Michael Cameron BBusiness (Chair of Directors)

Michael is Chief Financial Officer of St George Bank Limited. Michael is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of CPA Australia, and a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors. He completed a Bachelor of Business Degree with majors in Accounting and Computing.

Tony Greig

Tony is a television presenter and marketing executive and is a past captain of the England cricket team. He has epilepsy.

Duncan Hart

Duncan Hart spent more than a decade as managing partner of a ten-partner legal practice and three years as Regional Managing Director of one of Australia's largest law firms. He has particular expertise in the strategic management issues facing firms, the markets in which they operate and the development of their human and intellectual capital. Duncan's educational background includes legal (LL.B) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees.

Richard Herlihy MB BS

Richard is a doctor with extensive experience in general practice. He is Medical Director of CWS Health Management, which specialises in preventative health care, and a medical consultant on injury management and medico legal matters to a number of organisations. He is President of the Medical Benevolent Association of NSW.

Linda Julian MMgt

Linda is a consultant in strategic practice development for professionals throughout Australasia and South East Asia. She lectures on marketing, strategic management and professional practice development at post-graduate level. She also has education in behavioural sciences and law and is researching a doctoral thesis. She is a non-executive director of the ASX listed financial services and media company, Infochoice Limited.

Sue Ronaldson RN DipNEd BSc(Hons) PhD FRCNA

Sue is a consultant in nursing and health education. Until April 2001 she was Professor of Nursing at the Australian Catholic University, North Sydney and St Vincent's Health Care Campus. She has extensive nursing, health education and nursing research experience. She was a member of the Committee of Management of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria 1985-1989. She has epilepsy.

Caitlin McOmish BSci (Hons) PhD

After a bout of meningitis, Caitlin experienced severe brain damage and then developed epilepsy, having up to 30 seizures a day. However with her parents' support and her own determination she overcame the odds and is now a promising neuroscientist. In 2007 she graduated with a PhD from Melbourne University. Her recently published research conducted at the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne examines physical and mental stimulation on the brain. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at New York's Columbia University.

Board appointments

Growing complexity of charities and onerous obligations on directors require that the Board regularly assesses the mix of skills and experience that it considers appropriate to ensure that the Board can best direct the Organisation. When filling vacancies, the Board seeks persons with skills assessed as appropriate who meet the Guidelines for Appointments. The Board prefers Directors to have a link to epilepsy.

Directors bring to the Board diverse experience and expertise including epilepsy, medicine, nursing, health education, marketing, fundraising, media, public information, organisational change and development, management, law, government, accounting and finance.

By rotation, directors may stand for re-election by Members of the organisation at least every three years. Any Member of the organisation can stand for election if nominated. Directors appointed by the Board to fill casual vacancies must face election at the next annual general meeting. Elections are by resolution in line with Corporations Law.

Guidelines for appointment to the Board

Prospective appointees to the Board of Directors should reflect the diversity of the community we serve and must:

be, or be prepared to become, Members of the organisation in accord with the Constitution

have sympathy with, and be prepared to contribute to, the organisation's purposes and objectives

have abilities and skills that would be of use to the organisation, and an enhancement to the Board

be compatible with, and prepared to work with, existing Members of the Board

agree to be bound by the Integrity Statement

have a range of personal and/or professional contacts from various fields of endeavour who would be of potential benefit to the organisation

have an understanding of the duties and responsibilities of a Board Member.

Work of Directors

The Board applies to itself policies on integrity, conflicts of interest and performance appraisal. The annual review allows each Director to assess their own performance. Directors submit an annual declaration covering matters required under Corporations Law, at least annually after the Annual General Meeting. Directors can seek expert advice where needed with Board endorsement.

Board committees

An Investment Committee consisting Board and Management representatives and expert consultants is responsible for recommending investment strategies to the Board.