Andrew Mohl, Chairman

Qualifications: BEc (Hons)
Term of appointment: 09/12/2008 to 08/12/2011 and  09/12/2011 to 08/12/2014

Andrew Mohl is a Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the AMP Foundation and an executive coach to chief executive officers. He is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Committee of Economic Development of Australia and the Corporate Council of the European Australian Business Council. Andrew was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AMP Limited from 2002 to 2007 and has over 30 years of financial services experience, including as Managing Director of AMP Financial Services and AMP Asset Management, Managing Director of ANZ Funds Management, Group Chief Economist at ANZ Banking Group and Deputy Head of Research at the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Sally Pitkin, Deputy Chairperson,
Audit Committee Member

Qualifications: LLB, LLM, FAICD
Term of appointment: 16/07/2007 to 15/07/2010 and 01/08/10 to 31/07/13

Sally Pitkin is a professional company director whose directorships have spanned publicly listed and private companies across a diverse range of sectors. She was a Partner with Clayton Utz specialising in banking and finance law, corporate governance and privatisation, with 23 years’ experience. Currently a director of Billabong International Ltd, ASC Pty Ltd, UQ Holdings Pty Ltd, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) and Super Retail Group Limited, she is also State President of CEDA, a State Councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of the Queensland Competition Authority and the Queensland Sustainable Energy Advisory Council.

Angus Armour, Managing Director & CEO

Qualifications: BA (Hons), MBA, FFin, FAICD
Appointed: 31/10/2003

Angus Armour joined EFIC in 1993 in the project finance area, and after a succession of divisional management and strategic roles was appointed Managing Director in 2003. Prior to joining EFIC he worked with Export Development Canada in project and asset finance in Latin America, Europe and the United States; and the International Finance Corporation’s project advisory team for the South Pacific. He is a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and member of its NSW State Council. He is also a non-executive Board member of the European Australian Business Council and the Historic Houses Trust Foundation of New South Wales. In 2008 he served as Chairman of the Asian Exim Banks Forum and from 2009 through to 2011 he served as President of the Berne Union, the international association of export credit and investment insurance companies that supports approximately $1.4 trillion of trade and investment annually.

Bruce Brook, Independent Board Member,
Chairman of the Audit Committee

Qualifications: BCom, BAcc
Term of appointment: 01/03/2010 to 28/02/2013

Bruce Brook has over 30 years’ experience in finance across a wide range of public companies, including WMC Resources Ltd, ANZ Banking Group Limited and Pacific Dunlop Limited. Now a professional company director, Bruce is Chairman of Programmed Maintenance Services Limited, and a director of Deep Exploration Technologies CRC, CSL Limited, Boart Longyear Limited and Newmont Mining Corporation. He is also a member of the Financial Reporting Council.

David Evans, Independent Board Member

Qualifications: BEc
Term of appointment: 09/12/2008 to 08/12/2011 and 09/12/2011 to 08/12/2014

David Evans is Managing Partner of Evans and Partners Pty Ltd, the investment advisory company he established in June 2007. He has extensive experience in investment banking and stockbroking and worked for 18 years at JB Were & Son and Goldman Sachs JBWere Pty Ltd, where his final role was Managing Director and Chief of Staff. David is Chairman of Essendon Football Club and a Director of the National Stroke Foundation and the Open Family Foundation. 

Nicholas (Nick) Minogue, Independent Board Member

Qualifications: BA, MBA
Appointed: 09/12/2011 to 08/12/2014

Nicholas Minogue retired from the Macquarie Group in November 2009 after a banking career spanning 32 years. Nick was Head of Risk Management at Macquarie for 10 years and a member of the Executive Committee for 9 years immediately prior to his retirement whilst also previously holding the position of Head of Credit. Nick commenced his career in London where he acquired a grounding in trade and international finance working for the international banking division of a clearing bank. He spent 7 years with Standard Chartered Bank in London and Hong Kong in various roles and finally as Senior Manager, Corporate Banking Group Hong Kong prior to joining the Macquarie Group in 1993.

Jennifer Seabrook, Independent Board Member,
Audit Committee Member

Qualifications: BCom, ACA, FAICD
Appointed: 05/04/2011 to 04/04/2014

Jenny Seabrook is currently a Special Advisor to Gresham Partners Limited. She is a non-executive director of Iress Market Technology Ltd, Iluka Resources Limited, Bank of Western Australia Ltd and Amcor Ltd. Jenny is also a member of ASIC’s External Advisory Panel.

During her career Jenny has worked on a variety of mergers, acquisitions, equity capital markets and capital structuring advisory transactions.

Deena Shiff, Independent Board Member

Qualifications: B.Sc (Econ) Hons, BA (Law) Hons
Appointed: 09/12/2011 to 08/12/2014

Deena Shiff is currently Group Managing Director, Applications & Ventures Group Pty Limited at Telstra Corporation Limited. Between 1995 and 1998 Deena was a partner with law firm Malleson Stephen Jacques. Deena has subsequently held a number of senior executive positions in Telstra Corporation including Director Regulatory, Group Managing Director Wholesale and Group Managing Director, Telstra Business, a Division for Small Business which she established in 2006. Deena has previously held non-executive directorships in the telecommunications industry and other industries and was a director of the government-owned rail operator Freightcorp prior to its privatisation in 2002.

Dennis Richardson, AO, Government Member,
represents Australian Government

Qualifications: BA (Hons)
Appointed: 15/03/2010

Dennis Richardson is Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. From June 2005 to December 2009 he was Australian Ambassador to the United States and from 1996 to 2005, Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Dennis was Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs from 1993 to 1996. Between 1986 and 1991 he held various senior public service roles in the Departments of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Immigration, including Principal Adviser to the Prime Minister from 1990 to 1991.

Bruce Gosper, Alternate Government Member,
represents Australian Government

Qualifications: BA (Hons), Dip Pub Policy
Appointed: 04/03/2011

Bruce Gosper is Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Prior to that, he was Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. Mr Gosper has held the roles of First Assistant Secretary, Office of Trade Negotiations at DFAT and Minister (Commercial) at the Australian Embassy in Washington. He has also been Adviser to the Minister for Trade and Assistant Secretary, Agriculture Branch at DFAT. Before joining DFAT, Mr Gosper worked for the Department of Primary Industries and Energy, as Minister-Counsellor (Agriculture) at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, and for the Department of Trade and Resources.