Board of Directors
THE HON. CHERYL EDWARDES AM
Non-Executive Chairperson
LLM, BA, GAICD
Ms Edwardes is a Commissioner on the WA Football Commission and a member of the Foreign Investment Review Board. She is also a Company Director on a number of ASX Boards, private companies and not-for-profit associations. A solicitor by profession, Ms Edwardes is a former Minister in the Court Government with extensive experience and knowledge of WA’s legal and regulatory framework relating to mining projects, environmental, native title, heritage and land access. During her political career, Ms Edwardes held positions as the first female Attorney General for Western Australia, Minister for Environment and Labour Relations, and was the Member for Kingsley for nearly 17 years. Ms Edwardes chaired Atlas Iron through it’s near death experience and remains a Director on the Board. She also chairs Vimy Resources Limited (ASX.VMY), a development company in uranium; the Port Hedland International Airport, a joint venture company between AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group; and is a director of AusCann Group Holdings Limited (ASX.AC8), a listed medicinal Cannabis company. . Ms Edwardes is a Senior Advisor in the Public and Government Affairs team at FTI Consulting, assisting clients with a range of complex statutory approvals required for resources and infrastructure projects. Ms Edwardes was awarded an Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016 for “significant service to the people and Parliament of Western Australia, to the law and to the environment, and through executive roles with business, education and community organisations.” Ms Edwardes was also named in the 100 Women of Influence 2016, inducted into Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame 2016 and was a finalist in the Women in Resources Award 2015.JUSTIN MILLER
Co-founder/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Miller is a serial entrepreneur who has developed a thorough knowledge of the global technology and innovation marketplace during his 25-year executive career.Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Miller has successfully founded and managed the aggressive and profitable growth of technology, manufacturing and service related companies. This includes strategic acquisitions, capital raisings, research and development,product development and onshore/offshore manufacture,significant staff growth and multi-million dollar sales deals involving both direct and channel sales models. Mr. Miller founded ASX-listed IT services company, Empired (ASX:EPD) and most recently was the founder and CEO of industrial hearing and communication company, Sensear Pty Ltd, where he was responsible for growing the global business from the San Francisco Bay Area.
KATHRYN FOSTER
Non-Executive Director
BSc, ASc, MAICD
Ms. Foster has over 20 years’ experience creating and running large internet-based businesses, starting in the late 1990’s on Windows Update. Prior to becoming a professional director, Ms. Foster was Senior Director of Microsoft Store online where she managed the sales and merchandising team for Microsoft Store online across 232 geographies. As the Senior Director, she was responsible for an annual revenue budget in the low billions of dollars. Prior to that, for the inception of the Xbox Games Marketplace, Ms. Foster set business vision, strategy and drove the technical execution around digital and physical supply chain technology and operations to enable Xbox’s billion-dollar business globally. Ms. Foster has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Class Limited since July 2015. She joined the QSuper Audit and Risk committee in March 2017, and the advisory board of Mine Hive Pty Ltd in May 2019. Ms. Foster is also the managing director of Foster Consulting, a boutique consulting firm focusing on strategic initiatives and direction.DAVID BUCKINGHAM
Non-Executive Director
Engineering Science BTech (Hons), ACA ICAEW, GAICD
Mr. Buckingham is an experienced corporate professional with over 25 years’ of experience across the rapidly growing and changing sectors of communications, media, technology and education. Mr. Buckingham has a diverse educational background and an impressive career which began in the UK with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later moved into the telecommunications industry where he devoted much of his early career working in several prominent finance roles for global companies. After migrating to Australia at the end of 2007, Mr. Buckingham joined iiNet as the internet service provider’s CFO and Company Secretary. He was appointed CEO in 2015 prior to the company being bought by TPG, whereupon he left the telecommunications industry to join Navitas Limited in January 2016 as the organisation’s CFO. In March 2018 he stepped into the role of Group CEO, before overseeing the successful privatisation of the company to a private equity consortium in Australia.
