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State councils

Members of the state councils appointed by the Board of Directors of Governance Institute of Australia Ltd.

Councils

NSW/ACT

Chair

Mathew Ronald FGIA
Partner, EY

Deputy Chair

Ramona Roach LLB, GradDipACG, MBA, FGIA, FCG
Principal & CEO, Ethika

Council

Francesca Dickson FGIA
CEO, Francesca Dickson Consulting

Dhawal Gadani FGIA, FCG
Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance Corporate Governance, HSBC

Julie Goodchap FGIA
National Strategy and Projects Manager, St Vincent de Paul Society Australia

Andrew Heath FGIA
Board Secretary, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Anthony Ingegneri FGIA FCG
Senior Company Secretary, AMP

Joshua Little FGIA
Chief People and Risk Officer, Aveo

Elizabeth McGregor FGIA FCG
Group Head of Company Secretarial, AUB Group Limited

Mohua Mukherjee FGIA, FCG (CGP, CS), PFIIA, CISA, B.A. (Econ)
Head of of Internal Audit, Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils

Rahul Roy FGIA FCG
Executive Manager, Group Governance, IAG

James Ritchie FGIA
Practice Leader, Bellrock Benefits

Anthony Rizzo FGIA

Kumar Srinivasan FGIA
Chief Risk Officer, UTS

Alyssa White AGIA
Chief Governance Officer, University of Wollongong

Joseph Yap FGIA
General Manager, GRC and Company Secretary, MTC FutureReady

QLD

Chair

Melanie Mayne-Wilson BA Comms FGIA GAICD
Non Executive Director, Anglicare Southern Queensland

Deputy Chair

Anna Hebron FGIA GAICD
Deputy Chair, Anna Hebron and Associates

Council

Robin Bates FGIA ACG
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Metro Mining Ltd

Shaun Conroy FGIA FAICD CA
Board Advisor, Board Associates

Sean Johnson FGIA MAICD
Managing Director, Lakefield Drive Pty Ltd

David Johnstone FGIA FCG,
Partner, KordaMentha

Sohana Maharaj LLB MBA FGIA GAICD
Director, Integral GRC Pty Ltd

Gary Morgan FGIA
Director, MPT Innovation Group

Paul Rigo FGIA, MSc, Risk Management, LLB Law
Executive Director, Stratagility Pty Ltd

Robbie Sinclair CPP, MBA, BAdminL, FGIA, FARPI, AMIIA, JP
Risk and Safety Systems Manager, HQPlantations

John Weaver FGIA, MSc, Risk Management, LLB Law
Partner, Deloitte

Jodie Woolcock AGIA
Chief Assurance Officer, Selectability Limited

Anthony Zgrajewski FGIA
Senior Corporate Risk & Governance Officer, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

State Manager, QLD

David Schenk GIA(Affiliated)
Email: [email protected]

SA

Chair

Ross Springolo FGIA FCG
Company Secretary, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility

Council

Rosie Bolingbroke MBA, BCom(CommLaw), GradDipACG, AssocDipAcc, FGIA, FCG, MIPA, AFA
JP Manager, Governance Services, Adelaide University

Jennifer Duncan FGLA, MBA, FGIA
Principal and Founder, Uncommon Good

Karin Geraghty FGIA (ex officio)
Principal Consultant, Stratdigi

Debbie Hall AGIA ACG
Business Manager – Global & Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research

Ella McDougall FGIA
General Manager – Legal & Governance, ACH Group

Des Quirk FGIA FCG
Director Financial Services, Return to Work SA

Michael Sedgman FGIA FCG
CEO, The City of Adelaide

Greg Sierocinski BAdminMan, GradDipACG, GradDipAppFin, GradDipFinPlan, AGIA, ACG, ANZIIF (Fellow) CIP, FIPA, FFin
Partner-Financial Planning, Grant Financial Management

