Board

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed Non-Executive Director on 20 December 2011, and Chairman of the Board on 1 October 2020.

Mr Billings retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2011 after 34 years, where he was head of the Melbourne Assurance practice as well as heading the firm’s Australian and Global Industrial Products business.

Mr Billings is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Austco Healthcare Ltd (appointed 21 October 2015) and a Non-Executive Director of Clover Corporation Limited (appointed 20 May 2013) where he is Chair of the Audit Committee.  He is a former Non-Executive Director of DomaCom Limited (retired 15 June 2021) and a former Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Korvest Limited (retired 31 August 2021).

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee on 16 March 2021.

Ms Campbell has over 30 years' financial executive experience in a range of industries including professional services, financial services, media, mining and industrial services.  Ms Campbell commenced her career with KPMG and has held executive roles with Macquarie Group, Westpac Institutional Bank, Seven West Media, Bis Industries and Merivale.

Ms Campbell is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Humm Group Limited and Non-Executive Director and Member of the Audit Committee of Southern Cross Media Group Limited.  She is also Deputy Chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.  She was previously a Non-Executive Director of IVE Group Limited and The Sydney Film Festival.

Ms Campbell is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed Non-Executive Director on 20 December 2011, and Chair of the Remuneration, People and Culture Committee.

Mr Robinson spent the past 22 years, prior to joining the Board, with global automotive parts, general industrial and consumer products manufacturer and marketing company Robert Bosch GmbH.

In that time he has worked in the USA, Germany and Australia and had responsibility for sales, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, accounting and personnel. He was President of Robert Bosch Australia and Robert Bosch New Zealand.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed Non-Executive Director on 1 March 2020 and Chair of the Risk and Compliance Committee on 10 February 2021. 

Ms Douglas is currently a Non-Executive Director of Hansen Technologies Ltd (appointed 15 February 2017), a Non-Executive Director of Opticomm Ltd (appointed 21 August 2017) where she is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a Non-Executive Director of Essential Energy (appointed 15 March 2018) where she is Chair of the Regulatory Committee. She is also a Non-Executive Director of St Kilda Football Club and Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation and a former Non-Executive Director of Telstra SNP Monitoring (retired 2016), Family Life Inc (retired 2010), Pacific Access Superannuation Fund (retired 1999) and Kilvington Girls Grammar School (retired 1994). 

Ms Douglas has considerable experience as an executive in the communications and technology sectors having held a diverse range of executive roles at Telstra and Sensis from 1997 to 2016. Prior to this, Ms Douglas was a lawyer with Mallesons and Allens where she specialised in intellectual property, communications and media law.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed Non-Executive Director on 23 June 2021.

Professor Pollaers has over thirty years’ experience in FMCG and healthcare sectors, as well as considerable manufacturing experience.   He also has experience on government advisory committees, in the education sector and not-for-profit space.

In his executive career, Mr Pollaers was CEO of Pacific Brands from 2012 until 2014 and before that was CEO of Fosters prior to the sale to SAB Miller. His executive career commenced with Diageo where he spent almost 20 years rising to the role of President Asia-Pacific.   

Mr Pollaers is currently Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology and Chairman and Founder of Leef Independent Living Solutions Pty Ltd.  He was also recently appointed as Independent Chair of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. 

Mr Pollaers was formerly Chairman of the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council, Chair of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce for the Federal Government, Chairman of the Australian Industry and Skills Committee and a member of the Prime Minister’s Industry 4.0 Taskforce. 

Mr Pollaers was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2018, for service to the manufacturing sector, to education and to business.  He holds an MBA from Macquarie University/INSEAD, a Bachelor of Computer Science, and Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from UNSW.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2018.

Mr Whickman was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Australia and New Zealand (2015 – 2018). He had a 20-year career with Ford in senior executive roles in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.