As an experienced executive director with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and over three decades of experience across a range of industries, I bring a unique blend of academic rigour and practical experience to my role as CEO & Executive Director, SECOS Group Ltd (ASX: SES), a publicly listed bioplastic and sustainable packaging company leading the world in removing petrochemical plastic from our environment. Having served for over 12 years as SECOS' Chairman, I possess a deep understanding of the challenges facing companies in today's rapidly evolving business environment and am dedicated to leveraging my expertise to drive change in removing single use plastic from our environment.

SECOS Group Limited (ASX Code: SES) is a leader in sustainable packaging and was formed through the merger of Cardia Bioplastics and Stellar Films Group in April 2015. It develops, manufactures and markets its proprietary high quality cast films and patented renewable resource-based materials and finished products derived from its proprietary Cardia technology for the global packaging and plastic products industries. The company holds a strong patent portfolio and its growth is fuelled by the global trend towards sustainable packaging. The company Headquarters and Global Application Development Centre is in Melbourne, Australia.Cardia Bioplastics’ Product Development Centre and manufacturing plant for resins and finished products is in Nanjing, China. Stellar Films’ manufacturing plants for high quality cast films are located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Further sales offices are in Australia, Malaysia, China, USA and a network of leading distributors across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Visit www.secosgroup.com.auSECOS Group manufactures and distributes a certified range of compostable bag products via over 1300 retails stores within Australia and the USA under its MyEcoBag and MyEcoPet brand. For more information about SECOS' MyEco range go to www.myecobag.com.au

As co-founder of the Chocolate Group of companies, I worked as joint Managing Director for over ten years where I provided expert finance and property advice to thousands of customers while also training and supervising what has now become one of the best performing, and highly qualified and regarded team of mortgage brokers within Australia. I now hold a non-executive Director role within the Chocolate Group and continue to oversee corporate matters and business strategy. The Chocolate Group of companies include Chocolate Money and Master Builders Financial Services. Services include mortgage broking, debt advice, business planning and consulting, real estate sales and property development services. Established for over ten years, the Chocolate Group provides customers with the highest quality advice and service in the field of lending and property. The team at Chocolate are highly trained and share decades of collective experience. Our focus is always to achieve the best possible outcome for our customers through superior knowledge, experience and ethical practices. If you need a mortgage broker or wish to buy or sell a property then call to speak with one of our senior advisers at the Chocolate Group on 1300 137 539Australian Credit License Number: 387277

MTC is Melbourne’s home of live storytelling, producing an annual mainstage season of up to 12 plays, NEON Festival of Independent Theatre, the Cybec Electric play readings series, an annual Education program, and more.MTC is one of the major performing arts companies in Australia, and one of the largest theatre companies in the English-speaking world. Founded in 1953, MTC is also the oldest professional theatre company in Australia, and currently exists as a semi-autonomous department of the University of Melbourne.

Appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer and Company Director from 1 January Melbourne University Publishing and formerly Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary since August 2009.At Melbourne University Publishing we take great pride in producing books that contribute to the conversation about Australia's political and cultural landscape. With a proud ninety-year history, MUP is excited about our future with more of Australia's best non-fiction writing to come.Covering a broad range of genres, MUP is a leader in both news-making political and current affairs publications, and beautiful and definitive Australian art and lifestyle books, as well as a firm commitment to producing leading academic monographs.For further information about Melbourne University Publishing go to www.mup.com.au