OUR BOARD

The Jawun Board consists of leading Australian minds across the corporate, government, Indigenous and philanthropic sectors.

  • Non-Executive Director Origin Energy, Scentre Group

    Ilana is a non-executive director of Origin Energy Limited and Chairperson of Scentre Group Limited. She is also a Council member of the National Gallery of Australia and a member of the Boards of the Paul Ramsay Foundation and Adara Development (Australia) Pty Limited as well as being a panel member of Adara Partners.

    Ilana’s previous non-executive director roles include Chairman of Coca-Cola Amatil Limited and Director of ANZ Banking Group Ltd. Ilana’s last executive role was as Group Executive, People, at Westpac, where she was responsible for human resources, corporate affairs and sustainability. Prior to that role, she was Group Secretary and General Counsel. Before her 10 year career at Westpac, Ilana was a partner in law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now known as King & Wood Mallesons). In addition to her practice in corporate law, she held a number of management roles in the firm including Executive Partner, People and Information and Managing Partner.

  • Managing Director and Senior Partner,
    Boston Consulting Group

    Ant is a Managing Director and Senior Partner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and used to lead BCG’s people development function across Asia-Pacific.

    He works across the public and private sectors, with an emphasis on government, having previously lead BCG’s Public Sector Practice in Asia-Pacific. He has worked with the Australian Government, most State Governments in Australia, and select governments and public sector organisations overseas, covering areas such as transport, health, housing, education and energy. He has also worked with a range of Australian and other companies.

    Ant’s involvement with Jawun began in 2003, living nine months in Cape York with his family working with Indigenous leaders and organisations. He subsequently spent three months assessing the progress and developing the national strategy for Indigenous Enterprise Partnerships (now called Jawun). He now sits on the Jawun Board, and in the intervening years has supported many BCG efforts with Indigenous Australia.

    Prior to BCG, Anthony was a lawyer with Minter Ellison in Australia and Europe. He holds Law and Economics degrees from Adelaide University, and a Masters of Law from Oxford University (First Class) where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

  • Chair, Corporate Travel Management & Director, BlueScope Steele

    Mr Crouch is Chairman of Corporate Travel Management Limited, Chairman of AnteoTech Limited, and a director of BlueScope Steel Limited.  He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

    Mr Crouch was a Partner at Allens from 1998 to 2013 where his roles included Chairman of Partners, Co-Head Mergers and Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets, Executive Partner – Asian Offices and Deputy Managing Partner, as well as 11 years’ service on the Allens board.  He served as a director of Mission Australia between 1995 and 2016, including 7 years as its Chairman and as a director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 2009-2020.

    Mr Crouch served as a non-executive director of Westpac Banking Corporation from 2013 to 2019, including as Board Remuneration Committee chair from 2014 to 2016 and Board Risk and Compliance Committee chair from 2016 to 2019.  He was a member of the Takeovers Panel from 2010 to 2015 and a member of the Commonwealth Remuneration Tribunal from 2015 to 2019. Mr Crouch was chairman of RSL LifeCare Limited from 2022 to 2024.

  • Secretary, Department of Social Services

    Ray Griggs commenced as the Secretary Department of Social Services on 22 July 2021. He is responsible for policy and program delivery in the areas of Families and Children, Housing Support, Social Security, Seniors, Communities and Vulnerable People, Ending Gendered Based Violence, and Disability and Carers.

    Ray is chair of the Australian Public Service Disability Champions Network.

    Ray was previously the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the National Indigenous Australians Agency from 1 July 2019 to 21 July 2021, with responsibility for leading policy, program and delivery reform in line with the Government’s commitment to improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. This includes responsibility for the Agency’s national footprint and its 1200 staff.

    Prior to this Ray was the Associate Secretary of the Indigenous Affairs Group within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from October 2018 to 30 June 2019. Before joining the Australian Public Service, Ray spent four decades in the Royal Australian Navy, including a range of command and operational roles. His last two positions were as Chief of Navy between 2011-14 and the Vice Chief of Defence Force between 2014-18. Ray has been involved at a senior level in leading a number of significant reform programs including large scale cultural change programs, enterprise wide business reforms and comprehensive reform of Defence’s capital investment program.

    Ray holds a Master of Science degree from the National Defense University in Washington D.C., a Master of Business Administration from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. He is an Officer in the Order of Australia, has been awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross, a Commendation for Distinguished Service and holds awards from the Governments of France, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Spain and the United States of America.

  • CEO, SNAICC — National Voice for our Children

    An Arrernte/Luritja woman from Central Australia, Catherine has been a leading advocate in upholding the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on a national, regional and local level. Catherine has held senior management positions in First Nations organisations including First Nations Media and Jawun Indigenous Corporate Partnerships, as well as within the Northern Territory Education Department, the ABC and NITV/SBS.

    A journalist by trade, Catherine’s motivation has always been to drive change that leads to positive outcomes and options for First Nations people. Over the past 10 years she has led multidisciplinary teams, overseen workplace transformations, and advocated for policy reform. Catherine is the CEO for SNAICC – National Voice for our Children, the national non-governmental peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children that works for the fulfilment of the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, in particular to ensure their safety, development and wellbeing.

    Catherine’s extensive experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia spans over many fields, including, media and communications; family supports and the early years; regional and economic development; and education. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in high-level advocacy, policy and program development, and effective communication and engagement.

