DHA Board

MR DEREK VOLKER AO

Mr Volker was appointed Chairman of the DHA Board on 26 July 2008 and reappointed for a further term on 13 October 2011. He is also Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Chairman of the Property Committee.
Mr Volker headed three Commonwealth Departments over the fifteen year period to 1996 – Veterans’ Affairs, Social Security and Employment, Education and Training. From 1996 to 2004 he was Chairman of the Government Relations Group in the national law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth and he has been a company director and consultant to several major Australian and international companies. For the ACT Government he has held the positions of Chair of the ACT Business Incentives Scheme Panel, Chair of ACT Tourism, Chair of the Education Export Council, Chairman of the ACT Skills Commission and Chairman of the City West Precinct Committee. He is also Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Australian National Institute for Public Policy at the Australian National University.

MR MICHAEL DEL GIGANTE BCom (Hons), MCom, MBA, FCPA, FICD

Mr Del Gigante served as Managing Director of DHA from August 2006 until February 2013. He was appointed a Director of DHA IML on 12 December 2012.
Mr Del Gigante joined DHA as Chief Operating Officer in April 2004 and was appointed Managing Director in August 2006. Before joining DHA, he was Chief Executive Officer of TransACT Communications. Prior to this, he was Chief Financial Officer of ActewAGL, a large electricity, water and gas utility company in Canberra. Mr Del Gigante has held senior positions with the World Bank and the Inter-American Investment Corporation in Washington, DC. He has also held executive positions in Verizon (previously GTE), a large US telecommunications company, in both Europe and the United States. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Royal Australian Mint, a Director of Adelphi Consulting and a Director of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has studied at Harvard Business School, Boston University, University of NSW and ENI School, Milan.

MR PETER HOWMAN MBA GDipCompSc GDipBus

Mr Howman was appointed Managing Director of DHA in February 2013. He was appointed a Director of DHA IML in December 2012.
Mr Howman joined DHA in October 2007 as Chief Operating Officer. In this role he was responsible for operational management of DHA and worked closely with the then Managing Director in setting the strategic direction and management of the organisation. Before joining DHA, Mr Howman was the General Manager Commercial Systems at Thales, and was responsible for order capture and project delivery of commercial information and communications technology solutions in the security, transport and infrastructure enterprise domains. He has also held senior executive positions at major global companies including the Boeing Company, Hewlett Packard, Lockheed Martin, Siemens Plessey and Rockwell Collins. Mr Howman also has a wealth of first-hand experience with Defence through his 21 years of service with the RAAF.

AVM GARY BECK (Rtd) AO

Air Vice Marshal Beck (Rtd) was appointed to the DHA Board on 23 November 2006 following his nomination by the Chief of the Defence Force and was reappointed on 23 November 2009 and 24 November 2011. He is the Chairman of the DHA Advisory Committee.
Mr Beck is a Senior Consultant with RMC Pty Ltd. He is a member of the ACT Council of Save the Children Australia and is patron of Duo, an organisation providing respite to carers of the handicapped in the ACT. He concluded eight years with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in a statutory appointment as Director of War Graves and earlier concluded a 38-year career in the RAAF, with his final posting as Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy. His two prior senior Defence appointments were Air Commander Australia and Chief of Air Force Personnel.

THE HON. ARCH BEVIS

Mr Bevis was appointed to the DHA Board on 13 October 2011. He is a member of the Property and Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Mr Bevis was a Member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2010. Mr Bevis held various portfolio responsibilities serving as Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Shadow Minister for Defence, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Shadow Minister for Homeland Security, Aviation and Transport Security. He chaired various Parliamentary Committees involved with industry and Defence and security, and was leader of Australian delegations to Japan and the NATO Assembly. Mr Bevis also participated in Australian American Leadership Dialogues on Security. Before entering Parliament, Mr Bevis was a senior officer of the Queensland Teachers’ Union. He was a Board Member of the Queensland Teachers’ Union Health Fund and Chairperson of the Union Shopper. Mr Bevis is a Member of the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal.

