Governance

South Australian born Pauline Carr has built a 35 plus year career bringing her executive experience, business improvement, governance, compliance and risk management consultancy services to a range of companies in the resources, construction, superannuation, education, retail and community healthcare sectors. Prior to being appointed as Chancellor, she was Chair of the Council’s Audit and Risk Committee (2011–2018) and a member of both the Finance Committee and the Senior Remuneration Committee. She currently chairs the Senior Remuneration Committee and the Governance and Nominations Committee.

A graduate of ANU, Pauline has a bachelor's degree in economics and an MBA. As a graduate, she joined an international resources company where she worked as a financial analyst, accountant, internal auditor, and in government and community relations. Pauline then returned to Adelaide to a divisional accounting leadership role with Normandy Mining Limited. She became a member of its executive team and was an integral part of the company's growth and international expansion through mergers and acquisitions. She took an executive role with Newmont Mining Asia Pacific (part of Newmont Mining Corporation) the world's largest gold miner, following its takeover of Normandy.

Pauline also chairs the board of National Pharmacies and is a non-executive director of ASX-listed companies Highfield Resources Limited and Australian Rare Earths Limited.

A chartered accountant, Janet Finlay is an independent professional director and experienced business adviser having worked in professional services for more than 25 years, the last 15 years as a partner in Big 4 accounting firm, EY.

Janet has a strong commercial and finance background with a practical understanding of and experience with both the public and private sectors, advising organisations on finance, strategy and risk management.

Her other board positions include:

• Director of SA Water Corporation and member of the Governance, Finance and Risk Committee and the People and Culture Committee
• Director of the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority Ltd
• Director of Helping Hand Aged Care Inc.
• Member of the Libraries Board of South Australia
• Member of the SA Football Commission

>She is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a registered tax agent.

Jim Hazel holds a number of non-executive board positions, following an extensive national and international career in banking and investment banking. He is a director of ASX listed company, Ingenia Communities Group (Chairman). He is also a director of Coopers Brewery Limited and Precision Group, as well as Chair of the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network.

His past board experience is extensive, and he has regularly Chaired board committees in the areas of Audit, Risk, Finance, Credit, Governance and Remuneration.

Lachlan Coleman has been employed at the University of Adelaide since 2007 and has served extensively on various boards, committees and working groups. He is currently a member of the People and Culture Committee and was previously an elected professional staff representative on Academic Board.

Lachlan is currently Chairman of the Adelaide University Cricket Club Executive Committee. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Lachlan completed his Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts at the University of Adelaide in 2004, and more recently has been the recipient of the Bill Cowan Barr Smith Library Research Fellowship and the Australian War Memorial Research Fellowship.

His current role as Director, Student Engagement and Success at the University of Adelaide provides support across key learning and teaching, curriculum and governance functions.

Professor Peter Høj AC has more than 25 years' senior leadership experience in higher education and research and is the current Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide. Prior to that he was Vice-Chancellor and President of The University of Queensland (2012–20) and the University of South Australia (2007–12).

He was educated at the University of Copenhagen, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, and has a Master of Science and a PhD.

Professor Høj was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2019 for eminent service to higher education and to science, particularly to the commercialisation of research, and to policy development and reform.

Professor Høj is a Fellow of Academies in Australia, the USA and Denmark, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from institutions including the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, University of Queensland, La Trobe University, and University of Copenhagen.

In addition to his academic leadership roles, Professor Høj is Trustee of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and a member of the IP Group Australia Steering Group. His previous Board roles include Wine Australia, the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board for the Medical Research Future Fund, Member of the Australian Human Rights Commission Leadership Council on Cultural Diversity, Group of Eight (including Chair in 2017), Universities Australia, CSIRO, Business SA and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He is also serving on the Australian Government’s University Foreign Interference Taskforce.

Professor Høj commenced in February 2021 as the University of Adelaide's 24th Vice-Chancellor and President.

