Future Focus Group Alumni Network members
Participants 2008-2009
Mr Devon Anderson, Principal Advisor Human Resources, Rio Tinto Australia
Mr Martin Ansell, Manager Property portfolios, Grollo Australia
Mr David Barnes, Associate and Defence Group Leader, Connell Wagner Pty Ltd
Mr Mark Bartoli, Services Manager, Multiplex Constructions (National) Pty Ltd
Ms Mandy Baxter, Manager – Youth and Family Connections, Melbourne Citymission
Dr Frederic Blin, Principal Engineer, Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd
Ms Laura Cain, Project Officer, DIIRD
Ms Sarah Clarke, Community Partnerships Coordinator, Origin Energy
Ms Toni Courtney, Head of Marketing, ANZ Private Bank
Ms Tiffany Crawford, Corporate Solicitor, Melbourne City Council
Mr Nic Culnane, Project Director, Docklands Infrastructure
Mr Michael Derepas, Senior Strategy Planner, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Mr Hugh Falcon, Division Director, Macquarie Bank Limited
Mr Scott Favaloro, Senior Manager, Macquarie Bank Limited
Mr Cameron Frazer, Manager Sustainable Energy, Department of Sustainability and Environment
Ms Renae Gasmier, Procurement and Services Manager, CPA Australia
Mr Brendan Groves, Partner, Clayton Utz
Ms Marcia Harkins, Docklands Place Management Director, VicUrban
Mr Craig Harris, Executive Manager Performance and Planning, St George Bank Limited
Mr Scott Hartley, Director, Grant Thornton Pty Ltd
Mr Simon Johnson, Senior Manager Corporate Marketing, DaimlerChrysler Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd
Dr Benjamin Kile, Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Mr Tim Leslie, Associate Director, Bates Smart Pty Ltd
Mr Darren McKee, Executive Director Property Services, RMIT University
Mr Mark McManamny, Principal Engineer, Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd
Mr Jamie McTaggart, Signals/Electrical Project Manager, Connex Melbourne Ltd
Mr Nathan Milesi, Development Manager, Lend Lease Development
Mr Brian Motz, Chief Financial Officer, Baker Heart Research Institute
Mr Steven Neave, Engineering Standards Manager, CitiPower Pty and Powercor Australia Ltd
Mr Shaun Newing, Associate Director Structured Finance, ABN AMRO
Ms Karen O'Brien, Project Accountant, City of Melbourne
Mr Duncan Permezel, National Manager Retail Commercial, Origin Energy
Mr James Puchlenko, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Chris Sargent, Senior Manager, KPMG
Mr Brent Simonis, Executive Director, Ernst and Young
Mr Shaun Smedley, Service Group Manager Transportation, GHD Pty Ltd
Ms Catherine Speers, Assistant General Counsel, Connex Melbourne Ltd
Mr Simon Strahan, National Communications and Campaigns Manager, Australia Post
Mr Charles Tremlett, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Ms Kerri Turner, Executive Director, Ernst and Young
Mr Chris Wooden, Senior Manager, KPMG
Ms Katrina Woodland, Policy and Planning Analyst, RMIT University
Mr Campbell York, Senior Executive Mercedes-Benz Vans, DaimlerChrysler Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd
Participants 2006-2007
Ms Ghada Audicho, Strategy Analyst. Budget, Planning and Review
Ms Jen Aughterson, Executive Officer Robin Boyd Foundation,
Mr John Bahoric, Associate Arup,
Mr Chris Boyd, Principal Engineer – Geotechnical Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd,
Ms Kate Brent, Marketing Manager, Member DevelopmentCPA Australia
Ms Eleanor Bridger, Manager, Marketing and Communications
Mr Mark Burke, CFO Australian Motoring Services Pty Ltd,
Ms Ana Carretero, Manager EGM Team Leader, Ernst and Young
Mr Peter Clark, Publication Manager, The Herald and Weekly Times Limited
Mr Tony Clark, Business Development Manager, Vision Australia
Ms Tanya Cook, Human Resources Manager, Multiplex Constructions (National) Pty Ltd
Mr Samuel Cottell, Senior Associate, Clayton Utz
Ms Susie Creswell, Manager, Investor Relations
Mr Ben Davidson, Partner – Commercial Litigation, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mr Edgar Dong, Principal Project Officer – Trade Development, City of Melbourne
Ms Rose Dresios, Fraud Detection, Manager
