Member Directors.

Anthony Ashby was appointed as a member director of the board of the company in September 2007. Anthony is a Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay man from north-western NSW. He is married with two children, loves the South Sydney Rabbitohs and is actively involved in providing support and professional services to the Aboriginal community.

Anthony holds a Bachelor of Commerce (UNSW) and has gone on to complete post graduate qualifications as a Chartered Accountant and Registered Company Auditor. He holds a Public Practising Certificate from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and provides these professional services to both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal sectors.

His professional career started as a graduate accountant in Ernst & Young, where he progressed to Manager level. His other significant public accounting experience consisted of time spent in the United States of America as a contractor to the Moore Stephens Group New York/New Jersey offices. After these public accounting experiences Anthony moved into the commercial arena as the Financial Manager for the Darrell Lea Group. Subsequent to Darrell Lea, Anthony established his own boutique accounting firm.

Eddie Briggs was appointed as a member director of the board of the company in October 2002.

He is a director of the Kamilaroi Aboriginal Housing Corporation and is a former national committee member of the Aboriginal Medical Health and Research Association and the Northern Tablelands Region Aboriginal Land Council.

Eddie has a long and distinguished career in Aboriginal affairs and has been recognised by the community for his efforts in advancing Aboriginal issues.

Matilda House was appointed a member director of the company on the 14 November 2006.

She is an Ngambri clan woman. Matilda’s efforts on behalf of the Aboriginal community of the ACT & NSW are long recognised. She has received the prestigious 2006 ACT Citizen of the Year award and was honoured by the Boomanulla Oval community for her tireless work and achievements within the Aboriginal community for more than 30 years. Matilda is involved in various boards including Fatsil (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation of Languages), Country Energy, NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service, Reconciliation Place and Burringiri Aboriginal Cultural Centre. She is a member of the Murrumbidgee Catchments Area Group, ACT Women’s Reference Group and co-chair of the Namadgi National Park Advisory Board.

Allan Lamb was appointed as a member director of the company in August 2002.

He is a Yuwaaliyaay and Wiradjuri man and lives in Goodooga. Allan gained his Bachelor of Arts (Language and Linguistics) and is currently studying for a Graduate Diploma of Management and Administration at the Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in the NT.

He is a director of the Muurdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation. He was also an ATSIC councillor for the Muurdi Paaki region for fifteens years. Allan’s interests are family, Aboriginal language and culture, and he follows the West Tigers rugby league team.

Gina Milgate was appointed as a member director of the board of the company in September 2007. She is an Aboriginal woman from the Kamilaroi and Wiradjuri clans of NSW. Gina has an undergraduate and post graduate degree in marketing and management and a teaching degree in higher education. She is currently employed as a researcher for the Australian Council for Educational Research.

Gina’s strong background in marketing and education has helped her contribute widely to the community through, for example, projects that educate and inform parents of Aboriginal children with disabilities, promotion and motivation of Indigenous students, and coordination of several projects that promote social awareness in the community.

In her role as a researcher at ACER and through her participation in Indigenous affairs, Gina contributes to programs and policies at local, state and national levels that make a difference and improve outcomes for Indigenous people.

Norm Newlin was appointed as a member director of the company in November 2004.

Norm is a descendant of the Worimi people and is a war veteran. He has an honours degree in communications from the University of Technology and has had his poetry published. Norm’s involvement in Aboriginal affairs spans almost half a century and he sits on numerous boards including membership of the NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service and the Campbelltown City Council Aboriginal Advisory Committee. His tireless efforts on behalf of the Aboriginal community were recognised in 2006 when he received the Campbelltown City Council Heritage Award. He is also a Justice of the Peace and works with detainees of Long Bay jail as an Aboriginal Elder.