Bachelor or Civil Law, University of Oxford

Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Queensland

Prizes in Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence

Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland

Harvard Law School studies in Negotiations and Managing Professional Services Firms

AWARDS:

January 2010, appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to business, commerce, the arts and education.

October 2015, received the University of Queensland Colleges Alumnus of the Year Award.

Mr Skala has a distinguished career of service on the boards of public, private, not-for-profit and government organisations, with more than 35 years’ experience in the law, business and banking. Mr Skala is also Deutsche Bank Vice Chairman, Australia, and served as a partner focusing on corporate, banking and commercial law in two leading Australian law firms for more than 20 years. A former Chairman of Film Australia Ltd, Hexima Ltd, the King Island Food Company Ltd and Wilson Group Ltd, Mr Skala is also a former Director and Acting Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Channel Ten Group and Max Capital Group Ltd. Mr Skala currently Chairs the Heide Museum of Modern Art, is Deputy Chair of the General Sir John Monash Foundation, a Director of The Centre for Independent Studies, and a Member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art NYC. In his diverse career, Mr Skala has also served on the ANZAC Centenary Advisory Board; the Business Working Group; the Australian Business Deans’ Council; Finance Standards for Australian Higher Education; the Australian Innovation Research Centre; the Australian Ballet and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. He was previously an Associate Governor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Chair / Non-Executive

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Queensland

Postgraduate studies in Environmental Management, University of Queensland

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), University of Queensland

Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD)

Member, National Association of Corporate Directors, USA

AICD ASX200 Chairmen’s Mentoring Program participant

Fellow, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

Honorary Fellow, Engineers Australia (HonFIEAust)

Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ)

AWARDS

Australian Professional Engineer of the Year, Engineers Australia, 2007

Shedden Uhde Medal for Services to the Profession of Chemical Engineering, World Congress of Chemical Engineers (Chemeca), Melbourne, 2001

AICD Diversity Scholarship recipient

Ms Bond is one of Australia's leading engineers and has extensive experience in the water and energy sectors in Queensland and the Northern Territory. Her distinguished 30-year executive career covers general management, engineering projects and professional services across a broad range of industrial sectors including leadership roles at board and senior management level in water, energy, power, oil and gas, minerals and postgraduate education. Ms Bond has been a company director for the past 15 years, and. serves on the Boards of Snowy Hydro Limited; Synertec Corporation Limited (Chair); Liquefied Natural Gas Limited; JKTech Pty Ltd and QADO Services Pty Ltd. Ms Bond has held a variety of senior positions at Worley Parsons, including General Manager (Queensland, the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea), where she negotiated project alliances and supervised contracts and projects with many Australian and international companies, prior to starting Breakthrough Energy Pty Ltd in 2006. In addition to her active board portfolio, Ms Bond is Executive for Diversity and Inclusion for the Downer’s Mining, Energy and Industrial division and sponsors a scholarship for a female undergraduate student at the University of Queensland.

Board Member / Non-Executive

Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Jurisprudence, University of Western Australia.

Graduate and Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Corporate Financial Analysis, Australian Institute of Management and Securities Institute.

Ms Tough has had a distinguished and varied career in the energy and resources industries in Western Australia, as both a director and senior executive. She currently serves on the boards of Synergy, Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd and Ox Mountain Pty Ltd. Ms Tough has experience as senior executive and non-executive across a wide range of industries, including energy, resources, oil and gas, engineering, venture capital, technology, telecommunications, law and health. A Professional Director and Chairman with more than 20 years’ experience in public and private companies, Ms Tough has Board Committee experience including Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nomination, IT, People and Culture and Investment. Ms Tough has also held a variety of senior executive roles at Woodside Energy, Hardman Resources, the Commonwealth Bank and the Pilbara Power Project. Previous roles have included Chair, Retail Energy Market Company Ltd, Structerre Pty Ltd, Molopo Energy Ltd, Aerison Pty Ltd and Southern Cross Goldfields Ltd. Deputy Chairman, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts; Chairman BlueMount Capital WA; Chairman, Proactiv Pty Ltd; Director, Cape plc; Chairman, Australian Grains Champion; Non-Executive Director, Strike Resources Ltd; Independent Director, CBH Group; Chairman, Retail Energy Market Company Ltd; Non-Executive Director, Murchison Metals Ltd; Executive Chairman, Advanced Well Technologies Pty Ltd; Director, Curtin University Investment Committee and Non-Executive Director, Neptune Marine Ltd.

