Connecting Business with Science on the Great Barrier Reef Now well established, the Chairman’s Panel was designed to build support for both the Foundation and the Great Barrier Reef with the Chief Executives and Chairs of large Australian companies.  While it provides a revenue stream for the Foundation, the experience which the Chairman’s Panel offers each of its members - to visit the Reef, learn about its complexity, the threats it confronts and how Australian science is responding - has proven to be a great deal more than this. Sharing what we know about the Reef in a structured program of lectures and events is one way in which the Foundation can raise awareness of its fragility and build a network of advocates in Australian business for the preservation of our iconic coral reefs. This is all the more important as the threat which climate change in particular presents to the Reef becomes more pressing.
Current Chairman’s Panel members are listed below: * - Denotes members of Chairman's Panel Alumni 2010 CHAIRMAN’S PANEL JOHN SCHUBERT, Chairman GAVIN BELL, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, Freehills JOHN BEVAN, Chief Executive Officer, Alumina Limited MICHAEL CAMERON, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, The GPT Group DAVID CASPARI, Vice President and Managing Director, South Pacific, HP Enterprise Services, South Pacific MEGAN CLARK, Chief Executive, CSIRO GEOFF DIXON, Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation STEPHEN FITZGERALD, Co Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs JBWere Pty Ltd JOHN GASKELL, President & Chief Executive Officer, ABB Australia Pty Ltd PAUL GREENFIELD AO, Vice Chancellor, University of Queensland JOHN GRILL, Chief Executive Officer, WorleyParsons MATTHEW GROUNDS, Joint Head of Investment Banking Australasia, UBS AG SANDRA HARDING, Vice Chancellor and President, James Cook University GERRY HUESTON, President, BP Australasia TIM JACKSON, Managing Director ANZSEA, Booz & Co ALAN JOYCE, Chief Executive Officer, Qantas Airways Limited KATIE LAHEY, Chairman, Carnival Australia CHRIS LYNCH, Chief Executive Officer, Transurban Ltd SENG-HUANG LEE, Executive Chairman, Mulpha Australia Ltd MICHAEL LUSCOMBE, Chief Executive Officer, Woolworths Limited KEN MACKENZIE, Managing Director & CEO, Amcor Limited RALPH NORRIS, Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Bank of Australia JAMES PACKER, Chairman, Consolidated Press Holdings HUTCH RANCK, Managing Director Australia and New Zealand, Du Pont Australia Ltd MARCUS RANDOLPH, Group Executive & Chief Executive Ferrous and Coal, BHP Billiton MICHAEL SMITH OBE, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Banking Group Limited JUDITH STEWART, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation DAVID THODEY, Chief Executive Officer, Telstra Corporation Limited KEITH TUFFLEY, Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation DAVID TURNER, Chairman, Commonwealth Bank of Australia GEOFF WILSON, Chief Executive Officer, KPMG PETER YOUNG AM, Chairman, QIC
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