Members of The Consumer & Financial Literacy Taskforce

Back (left to right)
John Keniry, Peter Kell, Paul Clitheroe, Andre Lewis, John McFarlane, Norman
Owens
Front (left to right)
Kerrie Kelly, Christine Ross, David Deans, The Hon Senator Helen Coonan, MP,
Elaine Henry, Rosanne Hunt, Berna Collier
Absent:
Craig Dunn, Michael Hawker, Ken Smith
- Paul Clitheroe, Chair. Executive (founding) Director, ipac securities limited
- Berna Collier, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- David Deans, Chief Executive, COTA National Seniors Partnership
- Craig Dunn, Managing Director, AMP Australian Financial Services
- Michael Hawker, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Insurance Australia Group Limited (formerly NRMA Insurance Group Limited)
- Elaine Henry, Chief Executive Officer, The Smith Family
- Rosanne Hunt, Coordinator, Finance First, YWCA of Sydney
- Peter Kell, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Consumers' Association
- Kerrie Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Planning Association of Australia Limited
- John Keniry, Chairman, Ridley Corporation
- Andre Lewis, Director, Industry Support, Australian National Training Authority (ANTA)
- John McFarlane, Chairman, Australian Bankers Association
- Norman Owens, Chairman and founder, Australian Business Week
- Christine Ross, Coordinator, National Indigenous Consumer Strategy
- Ken Smith, Director-General, Queensland Department of Education and the Arts
Occupation: |
Executive (founding) Director, ipac securities
Limited since 1983 |
Career: |
Host ‘Money’ program, 1993-2001 |
Publications: |
Making Money, |
Education: |
BA, UniNSW |
Awards: |
Fellow, Securities Institute of Australia |
Occupation: |
Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC), since 2001 |
Career: |
Prof. Comm. Law, Fac. of Law QUT, |
Education: |
BA, LLB (Qld), LLM (Melb) |
Awards: |
Centenary of Federation Medal, 2003 |
Occupation: |
David Deans is Chief Executive of National Seniors Association Ltd, Joint Chief Executive of COTA National Seniors Partnership and Chief Executive Elect of the planned merger between the COTAs and National Seniors. David is a Director of Later Years Ltd (the forerunner of National Seniors), National Seniors Foundation and National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre. Prior to 1991, when David was appointed to his current position, he held senior roles in the property industry including membership of the federal government’s Indicative Planning Council for the Housing Industry. Currently David is a member of many private and public committees focussing on issues related to seniors, such as employment, superannuation, retirement income, housing, health and aged care. |
Occupation: |
Managing Director, AMP Australian Financial
Services since 2002 |
Career: |
Managing Director AMP Banking, AMP Ltd, Hd
Corp. Strategy AMP Ltd 2000-01, CEO EONCMG Life (Malaysia), |
Education: |
BCom, CA |
Occupation: |
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Insurance Australia Group Limited (formerly NRMA Insurance Group Limited), since 2001 |
Career: |
Group Executive - Business Consumer Banking
Aust, NZ and Pac Islands, Westpac Banking Corp. 2001, |
Education: |
BSc (Syd.) |
Awards: |
Insurance CEO of the Year (Australian Banking-Finance
mag) 2003 |
Associations: |
Deputy President Insurance Council of Australia, |
Occupation: |
Chief Executive Officer, The Smith Family since 1998 |
Career: |
Director AXA Trustees Ltd (formerly Nat. Mutual Trustees Ltd) 1998-2001, Executive Director NSW Cancer Cl 1985-97, Cl Sec. 1981-85, Lectr Oxf. Brookes Univ. 1980-81; Member. Management Commettee NHMRC Nat. Breast Cancer Centre 1994-98, Cl Aust. Cancer Cl 1988-96; Trustee Nat. Breast Cancer Foundn since 1994, Memb. Bd Aust. Prostate Cancer Res. Foundn 1995-98; Inaug. Chrmn Not For Profit Cl Aust. since 2003, Chair Stronger Families and Communities Ptnrship Cwealth Govt since 2001, Memb. Consultative Forum for Welfare Reform since 2001; Adv. Bd Memb. Children's Educ. and Res. Centre Univ. Newcastle (Ourimbah Campus) since 2002, Bd Memb. Soc. Ventures Aust. since 2002, Aust. Res. Alliance for Children and Youth since 200 |
Education: |
BSc (Hons) (UK) |
Awards: |
