last six years. She came to her role after several years as a director in the Australian performing arts sector, bringing with her deep practical experience of the challenges and opportunities confronting Australia’s not-for-profit sector. A graduate in law, she was admitted to practice as a Barrister in 1982.
Judy has positioned GBRF as the primary national fundraising interface between the private sector and the complex network of universities, research institutions, statutory authorities and government agencies which engage in Reef research and management.
Galvanised by the dire warnings of the 4th Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change, which give the Reef no more than another ten years before catastrophic bleaching begins to take hold and compromise its future, Judy’s aim is to lift the Reef to a top order issue – with government, business, philanthropy, the public at large and the international community – and to mobilise all the resources she can to fund the research which is needed to help the Reef to adapt to and meet this challenge.
Paul Greenfield AO
CHAIRMAN, International Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor Paul Greenfield is Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland (effective from 1 January 2008). He was previously Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland. Prior to 2001, Professor Greenfield was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Director of the Graduate School. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK (FIChE) and an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (FIEAust, CPEng).
Professor Greenfield is a Director on a number of Company and CRC Boards (UniQuest Pty Ltd, Symbiosis Ltd, IMBcom Pty Ltd). He is currently Chair of the Scientific Advisory Group of the South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership. Recently he was appointed Chair of the Expert Panel on Purified Recycled Water. He is also Chair of the Riversymposium Strategic Planning Committee, the Thiess International Riverprize Committee and the International Water Centre. He was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) in 2006.
David Turner
Mr Turner became a Director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in July 2007 and took over as Chairman of the Foundation’s Audit Committee in November 2007. Mr Turner was also appointed to the Board of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in August 2006 and is a member of its Risk Committee.
Until his retirement on 30 June 2007, Mr Turner was CEO of Brambles. He was appointed in October 2003. He joined Brambles as CFO in 2001 having previously been Finance Director of GKN plc. David has also served as a member of the Board of Whitbread plc and as Chairman of its Audit Committee from 2000 – 2006. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in finance, international business and governance.
Ian Buchanan
Mr Buchanan has 35 years experience throughout SE Asia and Australasia working as CEO, Independent Director and/or Strategic Advisor at the most senior levels of business and government on the restructuring, turnaround and performance improvement of major Government Linked and private corporate groups and agencies. Mr Buchanan is a currently a Senior Executive Advisor at Booz & Co.. Prior to this he was Regional Vice President at the Stanford Research Institute. He is on the Board or Advisory Council of World Islamic Economic Forum (‘Islamic Davos’) International Advisory Panel; Insurance Australia Group, Asian Advisor; Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA), Asian Advisor; CHAMP Private Equity, Asian Advisory Board; The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Director; The Distillery (Intelligence-centric computing), Director; Executive Centre for Global Leadership (Leadership Development, Indonesia) Trustee; Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (‘Think-tank’, Malaysia), International Advisor. He has received the Oxford University Open Scholarship; Magdalen College Demyship; State Scholarship; Pfizer Corporation Scholarship; Jex Blake Prize; Turbutt Prize; and RAF Scholarship.
Geoff Dixon
Mr Dixon is on the Boards of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited, Crown Limited and the Garvan Research Foundation. He is also Chairman of the Risk Committees of both Consolidated Media Holdings and Crown Limited.
Mr Dixon stepped down in November 2008 after eight years as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways Limited.
Mr Dixon was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in November 1998, appointed to the Board of Directors in August 2000, Chief Executive Designate in November 2000 and appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in March 2001.
Before joining Qantas, Mr Dixon was Director of Marketing and Industry Sales at Ansett Australia Airlines and General Manager Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Australian Airlines. In both positions he was responsible for a wide range of commercial and customer service activities.
Kerry Gardner
With a background in consumer goods marketing, Ms Gardner is a company director of both arts and environmental organisations, as well as producing film and documentary in these areas. She sits as a judge for the Australian Business Arts Foundation Awards and The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award. A Melbourne based board member of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, she also sits on the GBRF Chairman’s Panel. Ms Gardner is an active member of the Myer Foundation in both the arts and environment grant-making areas, and participates in international environmental and philanthropic discussion.