Mr Chris Edwards, Manager Training, Technology and Employment Services Vision Australia
Dr Jeanette Fyffe, Programs and Projects Coordinator, University of Melbourne
Mr Haydn Gifkins Product Rationalisation Manager, National Australia Bank,
Ms Robyn Hollands, Director of Development, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Mr Matthew Hyatt, Senior Associate, Connell Wagner Pty Ltd
Mr Murad Karrar, PhD student, Health Sciences
Mr Derek Klau Director, New Business, VicUrban
Mr Geoff Latimer, Manager, Atmosphere and Noise
Ms Jessica Lightfoot, Director – Major Projects Monash University,
Mr Ben Liu, Partner, Minter Ellison
Mr Nick Macdonald, Deputy General Counsel, Australia Post
Ms Caroline Martin Manager, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre Museum, Victoria
Ms Sarah Matheson Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson,
Ms Samantha Matthews Manager, Security and Electorate Properties, Parliament of Victoria
Mr Stewart May, Partner, KPMG
Mr Mark McCabe, General Manager – Customer Transactions, Origin Energy
Mr Seamus McCartney, Development Manager, Lend Lease Development
Ms Sharyn McNeill, Senior Manager – Taxation, Allens Arthur Robinson
Ms Tracie McPherson, Program Coordinator of Women 4 Work, Melbourne Citymission
Ms Zoanne Morrissy Manager, Retail Agents, V/Line Passenger Pty Ltd
Ms Kylie Murphy, Technology Services Team Leader, City of Melbourne
Mr Robert Pick Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson,
Mr Dean Schultz, Principal, William Buck (Vic) Pty Ltd
Mr Ben Shaw, Project Management Consultant , John Wertheimer Consultants Pty Ltd
Mr Stephen Smorgon, Group Marketing Executive, Escor Pty Ltd
Ms Lisa Sully, Assistant Manager – Energy Division, Mitsui and Co (Australia) Ltd
Mr Mark Townley, Business Director, Cash Management Platform (CMP) Program ANZ Banking Group
Mr Eddie Tritton, Business Development/Business Manager – Corporate, Melbourne Business School
Mr Peter Turner, Associate Director, KPMG
Mr Roy Weitzman, Partner – Banking and Finance, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Ms Jo Willoughby, National Manager, Product and Operations (A division of Australia Post)
Ms Mandi Zonneveldt, Resources/Business Reporter, The Herald and Weekly Times Limited
Participants 2004-2005
Ms Michelle Adam, Strategic Consultant – Policy and Planning, RMIT University
Mr Adam Awty, Financial Controller, CPA Australia
Mr Jonathon Berry, Associate Director, KPMG
Mr Greg Bosmans, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
Mr Mark Brownley, General Manager Crown Services , Crown Limited
Ms Sally Calder, Environment and Planning Group, Connell Wagner Pty Ltd
Dr Michelle Callander, Research Coordinator, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Ms Eleanor Carswell, Operations Leader, Shell Australia Limited
Ms Frances Crowe, Team Manager, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) Ltd
Ms Therese Cummins, Senior Manager, Ernst and Young
Ms Regine Darga, Office Administrator, Spencer Street Station Authority
Mr Matthew Dempster, Business Development Consultant, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited
Mr Jonathan Farrer, Associate Director, Macquarie Bank Limited
Ms Andrea Fischer, Senior Project Officer – Health Sector , Melbourne University Private Limited
Mr Justin Fox, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mr Stephen Gallagher, Head of External Reporting, National Australia Bank
Ms Penny Grau, Partner, Clayton Utz
Mr Phil Hanna, Project Manager – Metro 3175, VicUrban
Mr Dave Harris, Business Development , VicUrban
Ms Dana Hlavacek, Manager Treasury, Rio Tinto Australia
Ms Fiona Hudson, City Editor, The Herald and Weekly Times Limited
Mr Michael Lamb, Senior Engineer, Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd
Mr Quentin Law, Associate Director, NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia) Ltd
Mr Mark Lewis, Senior Relationship Executive, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Mr Julian Maiolo, Executive Director, Operations Management
Mr Simon Moss, Executive, Corporate Finance
Mr Sam Patterson, Consultant, Fenton Communications
