Andrew Mohl, Chairman

Qualifications: BEc (Hons)
Term of appointment: 9/12/2008 to 8/12/2011 and  9/12/2011 to 8/12/2014

Andrew Mohl is a director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and an executive coach to chief executive officers. He is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Committee of Economic Development of Australia and the Corporate Council of the European Australian Business Council. Andrew was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AMP Limited from 2002 to 2007 and has over 30 years of financial services experience, including as Managing Director of AMP Financial Services and AMP Asset Management, Managing Director of ANZ Funds Management, Group Chief Economist at ANZ Banking Group and Deputy Head of Research at the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Sally Pitkin, Deputy Chairperson,
Audit Committee Member

Qualifications: LLB, LLM, PhD, FAICD
Term of appointment: 16/7/2007 to 15/7/2010 and 1/8/10 to 31/7/13

Sally Pitkin is a professional company director whose directorships have spanned publicly listed and private companies across a diverse range of sectors. She was a partner with Clayton Utz specialising in banking and finance law, corporate governance and privatisation, with 23 years’ experience. Currently a director of Billabong International Ltd, ASC Pty Ltd, UQ Holdings Pty Ltd, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Super Retail Group Limited and Opera Queensland Ltd. Sally is also a State Councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of the Queensland Competition Authority.

Angus Armour, Managing Director & CEO

Qualifications: BA (Hons), MBA, FFin, FAICD
Appointed: 31/10/2003

Angus Armour joined EFIC in 1993 in the project finance area and after a succession of management roles was appointed Managing Director in 2003. Prior to joining EFIC he worked with Export Development Canada in project and asset finance in Europe, Latin America and the United States; and the International Finance Corporation’s project advisory team for the South Pacific. He is a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and member of its NSW State Council, and a non-executive Board member of the European Australian Business Council. In 2012 he served on the Historic Houses Trust Foundation of New South Wales and the Foundation's Finance and Legal Committee and from 2009 through to 2011 as President of the Berne Union, the international association of export credit and investment insurance companies that supports approximately $1.4 trillion of trade and investment annually; he continues to serve on the Management, and Finance and Remuneration Committees.

Bruce Brook, Independent Board Member,
Chairman of the Audit Committee

Qualifications: BCom, BAcc
Term of appointment: 1/3/2010 to 28/2/2013

Bruce Brook has over 30 years’ experience in finance across a wide range of public companies, including WMC Resources Ltd, ANZ Banking Group Limited and Pacific Dunlop Limited. Now a professional company director, Bruce is Chairman of Programmed Maintenance Services Limited, and a director of Deep Exploration Technologies CRC, CSL Limited, Boart Longyear Limited and Newmont Mining Corporation. 

David Evans, Independent Board Member

Qualifications: BEc
Term of appointment: 9/12/2008 to 8/12/2011 and 9/12/2011 to 8/12/2014

David Evans is Managing Partner of Evans and Partners Pty Ltd, the investment advisory company he established in June 2007. He has extensive experience in investment banking and stockbroking and worked for 18 years at JB Were & Son and Goldman Sachs JBWere Pty Ltd, where his final role was Managing Director and Chief of Staff. David is Chairman of Essendon Football Club and a Director of the Melbourne Stars, The Shane Warne Foundation and Seven West Media Limited. 

Nicholas (Nick) Minogue, Independent Board Member,
Audit Committee Member

Qualifications: BA, MBA
Appointed: 9/12/2011 to 8/12/2014

Nicholas Minogue retired from the Macquarie Group in November 2009 after a banking career spanning 32 years. Nick was Head of Risk Management at Macquarie for 10 years and a member of the Executive Committee for nine years immediately prior to his retirement while also previously holding the position of Head of Credit. Nick commenced his career in London where he acquired a grounding in trade and international finance working for the international banking division of a clearing bank. He spent seven years with Standard Chartered Bank in London and Hong Kong in various roles and finally as Senior Manager, Corporate Banking Group Hong Kong prior to joining the Macquarie Group in 1993. Nick is also Chairman of Morphic Asset Management Pty Limited.

Jennifer Seabrook, Independent Board Member,
Audit Committee Member

Qualifications: BCom, ACA, FAICD
Appointed: 5/4/2011 to 4/4/2014

Jennifer Seabrook is currently a Special Advisor to Gresham Partners Limited. She is a non-executive director of Iress Ltd and Iluka Resources Limited. Jennifer is also a member of ASIC’s External Advisory Panel. During her career Jenny has worked on a variety of mergers, acquisitions, equity capital markets and capital structuring advisory transactions.

Deena Shiff, Independent Board Member

Qualifications: BSc Econ (Hons), LLB (Hons)
Appointed: 9/12/2011 to 8/12/2014

Deena has had extensive senior executive experience in the Communications Industry. She served as a Group Managing Director at Telstra Corporation between 2005 and 2013, during which time she led the Wholesale Division, established Telstra's Business Division dedicated to Small to Medium Enterprises and established Telstra's corporate venture capital arm.

Deena was also a Partner of Mallesons Stephen Jacques, in-house corporate counsel at Telstra, and has served as a senior executive and adviser on legal and social policy reforms for the Australian Government. She is also a director of a number of venture capital backed software businesses and is currently Chair of the Sydney Writer's Festival. 

Peter Varghese, AO, Government Member, represents the Australian Government

Appointed: 11/2/2013

Peter Varghese is Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Prior to that, he has held the positions of Australia’s High Commissioner to India and was the Director-General of the Office of National Assessments.  Mr Varghese has also previously held the roles of Senior Advisor (International) to the Prime Minister; Australia’s High Commissioner to Malaysia and has served overseas in Tokyo, Washington and Vienna.

Mr Varghese was appointed an Officer in the Order of Austalia (AO) in 2010 for distringuished service to public administration, particularly leading reform in the Australian intelligence communcity and as an adviser in areas of foreign policy and international security.

Jan Adams, Alternate Government Member

Qualifications: BEc (Hons), LLB (Hons)
Appointed: 7/5/2013

Ms Adams was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in April 2013.

Prior to that she was First Assistant Secretary, Free Trade Agreement Division (from March 2009) and Australia’s lead negotiator for China, Japan, Korea and India bilateral FTA negotiations.  Between 2005 and 2008 Ms Adams served as Ambassador for the Environment and Ambassador for Climate Change.  Between 1993 and 1996 she worked as an Adviser to the then Minister for Trade and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Senator Peter Cook.  Ms Adams joined the Department in 1999 as Assistant Secretary, APEC Branch.

Overseas, Ms Adams has served as Minister Counsellor (Trade) in Washington (2000 – 2004).  She has also worked in both the Environment and Trade Directorates of the OECD in Paris.