Our Board

	Chairman - Mr Gerry Moriarty AM BE (Hons), FIEAust, FTSE, FAICD Gerry Moriarty joined Macquarie Group Ltd in August 2002 as a Senior Industry Adviser and Deputy Chairman of MCG (an ASX listed communications infrastructure fund managed by Macquarie). He became Chairman of MCG in December 2002. He was an Executive Director of Macquarie Group from 2003 to December 2008 and continues as a Consultant to Macquarie. Gerry has a distinguished business career which includes many senior positions within Telstra. He is also Chairman of Broadcast Australia, Chairman of NuEnergy Pty Ltd and Director of Global Tower Partners LLC (a US mobile tower company). Prior to MCG’s sale to CCPIB in July 2010 he was also Deputy Chairman of Arqiva (a UK communications company), and Director of Airwave Solutions (the UK’s national public safety communications network operator). Gerry holds a first class honours degree in Electrical Engineering from Canterbury University (New Zealand). He is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers, Australia, a Fellow of The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 1998, he was recognised as Professional Engineer of the Year by the Victorian branch of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He is a past Governor of the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering (University of Sydney) and past member of the Melbourne Symphony Council. In June 2001, Gerry was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to the information technology and telecommunications sectors and as an advocate for the employment of leading edge technological capability to advance Australia’s competitiveness in business and commerce. In 2003 he received the Centenary Medal for services to Australian Society in industry.
	Treasurer - Mr Brian Jamieson FCA Brian has over 30 years of experience in providing advice and audit services to a diverse range of public and large private companies. He was Chief Executive of Minter Ellison Melbourne from 2002 to 2005. Prior to joining Minter Ellison he was Chief Executive Officer at KPMG from 1998 to 2000, Managing Partner of KPMG Melbourne and Southern Regions from 1993 to 1998, and Chairman of KPMG Melbourne from 2001 to 2002. He was also a KPMG Board member in Australia, and a member of the USA Management Committee. Brian is Chairman of Mesoblast Limited and Chairman of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited. He is a non-executive Director of Oz Minerals Limited, Tatts Group Limited and Tiger Realm Coal Limited. He is also a Director and Treasurer of The Sir Robert Menzies Foundation. Brian is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
	Mr John Bryson BEng (Mech), MBA (Melb), Visiting Fellow MIT- Sloan Business School (1999), Harvard University – Executive Courses (1999) MAICD Mr Bryson has over 29 years’ experience in the finance industry. He was an equity owner of JB Were and had various senior executive roles including Group General Manager, Group Retail Manager and Director Corporate Finance. Since leaving the firm in 2003, Mr Bryson has been Chief Executive Officer for the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and undertook a number of consulting roles. Mr Bryson is a board member of the Bionics Institute, Chair of its Investment Committee and a member of its Risk and Finance Committee and a non-Executive Director of First Samuel Limited and a member of the Remuneration & Nominations Committee. Until recently he was on the Board of Praemium Ltd and Chair of its Risk Management & Audit Committee and a member of its Remuneration Committee and previously a non-Executive Director of Choisuel Limited and member of its Audit Committee.
	Prof James McCluskey BMedSci, MBBS, MD, FRACP, FRCPA, FAA Professor James McCluskey is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at The University of Melbourne. Prior to this he was the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Partnerships) and held the Chair of Microbiology and Immunology. Professor McCluskey trained in Perth as a physician and pathologist. He spent 4 years at the National Institutes of Health (USA) and on returning to Australia in 1987 he worked at Monash University until 1991 before joining Flinders University and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. He has an international reputation for his research in basic and clinical immunology and is recognised for his leadership in the field of immunogenetics. Professor McCluskey has published more than 250 scientific articles. He has received a Rose Payne Medal from the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics and the Parr Prize from the Australian Rheumatism Association in recognition of his research excellence and was recently elected to the fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science. He is a member of several boards of independent medical institutes and consults for the Victorian Transplantation and Immunogenetics Service.
	Professor Iven Mareels Ir(Ghent), PhD (ANU), FTSE, FIEEE, FIEAust, MSIAM, CPEng, Eng Exec Iven Mareels has been a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne since 1996. In June 2007, he became Dean of the School of Engineering. Previously he was a Reader at the Australian National University and a lecturer at the University of Newcastle and the University of Gent. He is Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Australia, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia. Iven is also a foreign member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB). He is registered as a Corporate Professional Engineer and he is a member of the Engineering Executives chapter of Engineers Australia. He is a Member of the Board of Bionic Vision Australia, a Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, a Member of the Steering Committee for the Centre for Neural Engineering, and a member of the Advisory Board for the Defence Science Institute as well as the IBM Research Co-laboratory.
