The Board of Directors manages the overall business of the Telethon Institute and meets six times annually. Board members serve on a voluntary basis. In order to carry out business effectively, various committees support the Board by offering advice in specific areas.
Read our Corporate Governance statement
Read our Board Charter
John Langoulant AO
Chair, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research; Chief
Executive, Oakajee Port and Rail; Chair, Government Employees'
Superannuation Board; Chair, Leadership WA; Deputy Chair, Western
Australian Ballet; Member, Senate of The University of Western
Australia; Board Member, Council of Australian Governments' Reform
Council; Board Member, Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA; Board
Member, Committee for Perth; Chair, Dampier to Bunbury
Pipeline.
Professor Jonathan Carapetis
Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (from 23 Jul 2012); Member, State Health Research Advisory Council; Former Chair, Advisory Board for Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development, Charles Darwin University; Member, One Disease at a Time Board; Member, Program Management Committee, RHD Australia; Member, National Committee for Medicine, Australian Academy of Science; Chair, Clinical Advisory Group, WA RHD Control Programme.
Jeff Dowling
Former Managing Partner, Ernst & Young Western Region; Fellow,
Australian Institute of Company Directors; Fellow, Institute of
Chartered Accountants Australia; Fellow, Financial Services
Institute of Australasia; Board Member, West Australian Symphony
Orchestra; Former Member of Board of Trustees, United Way;
Director, Atlas Iron Limited; Director, Neptune Marine Services
Limited; Chairman, Sirius Resources NL; Chairman, St Andrews
Insurance Ltd; Deputy Chair, Metropolitan Redevelopment
Authority.
Anne Kelso AO
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for
Reference and Research on Influenza; Honorary Professorial Fellow,
The University of Melbourne; Member, Council of the National Health
and Medical Research Council; Member of Board of Trustees,
International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus
Diseases; Board Member, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental
Health.
Michael
Manford
Executive Chairman, Patersons Securities Limited; Chairman,
Patersons Asset Management: Board Member, St Hilda's Anglican
School for Girls; Panel Member, ASIC Markets Disciplinary
Panel.
Michael McAnearney
Director and CEO International, Gerard Daniels Australia; Member,
Australian Institute of Company Directors; Member, Risk and
Compliance Committee; Director, Duke of Edinburgh Award WA
Jim McGinty
Chairman, Health Workforce Australia; Board Member, Australian
Medicare Local Alliance; Former WA State Health Minister; Former WA
Attorney General.
Robyn Owens
Member, Australian Astronomical Observatory Advisory Committee;
Member, Centre for Ethical Leadership Advisory Board; Member,
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research Board; Member,
National eResearch Collaboration Tool & Resources Project;
Alternate Member, Western Australian Institute of Medical Research;
Member, Astronomy Australia Limited.
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A number of Telethon Institute committees offer advice to the
Board and management in specific areas. Below is a list of
the current committees and the Chair of each.
Aboriginal Consultation Committee for Applied Research and
Evaluation (ACCARE)
Chair: to be apppointed
Animal Ethics Committee
Chair: Professor Moira Clay
Appointments and Promotions Committee
Chair: to be apppointed
Biosafety Committee
Chair: Alex
Beesley
Consumer and Community Advisory Council
Chair: Julie Ireland
Finance and Governance Committee
Chair: Jeff Dowling
Scientific Advisory Committee
Chair: Anne Kelso