Meredyth Stewart AGIA ACG
Risk & Corporate Governance Manager, MIGA

Michelle Feros FGIA FCG, B.Ec/B.A (Asian Studies), MLS&T (Prof), GradDipACGRM 
Company Secretary, Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) 

Regional Manager VIC TAS SA & NT

Anna Alexander
Email: [email protected]

TAS

Chair

Jo Gullick FCPA FGIA GCG GAICD
Non-Executive Director | Company Secretary | Membership Association Governance | Specialist | Board & Committee Advisor Specialist | Board & Committee Advisor

Council

Tom Baxter FGIA FCG, BEc, LLB, LLM
Project Officer Legal, City of Hobart

Elisabeth Flett FGIA
Head of Legal, Aurora Energy

Steven Maycock JD (Hons), BPharm, BSc(Hons), GradDipACG, FGIA FCG, GAICD
General Counsel/Company Secretary, TT-Line Company Pty Ltd

Simon Scott BA Hons, MMgt, LLB, GPLPP, GDLP, GDACG, FGIA FCG, GAICD
Chartered Governance Professional and Committee Secretary, Tasmanian Legislative Council

Mandakini Khanna FGIA, AICD
Chief Risk Officer, MyState Limited  

Kate Crawford, BA LLB GDipACG FGIA FCG
General Counsel and Company Secretary, TasWater,  

Theo Kapodistrias BA LL.B GDLP ICC MAICD FGIA FCG 
General Counsel, Evergen 

VIC

Chair

Fiona Zafirakos
Company Secretary (Subsidiaries) and Governance Manager, Telstra Limited

Council

Dr. Marco Bini
Senior Legal Business Partner, Data, Privacy & Compliance, Royal Australian College of GPs

Lisa Fitzgerald
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Abhi Ganugapati
Director, Adaptus

Karen Goodwin
Group General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, WTFN

Liz Halifax
Global Head Operational Risk, Unilever

Madeleine Jones
Company Secretary & Legal Counsel, Keyton

Joshua Khaw
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Dassault Systemes

Aubrey Mair
Manager Governance, Department of Families Fairness and Housing

Paris Nicolaou
Head of Subsidiary Governance, National Australia Bank

Nicholas Parker
Head of Risk Assurance, Bupa

James Paul
Global Risk Manager ANZ, Optus

State Manager, VIC

Anna Alexander LLB FGIA
Email: [email protected]

WA

Chair

Nathan Bartrop BCom, LLB, GradDipACG, FGIA FCG
Executive Director, White Label Corporate Council

Council

Dalveen Belyea LLB, FGIA FCG
Lawyer, Acquity Legal Pty Ltd

Lucy Bowman FGIA, GAICD
Managing Counsel & Deputy Company Secretary, Woodside Energy

Brad Boyle MBA, LLB, FGIA, FCG, MAICD
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Royal Flying Doctor Service (WA)

Kylie Dalton MBA, FGIA
CEO & Founder, Back on Track

Marlon Fernando MAICD, FAIM, FGIA, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Bega Garnbirringu Health Services Inc.

Dawn France FGIA, MAHRI, B.A (Hons)
Law and Business Managing Director, Enfranchise Pty Ltd

Glyn Geen FGIA FCG
Head of Governance Risk and Assurance, Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers

George Giannakis FGIA FCG, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Sana Living

Kimalee Hunter FGIA, MAICD
University Secretary, The University of Western Australia

Katie Hunt FGIA
Risk & Compliance Manager, Scotch College

Cassandra Jaeger GIA(Affiliated)
Director Corporate & Commercial, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

David Maclennan FGIA
Chief Executive Officer, City of Vincent

Joanne McDonald FGIA, FCG, MSc, GAICD
Joint Company Secretary, Northern Star Resources Ltd

Dr Marcos Tabacow, PHD, FGIA
Principal Risk & Assurance, Fortescue

Belinda White MAICD, FGIA, LLB, BEng(Elec)
Principal, White, Leyland & Associates

State Manager, WA

Brian Martin FGIA
Email: [email protected]