John Atkin FAICD
Chair
National Director
Chair of the Board Nominations & Governance Committee
John is currently a non-executive director of IPH Ltd, Integral Diagnostics Ltd and Commonwealth Bank Officers Superannuation Corporation Pty Ltd. He is also Chair of Qantas Super Ltd and Outward Bound Australia.
Prior to his non-executive director career, John was CEO of The Trust Company, successfully steering the organisation through the GFC. Prior to this he spent six years as National Managing Partner of Blake Dawson (now Ashurst) and 15 years as Partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons).
John is a Graduate of both the Company Directors Course and Mastering the Boardroom.
Tracey Horton AO FAICD
BEc (Hons), MBA, Emeritus Professor
Deputy Chair
National Director
Chair of the National Education Advisory Committee
Tracey is a non-executive director of Nearmap Ltd and GPT Group and chair of its People and Remuneration Committee. She is Commissioner of the Tourism Commission WA, chair of its Audit & Risk Committee and member of its Events Committee, Chair of the Australian Industry & Skills Committee and a member of the Australian Government Takeovers Panel and the Bain & Company Advisory Board.
In 2017 Tracey was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to business and business education through a range of leadership and academic roles, and to the arts in Western Australia.
Tracey’s previous board roles include Chair of D’Orsogna Ltd, Deputy Chair of the Water Corporation (WA), Chair of the Council of Presbyterian Ladies College and a non-executive director for SKILLED Group and Automotive Holdings Group.
Tracey was Dean of the University of Western Australia’s Business School from mid-2004 to August 2011, where she was awarded the lifetime title of Emeritus Professor for her service.
David Bayes FAICD
VIC Division President
VIC Division Director
Member of the Board Audit, Finance & Investment Committee
Member of the Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
Member of the Board Nominations & Governance Committee
David Bayes is a non-executive director of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd and chair of its People & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Risk Management & Audit Committee. He is also Chair of Plarre Foods Pty Ltd.
David previously served as a non-executive director of Chiquita Brands South Pacific Ltd; the Victorian Government appointed Board of the North Western Health Care Network and as an executive director of McDonald's Australia and Bakers Delight.
He served as CEO Australasia for Choice Hotels International and CEO of Bakers Delight and held senior roles across retail, food and accommodation, financial services and Government health organisations.
Michael Coleman FAICD
BCom MCom FCA FCPA
NSW Division Director
Chair of the Board Audit, Finance & Investment Committee
Member of the National Membership Committee
Michael Coleman is a non-executive director of Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank, where he chairs the Audit Committees and is a member of the Risk and Governance Committees. Michael is chair of Bingo Industries Pty Limited and the Planet Ark Environmental Foundation. He is governor of the Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology and chair of the Risk & Audit Committee. Michael is a Director of the Belvoir Street Theatre Foundation and an executive coach with Foresight Global Coaching.
Michael is Adjunct Professor, Australian School of Business, UNSW chair of the Centre for Accounting and Assurance Research Advisory Board, and Chair of the AICD’s Reporting Committee.
Michael retired from KPMG on 1 July 2011, where his career included 30 years as an audit partner and a practice leader for both Audit and Risk Management. He has extensive financial reporting and corporate governance capability.
Anne Cross AM FAICD
BSW, MSW
QLD Division Director
Member of the Board Nominations and Governance Committee
Member of the Board Risk and Compliance Committee
Anne is a non-executive director of St Vincent’s Health Australia and its subsidiary companies. She is Chair of Uniting Church in Australia Redress Ltd and a Director of Opera Queensland. She is member of the Senate of the University of Queensland.
Anne concluded her executive career as Chief Executive of UnitingCare Queensland in 2017 after a long career working in health, aged care, disability and community services. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Queensland.
Anne was admitted as a Member in the Order of Australia for her services to Social Welfare Organisations and Women in 2018. She was named Telstra’s National Business Woman of the Year in 2014.
Naomi Edwards FAICD
BSc(Hons), FIA, FIAA, FNZSA
TAS Division Director
Chair of the Board Risk & Compliance Committee
Member of the Board Audit, Finance & Investment Committee
Naomi Edwards is Independent Chair Elect of MTAA Super and Tasplan Super and a non-executive director of the Tasmanian Economic Development Board, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Propel Funeral Partners and Nikko AM Ltd.
She was formerly Chairman of Australian Ethical Investments, Trustee of Australian Ethical Super and non-executive director at Hunter Hall.
