Chairman - Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, AO(Mil), CVO, MC (Retd)

Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, AO(Mil), CVO, MC (Retd) was born in Wiluna, Western Australia in 1937 and educated at Kent Street High School and the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Michael graduated into Infantry and served operationally in Malaya, Borneo, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam , where he was awarded the Military Cross and the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After command of all combat elements of the Army from platoon to division - including the Special Air Service Regiment - Michael retired in 1993 to assume the appointment of Governor of Western Australia, which he held for almost seven years. His major interests during his tenure were in youth affairs, education, environment and the family.

For his services to the State Michael was appointed a Companion in the Order of Australia, a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and a Citizen of Western Australia.

On his retirement as Governor in 2000 Michael established in Perth, a not for profit research institute - Future Directions International (FDI) - whose object is to examine longer term issues facing Australia. On 20 December 2000 Michael was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by Curtin University. Michael is also Chairman of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and National President of the Australian Scouting Movement.

On 11 August 2003 Michael was sworn in as the twenty-fourth Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. He retired from this position in 2008.

Michael and his wife Marlena have four children and nine grandchildren.

Deputy Chairman - Marvin Weinman Founder Outcomes Australia

Marvin Weinman is a company director and business advisor with over 20 years experience in managing companies in Australia, New Zealand, United States, Asia, Japan and Canada. Marvin has a wide-ranging management background in marketing, supply chain management and financial and strategic planning within the fast moving consumer goods, apparel products and the building material industries.

With a track record of driving major change and improvement programs, his executive experience includes MD of George Weston Foods – with a turnover of over $1.6billion – owners of some of Australian’s most iconic food brands such as Tip Top bread and Wagon Wheels. He was Managing Director of Boral Building products with sales in excess of $1.2 billion and he served as general manager for Laminex Industries and Formica Asia.

Marvin is currently a director for ProPlanet, T-BoxCanada and CoSports Australia. He holds economics and sociology qualifications and was a member of the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.

Since semi-retiring Marvin has developed a strong community interest. As a former Director for the Garvan Research Foundation and former Chairman of Transplant Australia, he is now enjoying imparting his business knowledge into non-profit community interests.

Marvin has been married to wife Linda for over 30 years and is a proud father of two sons.

John Randall - General Manager Finance and Company Secretary Metcash Limited

John Randall is presently General Manager, Finance and Company Secretary of Metcash Limited, wholesalers and marketers of grocery and liquor.

In 1997 he was engaged by the then Davids Limited for a consulting assignment at a time when the company was suffering losses and undergoing reconstruction and recapitalisation. After establishing a Shared Services Centre to enable effective controls and accounting disciplines to be implemented and costs to be reduced, he joined the company.

Subsequent to the acquisition of a majority of Davids Limited’s equity by Metro Cash and Carry Limited and the company’s renaming to Metcash Limited, he was a member of the management team which returned the company to profitability and growth. Turnover of $4.6 billion in 1998 has been grown to almost $10 billion for the 2007 financial year.

Prior to joining Metcash Limited, Mr Randall was the Chief Financial Officer of Metal Manufactures Limited and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation Limited. He is a Member and former President of the Accounting Foundation, University of Sydney, a former National President of the Group of 100 and former NSW President and National Board member of CPA Australia.

Dr Gabrielle Casper - Gynaecology surgeon, Past President Medical Women's International Association

Dr Gabrielle Casper is a Sydney gynaecologist with a special interest in women’s health and human rights. She is Past President of the Australian Federation of Medical Women and of the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA). She has represented MWIA at the World Health Organisation and United Nations meetings.

Dr Casper received the 2004 AMA Women’s Health Award which is presented to a person who has made a major contribution to women’s health in Australia. She also received the 2004 AMA Woman in Medicine Award which is presented to a woman who has made a major contribution to the medical profession. This award goes to a female medical practitioner who has outstanding commitment to quality patient care, medical research and input into public health initiatives.

Dr Casper enjoys working as a gynaecologist and cares for her patients with compassion and understanding while lobbying to improve the health of the community in Australia and overseas.

Joe Catanzariti - Partner Clayton Utz

Joe Catanzariti leads the Clayton Utz National Practice Group on Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Law and is the firm's National Human Resources partner. He is one of Australia's foremost experts in the field.

Over many years, Joe has been a trusted adviser to some of Australia's largest organisations and many of Australia's government departments on all aspects of employment law and workplace relations, including developing industrial relations strategies, industrial disputes, conciliation and arbitration before State and Federal Courts, occupational health and safety, employee fraud, discrimination, corporate governance, due diligence and senior executive remuneration and terminations. His depth of experience advising major corporate and public sector clients on a wide range of issues has afforded him unique insights into the design and development of long term industrial relations and risk management strategies.

