The Hon. Tom Koutsantonis MP

The Hon Tom Koutsantonis MP is the Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade and Chair of the State Government's Competitiveness Council. Tom also holds office as Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, and Minister for Small Business. His prior employment included working as an industrial advocate for the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA), a taxi driver, shop assistant and small business operator.

Mr Kevin Osborn

Mr Osborn is the Deputy Chairman of the Economic Development Board and until late 2009, was Deputy Chairman of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. He is a Non Executive Director of Vittera Inc and serves on the company's Audit Committee and also the Health and Safety Committee. Mr Osborn chairs the Adelaide Desalination Project Steering Committee and is currently a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow Professional of the National Institute of Accountants and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors in Canada.

Dr Ian Gould AM

Dr Gould, a geologist by profession, has 40 years experience in the minerals industry in various senior positions, mainly within the CRA/Rio Tinto Group, including as Managing Director-Australia. In 1997 he moved to Adelaide as Group Managing Director of Normandy Mining Ltd, before retiring from executive positions in 2000. He has served on numerous research, environmental and commercial boards and is a current member of the Economic Development Board. Dr Gould was appointed Member of the Order of Australia Medal in the Queens Birthday 2011 Honours and has been Chancellor of the University of South Australia since July 2008.

Dr Leanna Read

Dr Read is a founder of Adelaide biotechnology company, TGR BioSciences, and has been CEO and Managing Director since the company's incorporation in June 2001. She is also a member of BioAngels, and Adelaide-based Angel investor network. Dr Read has over 90 scientific papers and is an inventor on two patents in-licensed by TGR. She has led successful research and commercial ventures, including the CRC for Tissue Growth and Repair, widely considered to be one of the most successful commercially focused CRCs. She is a member of several boards and is a longstanding member of the SA Premier's Science and Research Council and the Economic Development Board.   

Mr Garry Goddard

Mr Goddard is a Deputy Under Treasurer in the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) in South Australia (SA). Prior to that he was Executive Director of the Energy Division at the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure and General Manager of the Microeconomic Reform and Infrastructure Branch in DTF. Before joining the SA public sector, Garry had worked with Charles River Associates (CRA), an international finance and economics consultancy firm, and held a range of positions in the Australian Public Service (including at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission).

Mr Jerome Maguire

Mr Maguire is the Chief Executive of the Attorney-General's Department and Department of Justice. As Chief Executive, Mr Maguire has focused on improving timeliness in the criminal justice system and reducing Government bureaucracy for the business community. He is renowned for his innovation, expertise in leading organisational change and delivering large-scale projects that reduce costs and improve efficiency. Before his appointment as CE in July, 2006, Mr Maguire oversaw the Departments’ business services division. Prior to joining the justice sector, he was involved in many aspects of public sector reform including leading strategic reviews of various South Australian Government Departments and introducing procurement and service provision reform to the health sector.

Mr Lance Worrall

Mr Worrall is Deputy Chief Executive of the Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy and formerly Chief Executive of the Department of Trade and Economic Development.  Prior to this he was Chief Executive of the Public Sector Performance Commission, where he worked principally on development of high performance cultures and systems in public sector agencies, effective leadership, and nurturing of collaborative modes of leadership and problem solving through cross-agency action teams. He was Economic Adviser to the Hon Mike Rann MP when he was Leader of the Opposition and then became Premier Rann's principal policy adviser. He has also been a key designer and driver of South Australia's Strategic Plan. He is a current member of the Economic Development Board.

Dr Campbell Gemmell

Dr Campbell Gemmell is Chief Executive of the Environment Protection Authority, South Australia's independent environment regulator.  Before taking up the position in January 2012, Dr Gemmell was Chief Executive of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

In his earlier career, he worked in the fields of economic development and environmental consultancy.  During the 1980s he held a post-doctoral research lectureship at Christ Church, Oxford and was involved in a range of scientific expeditions and field studies in Alaska, Iceland, Kenya, Norway and Switzerland.  In the 1990s Dr Gemmell was Chairman of Landwise, and member of Scottish Ministerial groups dealing with Forestry for People, Rural Focus and Sustainable Development.  Dr Gemmell has a first-class honours degree in Geography and a PhD in Glaciology from Aberdeen University.  In 2007 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Environmental Regulation and Policy at Glasgow University. He is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 2009 Dr Gemmell was invited to become a Member of Court at Stirling University.

                                                                                                 

Ms Wendy Campana

Ms Campana is the Chief Executive Officer of the Local Government Association of South Australia (LGA). She has an extensive background in public sector management, organisational development, education and training, industrial relations, intergovernmental relations and governance, and political lobbying. Ms Campana is currently a board member of several LGA bodies, and is a member of the State Emergency Management Committee, the Urban Water Stakeholder Reference Panel, the University of Adelaide Business School Advisory Group, and the SA Stormwater Management Authority.

 

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