Bernard Wheelahan, Board Chairman - Pacific Hydro. Former President - Shell Venezuela.

Chairman’s biography

José Blanco, Country Manager, Australia and New Zealand- Banco Santander; Chairman - Australia-Latin America Business Council.

Ron McNeilly, Chairman - Worley Parsons Limited, Deputy Chairman - BlueScope Steel.

Professor Margaret Gardner AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, RMIT University

Dr Wendy Jarvie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, Science and Training.

Martine Letts, Deputy Director - Lowy Institute for International Policy

Philippe Etienne, Chief Executive Officer – Mining Services, Orica Limited.

Richard Warburton, Director - Nufarm

Charlie Sartain, Chief Executive Officer - Xstrata Copper

Cristina Talacko, President, Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce

David Spencer, Deputy Secretary, representing Michael L’Estrange, Secretary – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Peter O’Byrne, Managing Director - Austrade.