Bernard Wheelahan

Board Chairman - Pacific Hydro
Former President - Shell Venezuela
Former Director - Transfield Services Ltd
Former Director - Normandy Mining Ltd

Chairman’s biography

José Blanco

Country Manager, Australia and New Zealand
Banco Santander S.A.
Chairman - Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC)

Ron McNeilly

Chairman - Worley Parsons Limited
Chairman - Melbourne Business School Limited
Deputy Chairman - BlueScope Steel
Director - Alumina Limited
Vice President - Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee

Professor Margaret Gardner AO

Vice-Chancellor RMIT University
Chair - COALAR Education Action Group
Chair - Museums Board of Victoria
Director - Australian Learning and Teaching Council

Martine Letts

Deputy Director - Lowy Institute for International Affairs
Chair - COALAR Tourism Action Group
Council Member - Australian National University
Board Member - Nonprofit Australia

Philippe Etienne

Former Group General Manager - Business Development, Orica Limited

Richard Warburton AO

Chairman - Magellan Flagship Fund
Chairman - Tandou Ltd
Director - Citigroup Ltd
Chairman - Board of Taxation

Charlie Sartain

Chief Executive Officer - Xstrata Copper

Cristina Talacko

President - Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce
NSW Vice-Chair - Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC)
Director - SalDoce Fine Foods

Ric Wells
Deputy Secretary, representing Michael L’Estrange, Secretary
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Peter O’Byrne

Chief Executive Officer - Austrade

Colin Walters

International Group Manager, representing Lisa Paul, Secretary
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations