Mr McCann is currently the Managing Director and principal of Executive Computing Pty Ltd, an independent software and consulting services supplier to the Asia Pacific region with 25 years of experience.

Mr McCann was previously a partner with Deloitte for 24 years, and has held a number of senior leadership roles, including Managing Director for Deloitte Consulting/ICS in Australia, a systems integrator specialising in the implementation of enterprise applications. Mr McCann is also Chairman of Tel.Pacific, and on the Board of the law firm, Lander and Rogers.

He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.



Mr Rodwell is also the founder of Loop. He has over 20 years experience in corporate and consumer design and multimedia and has owned and operated several businesses specialising in this field. He has worked in Australia, Singapore, UK and the US, managing projects for many international companies including McKinsey, BMW, UniLever, and MTV.

In the consumer area, Mr Rodwell led projects for several of the world’s biggest names in sport including Manchester United FC; The All Blacks; Adidas; and several top tennis stars such as Anna Kournikova and Lleyton Hewitt. His role includes the oversight of all Loop’s product development and strategic planning.

Mr. Yates is Chairman of Peony Capital, a leading carbon trading fund based in China; the main founding partner being the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Peter was Chief Executive Officer of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) and Chairman of NineMSN. Prior to joining PBL, he worked in the investment banking industry including 15 years with Macquarie Bank.



Mr Simson has 36 years experience in the Australian media industry. From 2002 to 2006 he was Executive Chairman and Chairman of emitch Limited: the largest online advertising agency in Australia and New Zealand.

He has also owned and operated a number of new media businesses covering Internet publishing and Pay TV programming. Until January this year, he owned and operated five regional radio stations.

Mr Simson is a former Managing Director of The Age and Sunday Age, and Editor and CEO of BRW Publications. He is a former Managing Director and part owner of National Business Review NZ. Mr Simson served as Associate Commissioner on the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Broadcasting Services. He is a member of the CSIRO’s ICT business advisory council.



Ms Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Queensland University of Technology, and is admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Ms Kennedy spent five years working in Brisbane CBD law firms Jones King Lawyers and later Bain Gasteen Lawyers, specialising in commercial and civil litigation.

Since 2004, Ms Kennedy has been based in London and Singapore as Director and Legal Counsel for a significant, privately-held group of companies.