Dr Melissa Permezel, Senior Social Planner, Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd
Mr Stuart Rayner, Executive – Equity Capital Markets, Investment Banking Group
Ms Melissa Reynolds, Head of Marketing Esanda, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
Mr Gavin Rogers, Partner, Goldman Sachs JBWere
Ms Melanie Sanders, Principal, A T Kearney Australia Pty Ltd
Ms Angela Schooneman, Partner, Minter Ellison
Mr Michael Smorgon, Director, Escor Pty Ltd
Mr Luke Stone, Consultant,
Mr Brad Taylor, Partner, William Buck (Vic) Pty Ltd
Mr Darren Walls, Director, Zoological Parks and Gardens Board
Mr Brian Walsh, Communications Director, Our Community Pty Ltd
Mr Marcus Wappet, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Stuart Weir, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
Participants 2002-2003
Ms Nicola Adams, Partner, Piper Alderman
Ms Bridget Baker, Property Development Officer, Melbourne Port Corporation
Mr Bruce Bayley, General Manager – Ventures, Melbourne University Private
Mr Jon Brennan, Manager – Treasury, Rio Tinto Ltd
Mr Kester Brown, Senior Manager, Ernst Young
Ms Nikala Busse, Transformation Project Manager, AXA
Mr Rod Cann, Business and Finance Coordinator, City Projects Division
Ms Nadia Carlin, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Stephen Chadwick, Client Manager, Aspect Computing Pty Ltd
Mr David Chalmers, Executive – Investment Banking Group, Macquarie Bank
Mr Tim Coyne, Principal, Assurance and Advisory Business Services
Mr Mark Coxhead, Commercial Manager, Siemens Ltd
Mr Glen Currie, Manager, Corporate Solutions
Mr Brendan Devine, Project Manager, City of Melbourne
Ms Fiona Doherty, Manager – Mass Market Billing Origin Energy,
Mr Matt Gaffney, Director – Corporate Finance, Ernst and Young Corporate Finance
Dr Andrew Giddy, Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
Mr Michael Hanna, Senior Manager, Projects
Dr Shane Huntington, The University of Melbourne,
Mr Peter J Janetzki, Senior Manager – Taxation, Ernst Young
Dr Ricky Johnstone, Head Cancer Immunology-Gene Regulation, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
Ms Samantha Krull, Senior Structural Engineer, Arup Australasia
Mr Bruce Leyland, Senior Designer, Acumentum Pty Ltd
Ms Sonya Miller, Development Project Manager, Multiplex Constructions
Mr Russell Phillips, Partner, William Buck
Ms Lara Poloni, Principal Strategic Planner, Maunsell Australia
Ms Jacinta Reddan, Manager Corporate Affairs, Tourism Victoria
Mr Colin Robinson, Head of Corporate Business Development, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Mr Tony Smorgon, Director – Commercial Markets, Bang and Olufsen
Ms Kylie Sykes, Planning and Regulatory Manager, City West Water
Ms Teresa Tjia, Manager, Academic Programs
Mr Lee Wapling, Senior Manager – Private Clients, Perpetual Trustrees
Mr Tim Wertheimer, Director, Lotus Hospitality
Mr Nicolas Whitby, Manager, Grollo Australia
Participants 2000-2001
Mr Chris Bate, Senior Consultant, Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd
Mr Andrew Blode, Director, Escor Pty Ltd
Ms Catherine Burnheim, Policy Adviser, RMIT
Mr Gary Cobbledick, General Manager, VISY Industries
Ms Bronwen Colman, Project Director Urban Arts and Events, Docklands Authority
Mr Robert Coulter, ,
Mr Matthew Croome, Manager, Mitsui and Co (Australia) Ltd
Dr Charlie Day, Investment Manager – Ventures, Melbourne University Private
Mr Andrew Dexter, Division Director – Corporate Finance Group, Macquarie Bank
Ms Maria Galati, Associate Consultant, Hewitt Associates
Ms Rosemary Irons, Head of Marketing and Communications, Winchcombe Carson Financial Planning
Ms Lynne Jensen, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
Mr Tony Johnson, Partner – Financial Services, Ernst and Young
Mr Alex Klos, Commercial Manager, Siemens Ltd
Dr David McManus, Research Program Leader, CRC for Bioproducts and Victorian AMB for Biotechnology
Mr Nick Miller, Partner, Clayton Utz
Ms Kate Nurse, Consumer Product Manager, Tattersall’s
Ms Sundhya Pahuja, Lecturer, Law Faculty – The University of Melbourne
