Our board
Chair: Michael Rose
Michael Rose is managing partner at leading international law firm
Allens Arthur Robinson. He has experience as a commercial lawyer in
Australia, the United States and in several Asian countries.
Deputy chair: Wendy Rose AM
Wendy Rose is a member of the Australian Council for International
Development (ACFID) Executive Committee and the recipient of the
2007 ACFID Contribution to the Sector Award for exceptional
commitment to improving the quality of Australia's overseas aid
sector. She is an active volunteer in development organisations and
former CEO of Save the Children Australia and YWCA Australia.
Robert William Hogg
Robert William Hogg is a Senior Consultant at Frontier Investment
Consulting. He has had articles published in The Australian Banker,
and was co-winner of the Securities Institute of Australia Award
for Best Lecturer in 2000.
Jo Thompson
Jo Thompson is an international development consultant and
expert, who has been responsible for managing programs in
indigenous Australian communities, as well as a number of
programs in developing countries in Africa and Asia. Most
recently, Jo was International Program Manager with the Fred
Hollows Foundation.
Dr Angeline Low
Angeline holds the Chancellor's Post Doctoral Research Fellow
position at The University of Technology, Sydney and conducts
research into entrepreneurship, ethnicity and gender. Angeline is
currently a board member of Family Planning NSW.
David Pigott
David Pigott is a general manager at Mission Australia, responsible
for developing corporate partnerships. He is a former consultant
with PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal and has been an adviser to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Private Secretary to the Premier
of NSW.
Marcus Laithwaite
Marcus Laithwaite is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Sydney,
and is a specialist in the financial services industry. He has
extensive experience in external and internal audits, risk
management, due dilligence and regulatory advice.
James Sheffield
James Sheffield is general manager of Home Loans at the
Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He is a regular columnist in
B&T News, and has previously been involved in fundraising for
the Prince of Wales oncology ward.
Des Semple
Des Semple is chair of the New South Wales Review of Community
Legal Centres reporting to the Federal and NSW Attorney Generals.
His experience includes undertaking major structural and
organisational changes, across and within Government agencies.
Dr Stephen Moss
Stephen Moss is a professional mediator with a background in law,
psychology and business and is currently Group Managing Director of
WDScott, an international management consulting business with
offices in London, New York and Sydney. Stephen is currently
Chairman of an ANZ Capital investee company and is a founding and
current director of Pathways Foundation, a harm prevention charity
promoting contemporary rites of passage for boys and young men.