Malcolm Alder | Partner - Digital Economy, KPMG
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Malcolm Alder specialises in strategy and performance improvement with a focus on helping organisations of all types anticipate and respond to the impacts and opportunities created by today's digital technology.
He has been a consultant, advisor and investor in telecommunications and media for over 20 years during which time he has worked with operators, regulators, governments, investors and users in Australasia, Asia and North America. Past clients have included the ABC, Optus, Foxtel, Telstra, Two Way, Multimedia Victoria, Virgin Mobile, Bell Canada, Federal Government, Multimedia Development Authority of Singapore, Oztam and Radio New Zealand.
Malcolm is a regular writer and speaker in public forums on topics such as broadband, digital content and interactive TV. He was recently included in the Top 50 Most Influential People in Technology by The Australian IT.
Malcolm is currently a Director of Sydney Philharmonia Choir and was previously on the Board of an ASX-listed media company. He has also appeared in more than 25 theatrical productions from Shakespeare to musicals.
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Dr Kate Cornick | Executive Director of the Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES)
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Kate Cornick is the Executive Director of the Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) - an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Melbourne focusing on broadband applications and uses with societal benefits. The Institute actively engages industry with academia in its research that focuses on health, education, social inclusion and community infrastructure. In July 2011 she was awarded the prestigious Australian Communications Industry Young Achiever Award in recognition of her work at IBES.
Kate is also the General Manager of the Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications at IBES, a joint venture between the University of Melbourne, Victorian State Government and Alcatel-Lucent, including the company's research arm Bell Labs. The activities in the centre focus on increasing the energy-efficiency of telecommunications.
Previously, Kate was the Senior Telecommunications Adviser and Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Her roles included advising on the National Broadband Network policy, consumer issues and regional telecommunications.
Kate Cornick undertook her PhD in optical telecommunications at the University of Melbourne and, as part of her studies, spent time at AT&T Research Laboratories, USA.
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Rachel Dixon | Deputy Chair, Choice and Chief Operating Officer, Viocorp
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Rachel is COO at Viocorp, one of Australasia's fastest growing providers of enterprise streaming video solutions, and founder and Managing Director of Handshake Media, a successful new media consulting company.
Rachel is also Deputy Chair at Choice (the Australian Consumers Association), and a Director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Computing and Communications (ac3), hosting major online infrastructure projects for the NSW Government and other major clients. She was Deputy President of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA), and was also Chair of Metro Screen.
In 1988 Rachel co-founded FIBRE a telecommunications company serving high-bandwidth connectivity to the film and television post-production sector, successfully sold in 2004 to Sohonet.
Rachel has also been a member of the Australian Government's Leaders Group for the Digital Content Industry, and the Australian Government's Working Party on Innovation in the Film and Television Industry. She was one of 1000 Australians who participated in the Prime Minister's Australia2020 Summit.
Rachel is a former senior executive with Film Australia and Film Victoria, where she produced more than 100 documentaries and children's television programs, winning several awards including the 1989 AFI Award for best television documentary.
Rachel has published one book and several chapters in anthologies on the business of interactive media, and is a frequent keynote speaker on technology, culture and privacy.
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Fay Holthuyzen
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Fay Holthuyzen is a consultant advising on communications policy and government relations. Until recently, Fay was the Independent Chair of the Steering Group overseeing the review and revision of the Telecommunications Consumer Protection Code. Prior to this up to 2008, Fay held a range of senior executive positions within the Federal Government public service.
From 2000, Fay was Deputy Secretary of the Department of Communications, IT and the Arts advising on a wide range of communications policies and has contributed to policy development in these and other areas over her career.
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Anne Hurley
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With more than 20 years executive experience in the communications industry, Anne is currently engaged in professional and commercial initiatives associated with the transition to the digital economy. These include founder and director of an online retail venture and Chair of the Stakeholder Forum for the Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA), the peak self-regulatory body for the payments industry. Previous positions include CEO of Communications Alliance and Director of Asia Pacific network engineering operations for American Express. Recognition includes the ATUG Chairman's Award for Contribution to the Industry and nomination as 'one of the top 15 people in telco in 2009' by Comms Day. In 2011 she was a recipient of a Board Diversity Scholarship, a joint initiative of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Government Office for Women to increase the number of women on Australian boards.
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Maha Krishnapillai | General Manager, Telecommunications Products and Services, Australia Post
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Grahame Lynch | CEO, Comms Day
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Grahame Lynch founded Decisive in 1994, launching the Communications Day newsletter. He won the Australian Telecommunications Users Group Journalist of the Year award in 1996 and the Service Providers' Association of Australia Media Excellence award in 1997. He then took leave-of-absence from Decisive, joining Advanstar in Hong Kong as group editor of Telecom Asia and Telecom China, where he launched Wireless Asia magazine. In 1999, he was promoted to group editorial director of Advanstar Telecom Group, in charge of America's Network, Telepress Latino America and the aforementioned Asian titles.
Under his stewardship, America's Network was nominated for a record six National Magazine Awards in 2001. In April 2001, he returned to Decisive to spearhead the company's Asian expansion. Grahame has also written a book, Bandwidth Bubble Bust: The Rise and Fall of the Global Telecom Industry, published in the US in July 2001. He has also been extensively published in titles such as, The Bulletin and The Australian.