Naomi was previously an actuarial consultant at Trowbridge Consulting and a Partner at Deloitte, where she led the Financial Services Industry Group following Deloitte’s merger with Trowbridge in 2000. She is a Fellow of both the British and Australian actuarial institutes.
Kathy Gramp FAICD
BA (Acc) FAICA
SA/NT Division Director
Chair of the Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
Member of the Board Audit, Finance & Investment Committee
Kathy is Deputy Chairman and Vice President of RAA Group. She is a non-executive director of Codan Limited and chair of its Audit & Risk Committee. She is a non-executive director of RAA Insurance Ltd, Uniti Wireless Limited; a non-executive director of the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia and a member of its Risk & Compliance and Audit Committees and a non-executive director of Silver Chain Group Ltd and chair of its Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee. In addition, Kathy is also a member of the Council of Flinders University and chair of its Audit Committee.
Kathy has had a long and distinguished executive career in media as CFO with Austereo Group Limited and over 17 years of board experience across a diverse range of Australian organisations and industry sectors.
Derek La Ferla FAICD
B.Arts, B. Juris, B.Law
WA Division Director
Member of the Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
Member of the National Membership Committee
Derek is Chair of Sandfire Resources NL, Poseidon Nickel Limited, Veris Limited and Threat Protect Australia Limited. He is also Deputy Chairman of BNK Banking Corporation Limited and a Partner with Western Australian law firm, Lavan.
Derek has been on the Western Australian Division AICD Council since 2015 and a fellow since 2011.
Derek is a corporate lawyer and company director with more than 30 years’ experience. He has held senior positions with some of Australia‘s leading law firms and a variety of board positions with listed public companies and not for profit organisations.
Nicola Wakefield Evans FAICD
BJuris LLB (UNSW)
National Director
Member of the Board Risk & Compliance Committee
Nicola is Chair of 30% Club Australia and a director of Lendlease Corporation Limited, Macquarie Group Limited, Macquarie Bank Limited, and MetLife Insurance. She is also a member of the Australian Government Takeovers Panel, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and a director of UNSW Foundation Limited.
Nicola has significant Asia-Pacific experience as a corporate finance lawyer and was a partner at King & Wood Mallesons (and its predecessor, Mallesons Stephen Jaques) for more than 20 years. She held several key management positions at King & Wood Mallesons including Managing Partner International in Hong Kong and Managing Partner, Practice, Sydney.
Liesel Wett FAICD
BSc MPH MBA
ACT Division Director
Chair of the Board National Membership Committee
Member of the Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
Liesel Wett is chair of Goodwin Aged Care Services in the ACT, the leading aged care provider and largest not for profit employer in Canberra. Liesel is Chair of the AICD’s Not-for-Profit Chairs’ Forum.
Liesel also holds non-executive directorships with Doctors’ Health Services Pty Ltd and Pathology Awareness Australia.
As an experienced CEO and health strategist, Liesel is the CEO of Australian Pathology, the peak body for private pathology practices in Australia. Previously, Liesel held the position of CEO of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the professional membership organisation for 18,000 pharmacists in Australia.
Kee Wong FAICD
BEng (Hons), MBA
National Director
Member of the Board National Membership Committee
Member of the Board Risk & Compliance Committee
Kee is the founder and the Managing Director of e-Centric Innovations, a management and technology consulting company that provides strategic advice and systems integration services in e-business and IT for large enterprises and government in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and SE Asia. Kee is Chair of the AICD’s Technology, Governance & Innovation Panel.
Kee is Immediate Past Chairman of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). He is a director of carsales.com Limited, the Committee of Melbourne, an advisor to the Board of VICTRACK and a member of the Victorian Government’s International Education Advisory Council. Kee is an Adjunct Professor with La Trobe University (Engineering and Technology).
Angus Armour FAICD
BEcon (Hons), MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Angus started at the AICD in October 2017.
Previous roles included Principal Advisor on innovation and research at the Business Council of Australia; Deputy Secretary in the NSW State Government responsible for trade, innovation and industry and the arts; and CEO at Export Finance & Insurance Corporation from 2003 to 2013.
He served in the past as Chairman of Board of the Berne Union, an association of over 50 public and private sector companies from 40 countries supporting $1.5 trillion of global trade and investment annually, as Chair of the Berne Union’s Risk and Compliance Committee, and as Chair and a member of the Asia Regional Cooperation Council. He has also served as Chair of the Asian Eximbank Association, as a member on the Board of the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia, and as a member on the board of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW.
In addition to the AICD Board, Angus serves on the boards of the European Australian Business Council and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund of the UAE.