	Professor Field Rickards BSc(Hons), MEd(Manchester), PhD Field Rickards was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne in August 2004. Prior to this appointment he was President of the Academic Board and Pro Vice-Chancellor. He joined the Faculty of Education in 1989 from the Department of Otolaryngology in the Faculty of Medicine, having been first appointed to the University of Melbourne as lecturer in 1973 to lead Australia’s first post-graduate training in audiology in 1974. He was appointed to Professor of Education of the Hearing-Impaired in 1994. From 1994 to 2000 he served as Head of Department. He has been a member of various Faculty, Academic Board, University and University Council Committees and was Deputy Dean of the School of Graduate studies (1999-2001). He is currently a Director of the Royal Children's Hospital Education Institute as well as the Bionics Institute. He is Chairman of the Asia Education Foundation Board.
	Ms Christina Hardy BBusComm, LLB Christina Hardy is Director of Business Development and Legal Affairs at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. In addition to technology commercialisation in life sciences, she has advised senior executive and Board members on corporate transactions, strategy and risk management. Christina’s background includes roles as a corporate and commercial lawyer in Australia, the UK and Asia negotiating and managing transactions with a technology emphasis. Earlier in her career she spent several years working for a Federal Senator and in communications. Christina’s formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Law from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Business – Communications (Journalism) from the Queensland University of Technology.
	The Hon Steve Bracks DipBusStudies, GradDipEdu Steve Bracks was Victorian Premier and Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs between 1999 and 2007. He now holds a number of other major honorary positions: as an Adviser to the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmao; as Chair of the Centre for Dialogue, LaTrobe University; the John Button Foundation; and the Union Education Foundation. Steve is Chairman of the superannuation fund Cbus; a Director of Jardine Lloyd Thomson Australia and the Beirut Hellenic Bank; and a Senior Adviser to National Australia Bank. He is also the Independent Chair for the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA). Steve received a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2010 for services to the Parliament and community of Victoria. He has also received Honorary Doctorates from both Ballarat and Deakin Universities.
	Ms Moya Mills BA Having led The Cranlana Progamme Foundation as the Inaugural Executive Director, Moya Mills has over 16 years of experience in the areas of values-based leadership education and development, ethics education and cross-sector dialogue between the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Moya has qualifications in the social sciences and management together with a broad background working in the not-for-profit sector. Currently, Moya conducts a consulting practice, working in the area of mentoring and executive coaching.
	Mr Roger Gillespie Roger Gillespie OAM is co-founder and Executive Chairman of Baker’s Delight, the largest national chain of bakeries in Australia with over 700 bakeries operating throughout Australia, New Zealand and Canada. He has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for both the Swinburne University of Technology’s Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) and the Franchising Council of Australia. Roger has been named ‘Citizen of the Year’ for the City of Boroondara and was granted an Order of Australia for his tireless work within the community. He joined the Bionics Institute Board in May 2012. He is also a: Board member of the Cranlana Programme, an educational entity geared at leadership development; Director of Epic Health, a small integrated health care business; Director of NQR, a supermarket chain; and President of the Australian Retailers’ Association.
	Mr Neville John Bertalli BComm (Melb) After obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce degree, Neville worked in junior executive positions in a number of public companies. In 1972 he began his private company career and bought a small Victorian transport company (25 staff) which he transformed over the next thirty years into a business with 150 drivers and a turnover of approximately $25M. He was Chairman of Paxus Computers Ltd (1980-1994) and has been CEO of Patterson Cheney Automotive, a family owned car retailing firm, since 1993. Neville has a keen interest in tennis and golf and is a member of a number of sporting clubs in Melbourne. His philanthropic interests include Ormond College at the University of Melbourne, the Alfred Hospital, and the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, among others. Neville and his wife Diana have a long philanthropic tradition in Melbourne.
	Dr Stella Clark PhD (Melb) After gaining a PhD in 1984, Stella Clark had a distinguished career in diabetes research before moving into research management. Stella has served as: CEO of the Bio21 Cluster, Victoria’s leading health sciences/biotechnology cluster; General Manager, School of Graduate Studies, University of Melbourne; and Scientific Executive Officer, Baker Medical Research Institute. She has been President of the Australasian Research Management Society; a Member of NHMRC Council; a Member of the Leadership Victoria Board; and an Honorary Fellow of Museum Victoria. Stella currently runs her own consulting business, Stella Connect P/L, is part-time CEO of Obesity Australia and a Director of the BioMelbourne Network.
	Mr John Stanhope B Comm, FCPA, FCA, FAICD, FAIM, FAHRI John Stanhope’s career at Telstra Corporation spanned 45 years, and his last position before retirement was that of Chief Financial Officer and Group Managing Director (2003-2011), as well as executive director of the Telstra Board (2009-2011). John’s experience has covered many areas including finance, treasury, taxation, risk management and assurance, investor relations, corporate security and investigations, directorships on various boards of Telstra Corporation’s national and international subsidiary companies, and membership of industry and government committees. He is currently a Director of AGL Energy Limited (Chair of Audit & Compliance Committee) and a Fellow of a number of professional societies including the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and the Australian Institute of Management. John is also a Director of the Bionics Institute, Member of the Deakin University Council and Chairman of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.