Andy Keough CSC is the Managing Director of Saab Australia.

Andy served for 22 years in the Australian Navy, which included command of two Collins Class submarines and a three-year exchange posting with the US Navy's Submarine Force in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) for his leadership in command of HMAS SHEEAN in 2006.

Andy retired from the Navy in 2007 and joined ASC where he was responsible for establishing the business improvement capability and managing ASC's operations in WA, which included maintenance and training for the Collins Class fleet.

After two-years as Chief Executive Officer of Defence SA, Andy commenced as the Managing Director of Saab Australia in 2017. His other roles include:

• Chair of the Australian Industry Group (AiG) Defence Council
• Member of:
  • South Australia Certificate of Education (SACE) Board
  • Training and Skills Commission
  • Board of Governors, Saint Peters Girls School
  • Prime Ministers Veterans' Employment Program Industry Advisory Committee

Professor David Lloyd is Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia. A Dublin-born and educated chemist who specialises in computer-aided drug design, Professor Lloyd has re-focused institutional culture to position the institution as Australia’s University of Enterprise and to shape its activities to better meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Professor Lloyd was a member of the South Australia Economic Development Board (EDB) from 2014 to 2018. A past Chair of the Australian Technology Network group of technology-focused universities, he is now Chair of Universities Australia, the peak national body representing the university sector. He was also appointed to the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Advisory Council to provide advice to the ARC on key research policy issues, to lend independent strategic guidance and experience that will strengthen the ARC’s ability to support research and innovation in Australia. In 2019, he was appointed as chair of the Committee for Adelaide.

Professor Lloyd qualified with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Chemistry and a PhD in Medicinal Organic Chemistry from Dublin City University. He holds an honorary Professorship from Tianjin University, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.

Jim McDowell has over 30 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors. Jim was appointed to the position of Deputy Secretary Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment at the Department of Defence in July 2023. Prior to joining Defence, Jim was CEO of Nova Systems for three years, and from 2018 to 2020 was Chief Executive for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in South Australia. Jim has held numerous non-executive appointments including Chair of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and Chancellor of the University of South Australia.

From 2001 Jim was CEO of BAE Systems Australia and oversaw the purchase of Tenix Defence. Under his leadership, the company expanded to become Australia's largest defence prime, with more than 6,500 employees and annual sales of approximately AUD $1.7 billion. He then moved to Saudi Arabia where he took up the role of in-country CEO for the $6 billion business.

Jim has held positions on various Defence panels and review boards including the First Principles Review, the establishment of the Naval Shipbuilding Plan, the gate review on major defence projects and Chair of the Air Warfare Destroyer Principals Council.

Jim also worked in legal, commercial and marketing roles with aerospace company Bombardier Shorts for 18 years after graduating from the University of Warwick (England).

Anna is a remarkable track cyclist, having competed in four Olympic Games and secured two Olympic gold medals among her six Olympic medals overall. Her achievements include eleven world championships across four disciplines and five Commonwealth Games championships. Notably, she was the flag bearer for the Australian teams at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2016 Olympic Games and most recently was the Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Beyond her athletic accomplishments, Anna is a dedicated community advocate. She has served as an ambassador for the Little Heroes Foundation, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and Cystic Fibrosis, Backpacks for SA Kids, and is currently involved with Cycling Cares and the Fight MND campaign, inspired by her late coach Gary West. Anna also actively participates in the Port Adelaide Community Youth Program and serves as a global ambassador for the club. She was a member of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Advisory Committee.

Unique in her achievements, Anna was the only Australian athlete to medal individually in four consecutive Olympic Games until Jess Fox joined her club of one at the recent 2024 Paris Olympics. In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2003 and received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2005. In addition to her athletic career, Anna is an author, having penned her autobiography, "The Anna Meares Story – The Fighting Spirit of a Champion," and has delivered numerous talks on sportsmanship, success, and the power of the mind.”