SUSAN PARK
Company Secretary
B.Com, ACA, F Fin, GAICD, AGIA
Ms. Park has over 20 years experience in the corporate finance industry. She is founder and managing director of consulting firm Park Advisory Pty Ltd, which specializes in the provision of corporate governance and company secretarial advice to ASX listed companies. Ms. Park has previously held senior management roles at Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Bankwest both in Perth and Sydney. Ms. Park holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia Ltd.Board of Directors
THE HON. CHERYL EDWARDES AM
Executive Chairperson
LLM, BA, GAICD
Ms Edwardes is a Commissioner on the WA Football Commission and a member of the Foreign Investment Review Board. She is also a Company Director on a number of ASX Boards, private companies and not-for-profit associations. A solicitor by profession, Ms Edwardes is a former Minister in the Court Government with extensive experience and knowledge of WA’s legal and regulatory framework relating to mining projects, environmental, native title, heritage and land access. During her political career, Ms Edwardes held positions as the first female Attorney General for Western Australia, Minister for Environment and Labour Relations, and was the Member for Kingsley for nearly 17 years. Ms Edwardes chaired Atlas Iron through it’s near death experience and remains a Director on the Board. She also chairs Vimy Resources Limited (ASX.VMY), a development company in uranium; the Port Hedland International Airport, a joint venture company between AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group; and is a director of AusCann Group Holdings Limited (ASX.AC8), a listed medicinal Cannabis company. . Ms Edwardes is a Senior Advisor in the Public and Government Affairs team at FTI Consulting, assisting clients with a range of complex statutory approvals required for resources and infrastructure projects. Ms Edwardes was awarded an Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016 for “significant service to the people and Parliament of Western Australia, to the law and to the environment, and through executive roles with business, education and community organisations.” Ms Edwardes was also named in the 100 Women of Influence 2016, inducted into Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame 2016 and was a finalist in the Women in Resources Award 2015.
JUSTIN MILLER
Co-founder/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Miller is a serial entrepreneur who has developed a thorough knowledge of the global technology and innovation marketplace during his 25-year executive career.Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Miller has successfully founded and managed the aggressive and profitable growth of technology, manufacturing and service related companies. This includes strategic acquisitions, capital raisings, research and development,product development and onshore/offshore manufacture,significant staff growth and multi-million dollar sales deals involving both direct and channel sales models. Mr. Miller founded ASX-listed IT services company, Empired (ASX:EPD) and most recently was the founder and CEO of industrial hearing and communication company, Sensear Pty Ltd, where he was responsible for growing the global business from the San Francisco Bay Area.
KATHRYN FOSTER
Non-Executive Director
BSc, ASc, MAICD
Ms. Foster has over 20 years’ experience creating and running large internet-based businesses, starting in the late 1990’s on Windows Update. Prior to becoming a professional director, Ms. Foster was Senior Director of Microsoft Store online where she managed the sales and merchandising team for Microsoft Store online across 232 geographies. As the Senior Director, she was responsible for an annual revenue budget in the low billions of dollars. Prior to that, for the inception of the Xbox Games Marketplace, Ms. Foster set business vision, strategy and drove the technical execution around digital and physical supply chain technology and operations to enable Xbox’s billion-dollar business globally. Ms. Foster has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Class Limited since July 2015. She joined the QSuper Audit and Risk committee in March 2017, and the advisory board of Mine Hive Pty Ltd in May 2019. Ms. Foster is also the managing director of Foster Consulting, a boutique consulting firm focusing on strategic initiatives and direction.
DAVID BUCKINGHAM
Non-Executive Director
Engineering Science BTech (Hons), ACA ICAEW, GAICD
Mr. Buckingham is an experienced corporate professional with over 25 years’ of experience across the rapidly growing and changing sectors of communications, media, technology and education. Mr. Buckingham has a diverse educational background and an impressive career which began in the UK with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later moved into the telecommunications industry where he devoted much of his early career working in several prominent finance roles for global companies. After migrating to Australia at the end of 2007, Mr. Buckingham joined iiNet as the internet service provider’s CFO and Company Secretary. He was appointed CEO in 2015 prior to the company being bought by TPG, whereupon he left the telecommunications industry to join Navitas Limited in January 2016 as the organisation’s CFO. In March 2018 he stepped into the role of Group CEO, before overseeing the successful privatisation of the company to a private equity consortium in Australia.