    Currently she is a member of several community, regional, and national councils and advisory groups, including as member of the Coalition of Aboriginal Peaks through her current capacity as CEO of SNAICC – National Voice for our Children. Her input and role with Coalition of Peaks has been instrumental in ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early years is prioritised and addressed through the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Her leadership and strong commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led partnerships and governance is critical to the success of addressing the gaps and needs of the early years, particularly the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care.

  • CEO, KPMG Australia

    As CEO, Andrew is ultimately responsible for the strategy, culture and operations of KPMG Australia and leads the principal executive body of the firm, the National Executive Committee (NEC). He is also a member of the KPMG Australia Board.

    Andrew is committed to KPMG Australia being purpose led and creating a culture based on energy, aspiration and inclusion. In Andrew’s words, KPMG “protects, transforms and grows society and people’s lives”. His personal motivation is to lead KPMG to create broad opportunities for its people and deliver quality, meaningful service to its clients. On his first day in the role as CEO, Andrew introduced an additional day of Indigenous Cultural and Ceremonial leave for indigenous colleagues at KPMG.

    Prior to Andrew’s role as CEO, he was the National Managing Partner of Audit, Assurance & Risk Consulting. In this role, he had oversight of the firm’s audit and risk consulting practices and represented the firm at the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the Regulation of Auditing in Australia.

    After growing up in Canberra and attending ANU, Andrew joined KPMG’s audit practice in 1990. During his time with the firm, Andrew worked for 3 years serving HSBC in our Hong Kong practice during the 1990s and served Citigroup in our New York office in 2008 and 2009. He has led some of the largest client relationships in Australia, including ANZ, IAG, Qantas, Sydney Airport, Perpetual Limited, Link Market Services and the Reserve Bank of Australia.

  • Head of First Nations Strategy, ANZ

    Shelley, a proud Nyoongar woman from Perth, is deeply passionate about unleashing the potential of First Nations people through economic and financial empowerment. As Head of First Nations Strategy (Australia) at ANZ, Shelley is leading the development of ANZ's inaugural First Nations Strategy for Australia.

    Prior to ANZ, Shelley was Director of Generation One, a philanthropic initiative with the ambitious goal of supporting 300,000 First Nations people into work by 2040. Shelley’s expertise and leadership has been recognised nationally, including through her appointment to the Australian Government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce, and internationally, through her advocacy at the United Nations on financial literacy. Shelley is also a member of Chief Executive Women and an Advisor to the Noongar Charitable Trust.

  • Managing Partner, Allens

    Richard is the Managing Partner of international law firm Allens. Before becoming Managing Partner in 2016, he spent more than 20 years as a corporate lawyer, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and governance advice and was also the firmwide Head of Corporate.

    As Managing Partner, Richard oversees Allens' inclusion and diversity strategy and progress. Richard also chairs the firm's Community Engagement Board comprising representatives of Allens' Reconciliation, Pro Bono, Philanthropy and Sustainability committees.

    Richard is an Ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and a member of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation Chairman's Panel.

  • CEO, Westpac

    Peter was appointed Westpac Group Chief Executive Officer in April 2020. Peter previously held this role on an acting basis between December 2019 and March 2020.

    Prior to this, he was Chief Financial Officer since April 2014, with responsibility for Westpac's finance, group audit, tax, treasury and investor relations functions, following three years as Deputy CFO.

    Since joining Westpac in 1994, Peter has held senior finance positions across the Group, including in Group Finance, Business and Consumer Banking, Business and Technology Services, Treasury and Financial Markets. He commenced his career at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

  • Senior Advisor, Principia Advisory

    Susan is an accomplished c-suite executive and board director with more than 17 years at the CEO-1 level and over 30 years of international experience working in Australian and global roles.

    Until August 2023, Susan was the Group Executive for People & Culture at National Australia Bank (NAB) for four years.  For the previous eight years, Susan held several roles at KPMG including the Global Head of People, the Global Head of Inclusion & Diversity and the National Managing Partner for People & Culture for the KPMG Australian firm.

    Prior to KPMG, she led the HR function at the Australian law firm, Allens, for three years. Susan has also lived and worked in the UK for 15 years in global and regional roles for investment banks including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, ING and NatWest.

    Susan has been a long time advocate and supporter of Indigenous issues having worked closely with Jawun for over ten years, led the work for the first Reconciliation Action Plans for Allens, and worked closely with the Corporate Citizenship and Social Impact teams at KPMG and NAB on Indigenous employment and talent retention. 

    Susan is a non-executive director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) and Chairs the SSO People & Culture Committee. She is on the Board of the Financial Executives Institute and the Manly Art Gallery and is one of the External Members of the People & Culture Committee of the University of Sydney.  Susan also Chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Message Stick Foundation.  Susan’s prior Boards include the Committee for Sydney (as the NAB representative) and the Royal Women’s Hospital Foundation. 

  • Director Of Indigenous Nation Building, Jumbunna Institute-Research

    Professor Daryle Rigney is a citizen of the Ngarrindjeri Nation and Professor and Director of the Indigenous Nation Building and Governance Research hub in the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney.

    His background is in education having previously held positions as Dean of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement and Director of Yunggorendi First Nations Centre, Flinders University.

    He is currently a director of the Ngarrindjeri Native Title Compensation Trust and Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee, director at the GO Foundation, a member of the International Advisory Council, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona and a Pou & Senior Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, Melbourne & Atlantic Institute, Oxford.

    Previously he has been a board member of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) and Deputy Chair of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. Daryle is regularly engaged to present on Indigenous Nation building to governments, the University sector, private sector and Indigenous nations.