As one of Australia's most accomplished workplace relations lawyers, his counsel is frequently sought on major investigations and his judgment on the conduct of significant matters is highly regarded.

Joe is Secretary/Treasurer of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia and Chair of the Workplace Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales. He has written many significant articles on workplace relations and employment law and is a highly regarded public speaker.

Kevin Chandler - CEO and Joint Founder Chandler Macleod Group

Kevin is the founding CEO of Chandler Macleod Group, one of the largest firms of Human Capital Management with turnover in excess of $800 million. A career psychologist and Management Consultant since 1969.

Kevin has been retained by organisations such as TNT, Trust Bank, Arthur Andersen, Legal & General, Conrad Jupiters Casino and others to advise on the introduction of Service Quality Programs with significant customer focus and results.  He has lectured extensively in the area of personality and understanding individual differences including guest lectures in Statistics at Macquarie University.  He has conducted organisational review assignments in large and small organisations resulting in significant productivity improvement and cost savings.

Kevin is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants in Australia.  He is a past Victorian President of the Institute of Management Consultants and past Federal President.

Associate Prof Allan Glanville, Medical Director Lung Transplantation, Director Thoracic Medicine, St Vincents Hospital

Allan Glanville trained in Sydney, gaining his FRACP in 1985 before undertaking further education at the Brompton Hospital in London and Stanford University, California, USA. At Stanford University 1986-7, he performed studies in the new discipline of human heart-lung transplantation, which led to the award of a MD in 1990.

Dr Glanville works as a specialist in Lung Transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney where he is Director of the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Medical Director of Lung Transplantation. Since 1989 he has regularly performed outreach clinics in other states to foster a mantle of care for lung transplant patients and provide equity of access to these services to all Australians. He has been actively involved in the training of other clinicians who now service the interstate units.

Dr Glanville is also an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of New South Wales. He is actively involved with international trials into new immunosuppressive and antifibroproliferative agents and is Chair of the European and Australian Investigators in Lung Transplantation. Dr Glanville is a foundation Director of LARA, Chair of the LAM Treatment Alliance Trials Group and Australia’s representative to the LAM Foundation. He is also the Immediate Past President of the Pulmonary Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and is author of over 110 publications.

Recent works have included novel approaches to therapeutic drug monitoring after lung transplantation and a reappraisal of the significance of subclinical acute lung rejection with emphasis on lymphocytic bronchiolitis as a determinant of long term outcome after lung transplant.

Professor Geoff McCaughan, Director Australian National Liver Transplant Unit, Royal Price Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Head Liver Immunobiology Group, Centenary Research Institute

Professor Geoff McCaughan graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney with Hons 1 in 1975. He obtained his FRACP in 1980 specialising in Gastroenterology and Liver diseases. He completed a PHD in cellular immunology in 1984 and was a C.J.Martin NHMRC fellow at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford University from 1984-1986. During this time he cloned the Human CD200 gene.

He returned to Australia in 1986 to take up a position as Staff Specialist in Hepatology and Director of Liver Transplant Hepatology at the Australian National Liver Transplant Unit at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
He was appointed as Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney in 1992 and as AW Morrow Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and Director – AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1998. He has been Director of The Australian Liver Transplant Unit at RPAH and the University of Sydney from 2001-2003 and from 2004-present. He has been Group Head of the Liver Immunobiology Laboratory at the Centenary Research Institute for Cancer and Cell biology since 1996 and was appointed Assistant Director of the Institute in 2008.

Over the past 10 years he has built up a laboratory research programme in the fields of molecular and cell biology of Human Liver disease, Hepatitis C virus infection, Liver immunology, Liver transplant tolerance and the structure and biology of the DPP1V enzyme family. He has also built a clinical research programme around the topics of Effects of Liver Transplantation on the extrahepatic manifestations of Cirrhosis. Hepatocellular Cancer, Antiviral therapies for HCV and HBV infection and Immunosuppressive therapies in Liver Transplantation. This research lead to him receiving the Distinguished Research Prize Gastroenterology Society of Australia in 2005 and the RPAH Research Medal in 2000.He has been a Chief Investigator on numerous NHMRC Project Grants and more recently on NHMRC Clinical and Basic Research Program Grants.

He has played a role in developing partnerships within the Australian Medical System via appointments as Chair of MACH NSW Health since 2000, Chair of the TSANZ Liver Transplant Standing Committee 1998 -2006) and as member of the GESA Council 1996-2000.
He has an international profile via the publication of over 300 papers in the International literature and over 90 International invitations to speak at recognised International meetings.