Rod McGeoch AO - Rod unites exemplary senior level management experience with an unparalleled commitment to achievement. Perhaps best known as the leader of Sydney's successful Olympics 2000 bid, Rod’s Director appointments have also included Chairman of Sky City Entertainment Group Limited, Vantage Private Equity Growth Limited and the Trans-Tasman Advisory Board of Saatchi & Saatchi.

Bill McNabb - Bill is president and chief executive officer of Vanguard, and chairman of the board of directors and the Vanguard funds’ board of trustees. Mr. McNabb has been with Vanguard since 1986, serving in several senior management roles and leading each of theVanguard client-facing business divisions.

Roger Urwin - Roger joined Towers Watson as a partner in 1989 to head the UK Investment Consulting Practice. He took on the role of the first global head of practice when this was created in 1995. Roger Urwin is a knowledgeable and thoughtful expert in the global investment consulting arena.

Mark Thirlwell - Mark is the Director of the International Economy program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Before joining the Lowy Institute, Mark was senior economist at the Australian Export Finance and Insurance Corporation from 1999 to 2003, where he worked on country risk issues, with a particular emphasis on East Asia.

Saul Eslake - Saul joined Grattan Institute, a newly-established ‘think tank’ affiliated with The University of Melbourne, as Director of its Productivity Growth research program in August 2009. Before joining Grattan Institute, Saul was Chief Economist at the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) for 14 years.

Todd Sampson - Todd is the CEO of leading creative advertising agency Leo Burnett, and one of the few CEOs in advertising to come from a strategy background. He is also the breakout star of the hit ABC television show The Gruen Transfer and also features regularly on Channel Ten’s 7pm Project. Todd is the co-creator of Earth Hour, an initiative recognised as one of the best ideas in the world and awarded the Yahoo Chair for Innovation.

Michael Power - Michael joined Investec Asset Management as a Strategist in December 2002 and is based in Cape Town. Michael has worked for a number of large international firms including: Chase Manhattan Bank, NM Rothschild & Sons/Smith New Court, HSBC-Equator Bank, Baring Asset Management and Pan African Simba Fund.