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Michael Bell - Chairperson
Michael Bell was appointed to the board of the company in October 2002. He was elected as Chairperson in May 2005.

He continues to serve the company in this position. He is a Ngunnawal man who lives in Yass and is father to two boys. Michael has a demonstrable commitment to serving the Aboriginal community. He is involved with several Aboriginal organisations dedicated to serving the community. They include the National Indigenous HACC Reference group, among others. Mr Bell further assists the community in socio-economic development, particularly in the areas of aged care, employment and education. He is committed to the further development of employment and education opportunities for Aboriginal people through his involvement with Buranya Aboriginal Corporation - an Aboriginal land care group.

Jim Wright – Deputy Chairperson
Jim Wright was appointed to the Board as a Member Director of the company in October 2005.

He was elected to the position of Deputy Chairperson in November 2005 and continues to serve the company in this position. He is a happily married man with five sons and twenty grandchildren. He is a descendant of the Anaiwan, Dunghutti, Wonarua and Gweagal people and has lived in the Newcastle area for 51 years. Mr Wright is the current Chairperson/Business Manager of Youloe-Ta Indigenous Development Association Inc and Chairperson of the Yarnteen Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corp. Mr Wright is a past chairperson of the Sydney/Newcastle Regional Aboriginal Land Council and served as a Councillor for the Many Rivers ATSIC Regional Council for 15 years and as an ATSIC Commissioner for one three-year term. His ATSIC portfolio included sports, youth, elders and disability. Mr Wright has a deep involvement in the Aboriginal struggle in the Hunter region. He also has a keen interest in the development of education, employment, economic and sporting opportunities for Aboriginals.

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. Mr Briggs 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. Ms House'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. Ms House 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. Mr Lamb 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. Mr Lamb's interests are family, Aboriginal language and culture, and he follows the West Tigers rugby league team.

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

Mr Newlin 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.

Ms Yvonne Stewart was appointed to the board as a member-director of the company on 2 July 2009.

Ms Stewart has a strong management background with Indigenous organisations, particularly in health and housing. She also has experience in strategic environmental management and cultural and natural history. Throughout her career Ms Stewart has developed high-level skills in project management, stakeholder engagement and liaison with government agencies and local communities.

Ms Stewart holds positions on several boards, committees and organisations, she is Chair of the Arakwal National Parks and Chair of the Cape Byron Lighthouse Reserve Trust, Byron Bay. Ms Stewart is a representative on the NSW Marine Parks Advisory Committee (DECC); Environmental Trust Grants Committee; Land Alive Trusts Committee; Byron Shire Council Reference Group; the Regional Advisory Committee; and the Environmental Protection Authority, Department of Environment and Climate Change. Ms Stewart is former Chair of the Aboriginal Cultural Advisory Committee (DECC).

Ms Stewart holds an Associate Diploma of Aboriginal Studies, Health Sciences from Monash University.

Katie Wyatt was appointed to the board as a member-director of the company on 2 July 2009.

Ms Wyatt is a business and communications consultant operating in Melbourne. Ms Wyatt has strong experience in human resources and people management. Her particular expertise is developing internal communications frameworks, human resource documentation, training and development materials, tender documents and online marketing materials.

Ms Wyatt currently works as a change management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as being a freelance writer. Prior to that Ms Wyatt was a change management consultant with Accenture. She began her career working as a University Cadet for the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Ms Wyatt is originally from Western Australia, where her father was born in Meekatharra and continues to work with Indigenous people in regional WA. Her brother is a Member of the Western Australian Parliament. She recently returned to the West to get married, but lives in Melbourne with her husband and pet beagle named Indy.

Melissa Williams was appointed to the board as a member-director of the company on 12 March 2010.

Ms Williams is a descendant of the Bandjalang people located in Northern NSW. Since November 2007, Melissa has been the Director of the Indigenous Employment and Engagement Office at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). Ms Williams has created the first Advisory Board in the tertiary education sector tasked with implementing UWS’ commitment to increasing employment and engagement amongst Indigenous Australians across all its 7 campuses, numerous community initiatives and events. For this work, in 2009, her Office was a Finalist for the Pru Goward Award for Diversity Management awarded by the Australian Human Resources Institute.

Ms Williams is a respected innovator and an insightful leader, having developed her strong business acumen in the telecommunications industry where she excelled in taking an idea from concept to design through to implementation.

Her long list of achievements at Telstra including growing the Media, Entertainment and Hospitality corporate segment by 15% in marketing campaigns. Another career defining achievement was performing research and development work that underpinned Optus Communications’ successful entry into the Australian Market in the 1990’s. Ms Williams also holds an Innovation Patent (Medical/Mechanical) and in 2005 – 06 was on the judging panel for Australia’s premier technology innovation awards program - the Australian Information Industry Association’s iAwards.

Ms Williams's proudest achievement is ongoing: the raising of her son. The legacy she wants to leave him and others is that knowledge opens up a universe of possibilities and that that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. Her ambition is to see that the unique history, place and contributions of Indigenous people as a core part of Australia’s nation-making in the 21st century is recognised and valued.

Frank Fischl was appointed as a non–member director of the company in December 2004 and is a chartered accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce (UNSW) degree.

He has been a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia since 1990 and is a member of their Professional Conduct Tribunal.

Mr Fischl is a retired partner of the highly respected accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, having been with them for 32 years. He was formerly registered as a liquidator and company auditor.

Elizabeth Henderson was appointed as a non-member director in November 2009 and is a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee.

Ms Henderson is a lawyer by training and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Science (Hons, Physics major) both from the University of Sydney. She is currently enrolled in the Chartered Financial Analyst program (CFA Institute) and in the Financial Risk Manager program (Global Association of Risk Professionals).

Ms Henderson holds a senior role at Westpac Banking Corporation in the Counsel & Secretariat team and working with other parts of the business. Amongst other things, she assists with strategic initiatives of the Westpac Group and provides decision and advisory support to the Board and the Executive Team. Previously, Ms Henderson had 10 years experience as a mergers & acquisitions and corporate lawyer at Freehills, one of Australia's largest law firms. There she worked on a range of major transactions and projects, with particular expertise in the media, property and financial services industries and in corporate and financial services regulation.

Parry Agius  is the Chief Executive Officer of South Australian Native Title Services (SANTS), an organisation that replaced the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc. in July 2008.

SANTS provides legal, research and other professional services to Aboriginal people and groups. Mr Agius also led the amalgamation of three organisations that formed the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) in becoming a single entity, the Native Title Representative Body (NTRB) for South Australia, under the Native Title Act.

Mr Agius' work has been imperative in achieving an organised, consistent approach and a working partnership to native title for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal stakeholders involved, and he has achieved settlement of native title that resulted in genuine economic benefits for Aboriginal people, being the primary architect of legal and negotiation and complex conflict processes.

Mr Agius is the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Centenary Award 2000 for work with Indigenous people of South Australia, and in 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship.