Independent Non-Executive Governance Board Chair, PwC Australia
John is our firm’s first Independent Non‑Executive Governance Board Chair. He has significant director and governance experience across a range of domestic and international, large‑scale, founder‑led, private, ASX‑traded and government organisations.
John’s current non‑executive director roles are at Challenger Limited and University of Wollongong (UOW) Global Enterprises. John has previously served as a non‑executive director of global professional services firm Worley (before and after ASX‑listing) and the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Limited; Deputy Chair of global insurer, QBE Insurance; a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel; a councillor of the National Library of Australia and as a director of a number of not‑for‑profit organisations.
John’s executive career spanned 30 years. First as a partner in two law firms and then as an investment banker at Macquarie Group. Throughout that career, John advised boards across multiple industries and helped many organisations through various strategic phases.
John is also a novelist, with six crime thrillers to date, and was a co‑founder of independent book publisher Pantera Press.
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