MS CAROL HOLLEY BA

Ms Holley was appointed to the DHA Board on 23 November 2009 and was appointed to the Property Committee in July 2011. She was appointed the Chair of DHA IML in December 2012. Ms Holley’s current Board appointments include Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and Independent Member of the Audit Committee of Sinclair Knight Merz. In addition, Ms Holley is the Independent Chair of the Risk Management and Audit Committees of the National Health Funding Body, NSW Police Force, NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure, Land and Housing Corporation and a member of the Risk Management and Audit Committee of the NSW Department of Family and Community Services. Ms Holley was a Partner of Hill Rogers, Chartered Accountants for 25 years and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney. She is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

THE HON. J.A.L. (SANDY) MACDONALD LLB (Sydney)

Mr Macdonald was appointed to the DHA Board on 24 July 2008 and reappointed on 13 October 2011. He is a member of the Audit and Property Committees.
Mr Macdonald was elected to the Senate in 1993 and retired from the Parliament on 30 June 2008. During his parliamentary career he was Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Parliamentary Secretary for Defence. His committee experience was broad, but with particular reference to Defence, international affairs and security. He served for eight years as the Chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee. In 2011 he was appointed to the Anzac Centenary Advisory Board. He is also a non-executive Director of Incremental Oil & Gas Ltd. He lives near Quirindi, New South Wales, where he is a wool and beef producer.

MR GARY POTTS BEc (Hons), MSc

Mr Potts was appointed to the DHA Board on 23 November 2006 and reappointed on 23 November 2009. He was Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. His service on the DHA Board finished on 22 November 2012. Mr Potts has more than 30 years of experience in public policy and government operations. He has served as a Commissioner of the Productivity Commission. He is Chairman of the Australian subsidiary of a (foreign owned) general insurance company. Before leaving the Australian Public Service in 2002, Mr Potts was an Executive Director and Deputy Secretary in the Australian Department of the Treasury.

MR PETER SHARP

Mr Sharp, the nominee of the Secretary, Department of Defence, was appointed to the DHA Board on 23 November 2006 and reappointed on 23 November 2009 and 27 November 2011. He is a member of the Audit and Property Committees.
Mr Sharp has more than 45 years of experience in the Australian Army and in the Department of Defence. His Army career spanned tours of duty in Vietnam, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. In the Department of Defence, he held senior positions as Inspector General, Head Defence Corporate Support and First Assistant Secretary Personnel. In 2002, he led the Defence Strategic Workforce Planning Review, the first of its type in the Commonwealth. Mr Sharp is the Defence representative on the Australian Bravery Decorations Council.

MS MARGARET WALKER BCom

Ms Walker was appointed to the DHA Board on 15 July 2009 and reappointed on 12 July 2012. She is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Ms Walker is a Non-Executive Director of Buderim Ginger Limited where she also holds the position of Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Cystic Fibrosis Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Ms Walker has more than 25 years of senior executive experience with a variety of organisations, including ten years in strategic roles as Executive Director and Director Operations of a Commonwealth Bank-owned subsidiary, Tactical Global Management (TGM). TGM was then a pre-eminent global macro hedge fund firm with offices in Brisbane and London and US$1.2 billion funds under management.

MS JANICE (JAN) WILLIAMS BSW

Ms Williams was appointed to the Board in December 2012. She is a member of the Property Committee.
Ms Williams is currently a Director of Jardine Development and was previously Chief Executive of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA). Jan has been highly involved in the development of affordable housing through her roles as a Director of BHC Ltd and Catalyst Housing Ltd. She currently sits on a Brisbane City Council Panel and has held key roles in the promotion of social inclusion, the development of community services, urban planning and design. She has been a Fellow of the UDIA and the Australian Institute of Management. Ms Williams graduated from the University of Queensland with first class honours and was awarded the University Medal.

Table 5: Meetings attended by DHA Board members
(number attended/number held while a Board or Committee member)

	Board	Board Audit Committee	Board Property Committee	Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee	DHA Investment Management Limited
No. of times Board/Committee met during 2012–13	9	4	7	5
Mr Derek Volker AO, Chairman	9/9		7/7	5/5
Mr Michael Del Gigante, MD	5/5*				6/6
Mr Peter Howman, MD	4/4**				6/6
AVM Gary Beck AO (Rtd)	9/9	2/2
The Hon. Arch Bevis	9/9		7/7	2/2
Ms Carol Holley	9/9		7/7		6/6
The Hon. JAL (Sandy) Macdonald	9/9	4/4	7/7
Mr Gary Potts	3/3***	2/2		2/2
Mr Peter Sharp	9/9	4/4	7/7	3/3
Ms Margaret Walker	9/9	4/4		5/5
Ms Jan Williams	5/6****		3/4

* Mr Del Gigante was Managing Director until 3 February 2013.

** Mr Howman commenced as Managing Director on 4 February 2013.

*** Mr Potts’ term expired on 22 November 2012.

**** Ms Jan Williams was appointed to the Board on 12 December 2012.

The Board also met in out-of-session meetings on six occasions.

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