OAM 1994 |
Occupation: |
Coordinator, Finance First, YWCA NSW Finance First is an education project designed to provide financial literacy education in a family context and the first to develop curriculum based material for primary school children. The project is being piloted in three NSW schools and was developed by YWCA NSW in partnership with Citigroup with support from the NSW Department of Education and Training. |
Career: |
Extensive experience in public relations,
marketing and community education. |
Education: |
BA Communications, Charles Sturt Univ |
Occupation: |
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Consumers’ Association |
Career: |
Executive Director, Consumer Protection, Australian
Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) |
Occupation: |
Chief Executive Officer, Financial Planning Association of Australia Limited |
Career: |
Executive, Corporate Actions, ASX Perpetual Registrars, 2001-2003, |
Occupation: |
Chairman, Ridley Corporation since 1994 |
Career: |
Chairman, Unisearch Ltd |
Education: |
UNSW, Cambridge Univ |
Awards: |
Centenary Medal, 2003 Award of Merit, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, 1999 |
Occupation: |
Director, Industry Support, Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) |
Career: |
1991 General Manager of the National Training
Board |
Education: |
Bachelor and Masters Educational Administration
Univ Qld |
Occupation: |
Chairman, Australian Bankers Association, since 1999 Chief Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, since 1997 |
Career: |
V-Pres. Internat. Monetary Conf., Executive Director Standard Chartered plc 1993-97, Pres. A'asian Inst. Banking Fin. |
Education: |
Dumfries Academy, Univ. Edin. (Scotland), Cranfield Sch. Mgmt |
Awards: |
recipient Centenary of Federation Medal 2003, |
Occupation: |
Chairman and founder, Australian Business Week since 1993 |
Career: |
Managing Director and founder Accounts Receivable
Management Services 1975-2001 |
Education: |
BA Applied Psychology, Univ NSW |
Awards: |
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), 2002
|
Occupation: |
Coordinator, National Indigenous Consumer Strategy |
Career: |
Lecturer in Education, Murdoch Univ |
Education: |
BEd S.Aust., DipT South Australian College of Arts and Education |
Awards: |
Centenary of Federation Medal, 2003 |
Occupation: |
Director-General, Queensland Department of Education and the Arts, since 2002 |
Career: |
Dir-Gen. Dept of Employment and Training 2001-02, Dept of Families Youth and Community Care, Qld 1998-2001, Dir-Gen Disability Svces Qld 1998-2001, Divisional Mgr Community and Econ. Dev. Brisb. City Cl 1997-98, Gen. Mgr Blue Nursing Svce 1996-97, Dir-Gen. Dept Local Govt and Planning Qld 1996, Dir-Gen. Dept Housing Local Govt and Planning 1994-96, Gen. Mgr Housing Svces 1990-94, Dir Min. Health Aboriginal Affairs & Multicultural Affairs Tas. Premier's Dept 1989-90, Dir Asset Mgmt NSW Dept Health 1989, Div. Mgr Housing Svces Dev. NSW Dept Housing 1986-89, Mgr Emergency Accommodation Unit Housing Commsn NSW 1984-86, Reg. Consult. Community Tenancy Scheme NSW Dept Youth & Community Svces 1983-84, Community Soc. Worker 1980-83, concurrent part-time tchg Univ. Syd., UTS, UNSW and Syd. Tech. Coll. 1980-89, Exec. Asst to Chrmn NT Housing Commsn 1979-80, Soc. Worker NT Dept Community Dev. 1979, Nat. Co-ordinator Student Initiatives in Community Health Aust. Med. Students Assn 1977-78 |
Awards: |
Centenary Medal 2003 |
Education: |
MSW – University of New South Wales |
Committees: |
Member University of Queensland Senate, Chair Australian Information and Communication Technology Educational Council, Chair, performance Management Review Taskforce, Member, Australian Education Systems Officers Committee, Memb. Nat. Cl of Vocational Educ. and Res., Chair Aviation Aust. Pty Ltd, Chair Nat. Training Statistics Cttee, Memb Qld Studies Auth., Memb. QUT Cl, Memb Qld Educ. and Training Export Bd, Memb. Aust. Bldg Codes Bd, Rental Bond Auth., Chrmn Monte Carlos Pty Ltd, var. State and Nat. Adv. and Working Parties in Housing, Urban Planning, Soc. Welfare and Disability Svces; Memb. Prime Minr's Youth Taskforce, Chair. Standing Cttee of Community Svces and Soc. Security Admors |