Carolyn Mitchell is a commercial lawyer specialising in the areas of commercial advice, insolvency and trade practices. These areas of practice allow a rare insight into identifying major issues of governance, risk management and legal compliance.

As Chair of The Executive Connection (TEC) Group 6 in Adelaide, Carolyn mentored and coached a group of business owners and CEOs with businesses ranging in size from $10 –80 million in annual revenue across a wide variety of industries and sectors.

As Acting Executive Director of WCHRI Carolyn undertook a restructure of the organisation resulting in a long-term funding and research agreement being entered into between WCHRI, The University of Adelaide and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) to ensure continuation of WCHRI’s research within the Healthy Mothers Babies and Children Theme at SAHMRI and within the Women’s and Children’s Health Network.

As Managing Partner of Cowell Clarke from 2002 to 2009, Carolyn doubled the size of the business, introduced mechanisms to increase accountability between partners and significantly improved the profitability of the business. Carolyn worked extensively within Cowell Clarke on cultural issues, including communication skills for lawyers and change management.

Nicolle Rantanen Reynolds is an experienced non-executive director of public unlisted companies and various strategic boards. Nicolle is a member of the Credit Union SA Board (Audit Committee Chair), The Grange Golf Club (Vice President and Finance Committee Chair), Cancer Council SA (Finance and Audit Committee Chair), Australian Institute of Company Directors SA/NT Councillor and a member of various government and local government audit and finance committees.

She holds a Masters in Commercial Law, an MBA and is a Fellow of the Australian Society of CPAs, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia. Nicolle also holds a Bachelor of Commerce.

Nicolle is the South Australian Public Trustee and manages over 200 staff with responsibilities including corporate strategy, financial management and investment of over $1.3 billion. Prior to this she was the Chief Operating Officer of the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance.

In addition to being South Australia’s former Chief Scientist, Dr Leanna Read has extensive experience on boards that address innovation across government, industry and research organisations, particularly in the biotechnology sector. Her current roles include chair of biotechnology companies, Carina Biotech Ltd and TekCyte Ltd, established as spin-outs from the CRC for Cell Therapy Manufacturing (CTM CRC), which she led as Chair until the end of its term in 2019. She is also the independent chair of Health Translation SA, a NHMRC-accredited Research Translation Centre and chairs a bid for a new CRC for Solutions for Manufacturing Advanced Regenerative Therapies (SMART CRC). 

Deirdre Tedmanson is a Professor of Social Policy and Dean of Programs for UniSA Justice & Society.

She holds a PhD from the ANU, in addition to Masters (Policy and Administration) and Arts (Social Sciences) degrees. Deirdre is an active researcher with a strong focus on social policy, community development, homelessness, Aboriginal governance and wellbeing, and enterprise development. Her research has included ARC Discovery and Linkage projects; extensive CRC work and AHURI research projects, as well as a range of community and industry partnered applied research.

Deirdre has had an extensive career at the University of South Australia, prior to which she worked in community development, research, policy and management positions in both the non-government sector and State Government, as well as working in Australia’s Commonwealth Parliament as a senior political advisor. She is also currently the Chair of Academic Board at the University of South Australia.

Honourable Amanda Vanstone AO is a former Senator, Minister and then Ambassador. Amanda studied part-time whilst working in retailing. She studied Marketing at the precursor to the University of South Australia, before completing a double degree in Arts and Law at the University of Adelaide.

Amanda is currently on the boards of Drinkwise Australia, the Adelaide Festival of Arts, and the Woomera Protected Area Advisory Committee.

Mr Ken Williams has more than 30 years of experience in corporate finance. Specialising in treasury and financial risk management, his directorship experience has spanned both large and small listed and private companies, not-for-profit organisations, and superannuation funds.

Ken has held senior finance executive roles with Normandy Mining Limited, Qantas Airways Limited, and Renison Goldfields Limited, among other companies.