Mr Ian Pitcher, Director Victoria, Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd
Mr Neil Plumridge, Vice President, AT Kearney Australia Pty Ltd
Ms Catherine Poole, Advisor, Mergers and Acquisitions
Ms Despina Psaradellis, Team Leader, KAZ Technology Services Pty Ltd
Ms Carol Romero, Manager Contact Centre, Origin Energy
Mr Angus Walker, Commercial Manager North West Shelf, Shell Australia Limited
Participants 1998-1999
Ms Christine Barnes, Director – Urban Systems, Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd
Mr Nick Broome, Partner, Minter Ellison
Ms Cherylynne Clews, Director Corporate Sales – Southern Region, American Express International
Ms Clare Cummins, Head of Audit – Corporate and International, ANZ (formerly of Westpac)
Mr Gerard Dalbosco, Director, Ernst and Young Corporate Finance
Mr Rob Dalton, Partner, Arthur Andersen
Mr Brendan Darcy, Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
Ms Leonie Dunbar, Business Manager, DeBono Institute
Mr Richard Facioni, Director, Macquarie Bank
Mr John Giannousis, Events Manager, Nationwide Venue Management – Colonial Stadium (formerly of Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust)
Mr Michael Herskope, Senior Manager – Corporate Affairs, Phillip Morris (Australia) Limited
Mr John Hindmarsh, Manager Business Services, Tourism Victoria
Mr Peter Lock, State Manager – Commercial Sales Force, Commonwealth Bank
Ms Megan McCracken, Human Resources Consultant (formerly Rio Tinto),
Mr Paul McDonnell, Asset Manager – Property Investments, AMP Asset Management Australia Ltd
Ms Cristina Mullins, Business Manager, Escor Pty Ltd
Mr Martin Munro, Manager, Baulderstone Hornibrook
Mr John Nahyna, Human Resources Manager, Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne Pty Ltd)
Ms Lee Chin Ng, Team Leader, Aspect Computing Pty Ltd
Ms Debbie Pascoe, Consultant, TXU
Mr Anthony Poynton, Senior Associate, Minter Ellison (formerly of Arthur Robinson Hedderwick)
Ms Patricia Roseller, Operations Manager – Resources, RMIT University
Mrs Dianne Scott-Young, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mr Steven Searle, Senior Recruit Consultant, M S and G Executive Recruitment
Ms Deborah Versteegen, Sponsorship Manager, Tattersall’s
Mr Simon Warrender, Director, Australia World Airways
Participants 1996-1997
Dr Warren Alexander, Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Mr Steve Bell, Business Manager, Engineering
Mr Ray Berryman, Manager Valuations, City of Melbourne
Ms Sarah Brown, Project Manager Health Investor Program, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Ms Lorraine Callow, Projects Manager, Health Partner Program
Mr John Chesterfield, National Manager, Spectrum Distributors
Mr Stephen Clifford, Partner, Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks
Ms Dianne Collins, Marketing Manager, Vinyls
Ms Samantha Dellar, Technology Planning Officer, BHP Steel
Mr John Denton, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mr Michael Domann, Group Manager Internal Audit, National Mutual Holdings Ltd
Ms Caroline Duell, Public Affairs Manager, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Mr Mark Dunn, Financial Controller, Transfield Defence Systems
Mr Peter Fox, Chairman, Fox Group Holdings Pty Ltd
Dr Richard Fuller, Executive Officer, Victorian WorkCover Authority
Mr Michael Happell, Partner, Price Waterhouse
Ms Yaso Karthigasu, Manager Intercultural Projects and Resources, RMIT
Mr Peter McGregor, Associate Director, JB Were Corporate Services
Dr Edward Newbigin, Research Scientist, Plant Cell Biology Research Centre
Mr Clem Newton-Brown, Barrister, Yarra Yarra Marquees Afloat
Mr Michael O’Connor, Assistant National Secretary, CFMEU
Mrs Debra Pascoe, Consultant, TU Australia
Ms Lee Ridder, Leasing Manager, Just Jeans
Ms Josie Rizza, Principal Tax Planning, CRA Limited
Mr Norman Smorgon, Managing Director, Escor
Ms Jennifer Squires, External Liaison Manager, Pratt Industries
Ms Louise Stephens, Advisor, Environmental Policy
Mr Leonard Vary, General Counsel/Company Secretary, Fox Group Holdings Pty Ltd
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