Board Member / Non-Executive

BJuris/LLB

Ms Wakefield Evans has 30 years’ legal experience in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, including 10 years’ executive management experience. Ms Wakefield Evans has been an ASX-listed non-executive director for eight years and is currently a non-executive director of Macquarie Group Limited, Macquarie Bank Limited, Lendlease Corporation Limited, Lendlease Responsible Entity, MetLife Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chief Executive Women Limited, the Goodes O’Loughlin Foundation Limited and the University of New South Wales Foundation Limited. Ms Wakefield Evans was a partner of King & Wood Mallesons for 20 years, where she held a variety of part-time and full-time management positions, including Managing Partner, Practice and Managing Partner, International, with responsibility for the development and growth of the international practice and the Hong Kong, China and London offices. Ms Wakefield Evans’ key areas of industry expertise include resources and energy, infrastructure, airports, financial services, technology and media and communication.

Board Member / Non-Executive

Senior Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australia

Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Stanford University Senior Executive Program

Bachelor of Economics (Honours), Adelaide University

Mr Coffey has extensive experience across the financial services sector, with a distinguished career in senior roles in banking, including funds management, balance sheet management and risk management. Mr Coffey is also a non-executive Director of Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Bank Limited, and a non-executive Director of Lend Lease Corporation Limited. Mr Coffey served as an Executive of Westpac Banking Corporation for over 15 years, including as Group Executive, Westpac Institutional Bank, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer. As Deputy CEO he was responsible for the Mergers and Acquisitions function, as well as Westpac relationships with industry groups, regulators, customers and government. Mr Coffey began his career at the Reserve Bank of Australia and also held executive positions at Citibank.

Board Member / Non-Executive

BBus (Acc) FCPA MBA MAICD

Master of Business Administration, Deakin University

Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) University of South Australia

Certified Practicing Accountant, CPA Australia

Ms Reed has more than 20 years’ experience in the energy infrastructure sector, including as Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Spark Infrastructure. Ms Reed is Chair of ERIC Alpha Holdings Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries, which owns the NSW Government 49 per cent stake in Ausgrid. In addition, she is a Director and a member of the Ausgrid Remuneration and Nomination Committee and its Safety, Risk and Compliance Committee. Ms Reed is also Chair of Epic Energy, which owns the Moomba to Adelaide gas transmission pipeline in South Australia, as well as a director of Canadian Utilities, Plus ES Partnership, ATCO Australia Pty Ltd and ATCO Gas Australia GP Pty Ltd. Ms Reed was previously non-executive Director of ETSA Utilities, CHEDHA Holdings and the SA Ambulance Service.

Board Member / Non-Executive

Masters of Commerce, University of South Australia

Certified Practicing Accountant, CPA Australia

Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, University of South Australia

Australian Institute of Company Directors - Fellow FAICD

Harvard Business School Corporate Director Certificate

Harvard Business School: Authentic Leadership

SMSF Association Specialist, Advisor and Auditor

AWARDS

Australian of the Year Awards, Nomination 2017

Telstra Women of the Year (Finalist) SA, Telstra Business Women’s Awards,2016

Australian Women of the Year, Financial Services Awards, Money Management & Super Review 2014

Mrs Slattery is a recognised leader in Australia’s financial services, superannuation, investment and retirement sectors, having led the seven-fold growth of the Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) sector as founder and former Managing Director/CEO of the SMSF Association. An experienced director of 28 years, she has served on boards and advisory committees in publicly scrutinised, high-profile and highly regulated environments in the ASX, commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors for the last 14 years. Mrs Slattery career has spanned financial services, infrastructure, government relations, energy and innovation as a non-executive director, managing director, business owner and employee. She has leading expertise in strategy, government relations, consumer engagement, governance, culture and transformational change. She currently serves on the Board of ASX-listed AMP Limited and is Chair of its Audit Committee. Mrs Slattery is also on the Board of Argo Global Listed Infrastructure and is Vice Chairman of the Woomera (Prohibited) Area Advisory Board. Among other roles, previously she was a Director of ASX-listed Centrepoint Alliance Limited, Director/Founder of the Adelaide University International Centre for Financial Services, Director of the South Australian Cricket Association and Director of Ladder P/L (AFL Charity). She was an Advisory Member of the Federal Government’s Innovation Investment Partnership, Industry Working Group and the Expert Advisory Group and the Shadow Ministry’s Infrastructure and Innovation Committee.

Board Member / Non-Executive