NICTA welcomes two new Board members
NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, welcomed two new Board members, Professor Barney Glover and Mr George Campbell, at its Annual General Meeting last week.
NICTA’s Board also farewelled three members, Professor Paul Greenfield, Dr Michael Sargent and Professor David Karpin.
“I would like to thank the retiring Board members for their contribution to NICTA,” NICTA Chairman Mr Neville Stevens AO said. “The experience and advice these people have shared with NICTA has been invaluable.”
Professor Paul Greenfield was one of the longest serving members of NICTA’s Board. He was appointed to the Board on 5 November 2002.
“We would like to thank Professor Greenfield for his wisdom, experience and common sense,” Mr Stevens said. “His contribution is much appreciated.”
Dr Michael Sargent chaired NICTA’s Governance and Remuneration Committee during his tenure and Professor David Karpin served on NICTA’s Audit and Finance, and Commercialisation Committees.
New Board member Professor Barney Glover took up the position of Vice-Chancellor for Charles Darwin University in February this year.
Previously he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Newcastle and held several positions at Curtin University of Technology and the University of Ballarat. He was involved in the establishment of the WA Telecommunications Research Institute and the Institute for Multisensor Processing and Content Analysis.
Professor Glover has significant business leadership credentials through membership on the Boards of a range of corporate organisations and several state and national centres covering areas such as health and medical research, energy, mineral exploration and processing and telecommunications.
He has a strong research publications record and has co-authored four texts in mathematics education.
Mr George Campbell served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1997-2008.
He was a member of the Economic Planning and Advisory Council from 1991-1994 and a member of the Telecommunications Industry Development Board 1991-1996. Parliamentary positions included Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism (2001-2003) and to the Shadow Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research (2003-2004).
Prior to entering Parliament, Mr Campbell held various trade union positions between 1970 and 1997.
Professor Glover and Mr Campbell join the eight existing members of the NICTA Board: Mr Neville Stevens AO (Chair), Dr David Skellern (CEO), Professor Michael Brooks, Ms Jennifer Clark, Emeritus Professor Graham Hellestrand, Mr Loftus Harris, Dr Chris Beare and Mr Brand Hoff.
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Contact: Dorothy Kennedy
Phone: +61 2 9376 2098 or +61 488 229 687
Email: dorothy.kennedy@nicta.com.au
