Andrew Mohl, Chairman

Qualifications: BEc (Hons)
Appointed: 09/12/2008 to 08/12/2011

Andrew Mohl is a Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the AMP Foundation and an executive coach to chief executive officers. He was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AMP Limited from 2002 to 2007 and has over 30 years of financial services experience, including asManaging 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.

Michael Carapiet, Deputy Chairman

Qualifications: MBA

Appointed: 28/11/2005 to 27/11/2008 and 9/12/2008 to 8/12/2011

Michael Carapiet is an Executive Director and Head of Macquarie Capital at Macquarie Group Limited, which he joined in 1985. He has led major international project transactions, cross-border deals and corporate finance assignments across a number of companies, industries and countries.

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 divisional management and strategic roles was appointed Managing Director in 2003. Prior to joining EFIC he worked with Export Development Canada in project and asset finance in Latin America, Europe 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. In 2008 he served as Chairman of the Asian Exim Banks Forum and in 2006–07 as Vice President of the Berne Union, the international association of export credit and investment insurance companies. Angus was appointed President of the Berne Union in October 2009.

David Crombie, Independent Board Member

Qualifications: BEc

Term of Appointment: 01/10/2007 - 30/09/2010

David Crombie has over 30 years’ commercial and representational experience in the agriculture industry and operates family properties in southern Queensland. He has served as Managing Director of GRM International, Chairman of the National Steering Committee for Meat Standards Australia and Meat & Livestock Australia and on the Boards of Grainco Australia and the Meat Industry Council. He is  President of the National Farmers’ Federation, a Director of GRM International and Rosewood (NT Beef) and Deputy Chairman of FKP Property Group.

David Evans, Independent Board Member

Qualifications: BEc
Term of Appointment: 09/12/2008 to 08/12/2011

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 EFIC, the National Stroke Foundation and the Open Family Foundation. 

Sally Pitkin, Independent Board Member, Audit Committee Member

Qualifications: LLB; LLM; FAICD

Term of Appointment: 16/07/2007 - 15/07/2010

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 Aristocrat Leisure Limited and UniQuest Pty Ltd, she is also a State Council Member in Queensland for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and a member of a number of advisory boards and industry bodies.

Tony Sherlock, Independent Board Member, Audit Committee Chair

Qualifications: BEc
Term of Appointment: 28/11/2005 to 27/11/2008 and 9/12/2008 to 8/12/2011

Anthony Sherlock has over 20 years’ experience in credit risk management and corporate administration. He has served on a number of public company boards and is currently a Director of IBA Health Limited and Stockland Capital Partners Limited and Chairman of the Showground Precinct Committee.

Ric Wells, Government Member, Represents Australian Government

Qualifications: BA (Hons)
Appointed: 14/06/2009

Ric Wells is Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Prior to this, he was Head of the Japan, Korea and China Free Trade Agreement Task Forces. Mr Wells has also held the positions of First Assistant Secretary, South Pacific, Africa and Middle East Division at DFAT, and Assistant Secretary, Asia, Americas and Trade Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. His other roles at DFAT have included Assistant Secretary, Trade Policy and Industrials Branch and Deputy Head of the Australian Mission to the WTO in Geneva.