Our Board

Maree O’Halloran AM

BA, DipEd, BLegS, GDLP, LLM, FAICD
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: March 2021

Special responsibilities:
Chair of the Board, member of the People and Remuneration Committee, the Audit and Finance Committee, and the Risk and Governance Committee

Tim Mulroy

BA DipEd (NSW), MAICD
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: November 2012

Special responsibilities:
Member of the Audit and Finance Committee

Michelle Rosicky

BA Visual Arts, DipEd
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: November 2013

Special responsibilities:
Member of the Risk and Governance Committee, and the People and Remuneration Committee

Susan Roberts

BEc (Macq), FIAA, Adjunct Professor in Finance at USYD
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: August 2017

Special responsibilities:
Chairperson of the Audit and Finance Committee

Gemma Ackroyd

DipEd, BEd (UOW), MA (UNSW), MAICD
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: November 2019

Special responsibilities:
Deputy Chairperson of the Board, Chairperson of the People and Remuneration Committee, and member of the Audit and Finance Committee

Maxine Sharkey

BSocSci (Welfare), BVET
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: May 2021

David Torrance

BA (Macq), Actuarial Studies, FIAA, GAICD
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: October 2022

Special responsibilities:
Chairperson of the Risk and Governance Committee

Mel Smith

Tourism Management and International Studies (Mexico), Diploma of Education Secondary (HSIE)
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: November 2022

Brett Holmes

Non-practicing RN, Non-practicing Midwife, Psychiatric Nursing Certificate, Graduate Harvard Trade Union Program, GAIST, Director HESTA
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: June 2023

Michael Sciffer

BIT (CQU), GradDipEd (UNE), GradDipSocSci (UNE), PostGradDipPsych (UOW), PhD Candidate (MU)
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: June 2023

John Battams

BEc, DipEd, MAICD
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: July 2025 (following merger with TUH)

Special responsibilities:
Member of the Audit and Finance Committee

Terence Burke

BEd, MEd (Ed Admin), GradDipEd, GAICD
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: July 2025 (following merger with TUH)

Special responsibilities:
Member of the People and Remuneration Committee

Thalia Edmonds

GDLP, LLB, GradDipMus (Teach), BMus (Perf)
Non-executive Director
Appointed Director: July 2025 (following merger with TUH)

Special responsibilities:
Member of the Risk and Compliance Committee