A founder and the Managing Director of Boardroom Partners, Jane has worked with boards for almost 10 years and is well qualified to advise and assist with board practice and composition. After a career in HR management and policy work for state government, Jane worked as a consultant specialising in leadership and planning. Since 1997, she has worked as an adviser to boards and chairmen across Australia, with a focus on director recruitment and performance and board operations generally.

Jane is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chief Executive Women. Jane sits on advisory boards for the Sydney Graduate School of Management and the School of Corporate Governance at the University of Technology.

Els joins Boardroom Partners with an in-depth knowledge of the financial markets sector. She has 15 years experience in investment banking, most recently heading up a team of specialists focused on the origination of structured debt markets products and their placement with instiutional fund managers.

For the last 9 years, Els has undertaken independent, direct investment in a number of businesses and projects and has provided consulting servcies to fund managers and other businesses.

Els has an Economincs Honours degree from the University of Queensland and on-going keen interest in economic and financial market developments. Her hands-on business experience, knowledge of the financial market and strong people skills provide and excellent base for her work on search assignment at Boardroom Partners.

Susan provides a depth of experience in the not for profit sector; policy development and capacity building. Susan has been a senior manager in both public and higher education sectors, with a focus on human resource management, organisational effectiveness and change management.

Prior to her association with Boardroom Partners Susan was Director Human Resources and Director Building Capability for the University of Technology, Sydney. Her career has also included significant involvement in the not-for-profit sector; both as Chair of an internationally based student exchange organization and as a consultant to not-for-profit Boards. She has a strong commitment to the promotion of ethical organizations, and is a member of the St James Ethics Centre, as well as a member of the Australian Human Resources Institute. Her qualifications include a Masters in Professional Ethics and a PhD from UNSW.

Carolyn has broad consulting experience in human resources, with specialist skills in HR policy, remuneration design, performance management and corporate strategy. Carolyn has over 20 years consulting experience in both the public and private sectors across Australia and overseas. She has successfully completed major consulting assignments in the banking, finance, transport, retail, manufacturing, publishing and government sectors.

Carolyn has held the positions of Director and Principal Consultant with Cullen Egan Dell Ltd and was a co founder and Director of Hewitt Associates in Australia. She is currently a Principal Consultant with the Australian Institute of Management and a Professional Associate of the St James Ethics Centre. Carolyn has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) majoring in Psychology from ANU.

Marie has a strong economic and government background with experience in HR policy, with management and organisational review. Marie has had more than 20 years management experience in the NSW public sector including some years as a Deputy CEO. Her experience has covered financial, audit, property, HR and IT. Marie has worked in central and line agencies and Minister’s offices.

Marie's experience as a senior manager and policy expert provide a sound basis for her work as an expert consultant to government through the Internal Audit Bureau, and with Boardroom Partners, Marie assists on assignments requiring up-to-date knowledge of public sector practice. Marie has an economics degree (B Econ) and an MBA from Macquarie University.

Jane practised as a solicitor for a period of fifteen years, in general commercial practice, in law reform and then as an editor of the Federal Law Reports. She also has significant experience as a non-executive director. Jane was a founder of the St. James Ethics Centre and served on the board of management for ten years. Since 2000 she has been a director of Henderson Walton Consulting, specialising in advice relating to corporate governance and other areas where ethics and law intersect, such as conflicts of interest and issues relating to organisational culture.

Jane teaches the Company Directors Course, the International Programme and the 'Mastering the Boardroom' programme for the Australian Institute of Company Directors and in the Institute of Company Secretary's Governance programme. In addition to her legal qualifications Jane has a degree in Theology.

Bronwyn is an Organisational Psychologist with a Masters in HRM & Coaching and a member of the Australian Psychological Society, and has spent her professional life working with people and their organisations so as to improve both individual and organisational outcomes.

Bronwyn works with individuals as well as work groups or teams across a variety of issues, including coaching, change management, performance management, job analysis and organisational redesign. Over the past 15 years Bronwyn has worked with many different organisations in both the private and public sectors.

Iain has nearly 40 years' experience in international banking, funds management and corporate governance and has worked in Australia, the USA, Japan and Hong Kong.

Iain has an MA in politics and political economy from The University of Glasgow and an MBA from Cornell University. He is also a course director in the Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance, offered by Chartered Secretaries Australia.

Rachel joined Boardroom Partners in 2006 and provides research and communications support for the firm. Originally from the UK, Rachel has a History degree from Cambridge University and is interested in identifying new areas of research in board practice and in comparing board composition in the UK and Australia.

Rachel also works as Communications Manager for the UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity where she facilitates relationships between the centre and key stakeholders.

Spyros holds a BSc in Informatics Engineering (TEI-A) and an MS in Computer Science specialised in Artificial Intelligence (Univ. Missouri). He is currently conducting PhD-level research on neurocomputational cognitive modelling at UNSW and is working at Boardroom Partners as a database manager and administrator.