Structure
Board of Directors
Warren Hodgson
Chairman
- Board Member, Melbourne Water
- Director, Cube Management Solutions
- Chairman, Cenitex
- Director, AssetCo SSSR Pty Ltd
Warren Hodgson has been involved in policy development at the highest level of the Victorian public sector and has previously led the Victorian Government efforts on Public Private Partnerships.
He has a background in the manufacturing industry in New Zealand and in the provision of contract services to public and private sectors throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He has extensive experience managing a variety of businesses and projects.
Warren holds qualifications in science and engineering
Hon. Monica Gould
Monica has over 30 years of senior level experience in government and industrial relations sectors, bringing to the board a strong understanding of government policy, industrial relations and workplace safety.
Monica was a member of the ACTU Executive and General Vice-President of the National Union of Workers before she entered Parliament. Later, she became MLC for Doutta Galla province where she served as Minister for Industrial Relations; Minister for Educational Services and Youth Affairs; Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council; Shadow Minister for Aged Care and Housing; Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and President of the Legislative Council.
Fiona McNabb
- Deputy Trustee Director, VicSuper
- Climate Alliance Limited Advisory Board Member
- Director, O'Brien Software Services Pty Ltd
- Director, Australian Poetry Centre
- Director, Baseball Victoria
Fiona McNabb is a finance and risk consultant, a visiting fellow at the Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre lecturing in financial risk management, a VicForests Director and a member of the North Richmond Community Health Centre board of governance.
Fiona has more than twenty years experience in finance, risk management, interest rate derivatives and quantitative analysis at major Australian banks and in the Government sector. She is also a Certified Finance and Treasury Professional and the Regional Director of the Professional Risk Managers' International Association’s Melbourne Chapter.
Bob Smith
- Director, First Super Pty Ltd
- Director, Forest Products Commission of West Australia
- Director, Leaf Carbon Pty Ltd
Bob has 20 years experience working for a wide range of Victorian and NSW public agencies covering forestry, finance, land and water management, industry and infrastructure development, and enhanced community participation in natural resource management.
Most recently Bob was CEO of State Forests of NSW, playing a major leadership role in developing and embedding triple bottom line accounting, as well as certification of the timber supply chain from State forests.
Trevor Smith
- Managing Director, Advisory Consulting Employment Services Pty Ltd (ACES)
- Forest Industries Development Fund Advisory Committee Member
- Former Director, Australian Forestry Standard Limited
Trevor has represented the workforce and communities of the Forest and Wood Products Industry Nationally and Internationally for in excess of 30 years in his role as National Secretary of the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (CFMEU) Forestry & Furnishing Products Division (FFPD).
Trevor has chaired a number of Industry Superannuation Funds and National Industry Training Advisory Bodies as well as carrying out representative roles on numerous Industry strategic bodies including the Forest & Wood Products Council (FWPC) and the National Plantation Advisory Committee.
Susan Walpole
B. Juris., LLB, Grad. Dip. (Media Management)
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Director, Victorian Legal Aid Commission
Susan has 30 years experience working in a range of industry sectors including legal, finance, health, water, superannuation and broadcasting.