John Mulcahy
Dr Mulcahy joined the Board of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in May 2006. Dr Mulcahy is the former Chief Executive and Managing Director of Suncorp. He joined Suncorp following a distinguished career at the Commonwealth Bank and prior to that, at Lend Lease where he was CEO of Lend Lease’s Civil & Civic division.
Mr Mulcahy was also appointed to the Future Fund Board of Guardians by the Federal Government in March 2006.
Russell Reichelt
Dr Russell Reichelt was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on 1 November 2007. Dr Reichelt is presently a board member of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, and the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, and a member of Queensland's Smart State Council. He has a PhD in marine science from the University of Queensland (1980), and has served as CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Chairman of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and as a member of Australia’s State of the Environment Committee. He has previously chaired the National Oceans Advisory Group, CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship Advisory Committee and Seafood Services Australia Ltd. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (UK) and a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors.
Michael Roux
Mr Roux is Chairman, Asian Markets, KPMG, Roux International Pty Ltd, RI Group, Victorian Opera and a Director of VicUrban, Asialink, St James Ethics Centre and the Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation. He is also Chairman of the ADC and senior advisor to the World Economic Forum and the Government of Rwanda. Previously, he was Vice-Chairman of Citigroup, Director of Deutsche Bank, Director of Deutsche Asset Management, Deputy Secretary of the Victorian Treasury, Director of the Office of State Owned Enterprises and Director of the Office of Trade and Investment. He has also been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Transport Accident Commission, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Accident Compensation Commission, Chairman and Managing Director of the Road Traffic Authority, Executive Chairman of the Victorian Government Housing Authority and Director General of the Department of Employment and Training. He has been a member of the National Training Council, the National Occupational, Health and Safety Commission and the Victorian Public Service Board. He has served on the Boards of the State Library of Victoria, the Victorian Employment Committee, the Victorian Technology Advisory Committee, the Victorian Apprenticeship Commission, the Smith Family Victorian Committee, the McFarlane Burnett Centre, the Heide Museum of Modern Art and was a member of the Council of the Victorian State Opera and the Opera Australia Council.
Phillip Strachan
Mr Strachan joined the Rio Tinto Group in 1981 and has held a number of positions within the Group at Hamersley Iron, Rio Tinto Indonesia, Rio Tinto Aluminium, and in head offices in London and Melbourne. He was CFO at Rio Tinto Aluminium for six years before being appointed to the position of CFO, Rio Tinto Alcan in 2007. Mr Strachan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University and is a Fellow of the Certified Practicing Accountants. He is a Director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Keith Tuffley
Mr Tuffley left Goldman Sachs in 2008. He joined the group in 2002 and assisted the firm in merging the Australian business with JB Were in 2003. Mr Tuffley then became head of Investment Banking Division and a member of the Board of Directors and the Management Committee of Goldman Sachs JB Were. In 2007 he was transferred to London to lead the Industrials Industry Group for the region. Mr Tuffley is a Director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Bush Heritage Australia and is a Governor of WWF-Australia.
Amanda McCluskey
Ms McCluskey is Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment for Colonial First State Global Asset Management. She has worked extensively in the development and implementation of governance strategies, frameworks and reporting, including the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). She is Deputy Chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change and a non-executive director of the Climate Change and Business Centre. Ms McCluskey holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) in International Relations and was one of the first Australians to participate in the Al Gore Climate Leadership Program.
Michael Cameron
Mr Cameron joined The GPT Group as CEO and Managing Director in May 2009 and has over 30 years experience in Finance and Business.
His past experience includes 10 years with Lend Lease where he was Group Chief Accountant then Financial Controller for MLC Limited before moving to the US in 1994 in the role of Chief Financial Officer/Director of The Yarmouth Group, Lend Lease’s US property business. On returning to Sydney in 1996 Michael was appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer, MLC Limited before moving to the role of Chief Financial Officer, then Chief Operating Officer of the NAB Wealth Management Division following the sale of MLC.
Michael is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a fellow of CPA Australia and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.