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Kathryn Matthews | Director, Deloitte Australia
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Kathryn Matthews is an economist with wide ranging experience across the private sector, academia and government. Kathryn has worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia, lectured at Macquarie University, and been a consultant at Ernst & Young and economic consultancy firm Econtech, and headed the Research, Consulting and Valuations teams at property advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle.
Most recently, at NSW Trade and Investment, Kathryn managed a team of professionals to drive positive business and employment outcomes in NSW across a wide range of industries including finance and business services, education, information and technology services, health and community services, creative industries and education. Kathryn is now a Director at Deloitte Australia.
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Mark McDonnell | Telecommunications, Media & Technology Analyst, BBY
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Mark McDonnell is Senior Analyst in Telecommunications, Media and Technology at BBY Limited. As an equity market analyst, he is actively involved in assessing trends and developments in the communications industry, and valuing listed companies in this sector.
In the 1990s Mark was an industry consultant. His clients included Telstra, Optus, Telecom New Zealand, IBM, Ericsson, GE Information Services and many others. He was also the founding CEO of ASTRA, the pay television industry association.
In the 1980s Mark was employed in the policy division of the then Department of Posts and Telecommunications, and later gained regulatory and public inquiry experience in the then Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. He saw out that decade as a business analyst and manager of policy development for Aussat.
Mark has a Master's degree in Applied Finance and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia as well as the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Other current roles include, Chairman of the External Advisory Committee to the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Chairman of Twenty Macleay Street Limited, a public unlisted company.
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Deidre O'Donnell | NSW Information Commissioner
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Deirdre O'Donnell has been connected with the telecommunications industry in a range of positions since the late 1980s. Most recently, she served as the Ombudsman of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) scheme from 2007 to early 2010.
Between 2002 and 2007, Deirdre was State Ombudsman for Western Australia, and prior to that held roles as Deputy TIO; in Optus's Regulatory team; with the predecessor of the ACMA, AUSTEL; and with the former Telecom.
Her TIO experience has provided her with a particular passion for good customer service, a vision she shares with Communications Alliance.
Deirdre started her working life as a high school teacher. An eternal student, she has qualifications in languages, education, an MBA and a Masters in Commercial law, and is currently immersed in freedom of information law as part of her present role as Information Commissioner.
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Andrew Parker | Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Andrew Parker is a Sydney based partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and heads PwC's Asia Pacific Communications Industry Group. He has 12 years of international experience in the industry having worked in the UK, Eastern Europe and most recently Asia before returning to Australia in 2005.
Andrew's clients have included companies operating in all sectors of the market including telecoms, traditional media, including print, cable and terrestrial free to air TV, as well as "new media" and the internet. Andrew was one of PwC's lead partners advising Telstra and the Commonwealth in relation to T3, he advised Vodafone in relation to its merger with Hutchison and more recently advised West Australian News in relation to its acquisition of Seven Media Group and the associated capital raising.
Andrew is the co-author of the internet chapter of PwC's Entertainment and Media Outlook and is also a non-executive director of Aurora Community Television.
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Rosemary Sinclair | Director, External Relations at the Australian School of Business
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Rosemary Sinclair is the Director, External Relations at the Australian School of Business. The team encompasses Alumni and Community Partnerships, ASB Development, Media & Communications and Marketing. The focus of this role is to ensure the ASB is well positioned and highly engaged with external stakeholders. Rosemary has many years of experience at the most senior levels of business and government across telecommunications, media and publishing.
Prior to joining UNSW Rosemary was the Managing Director of the Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) an independent, self funded organisation which has been representing the interests of end-users of telecommunications to regulators, policy makers and industry in Australia since 1980.
Rosemary has held a range of senior management positions with Telecom Australia (now Telstra), including Manager of Commercial Operations for NSW and National General Manager, Communications Accounts. Rosemary was Director of Strategic Development for the ABC, Director, Technology and Corporate Services for ABC Radio and Director Education, New Media and Export at Scholastic Australia part of the New York headquartered Scholastic Inc.
Rosemary is currently Chair of the Federal Government's 2011 Regional Telecommunications Inquiry Review Committee. Rosemary has held a number of Director positions on company and not-for-profit Boards. Rosemary has participated as Delegation Leader in APEC and OECD Working Groups and is currently a Councillor on the Generic Names Council at the Internet Names organisation, ICANN.
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Jane Smith | Director, theshinyshinyworld
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Jane Smith is currently the director of her own company, theshinyshinyworld. Projects include being the Chair of the Premium Mobile Services Code Review; Strategic Policy Adviser for Australian Telecommunications Users Group; a Communications Strategist for the Australian School of Business at the University of NSW and the City of Ryde; advice on the future of copyright for a screen guild and on a cutting edge video application for the use of high speed broadband to teach languages in regional Australia. Jane has also written a report on digital literacy skills for the 21st Century workplace using high speed broadband.
Jane is a Member of the national Classification Review Board and the Chair of the Industry Advisory Group for an independent film school. For the last five years, she has also been the Producer of numerous art projects covering installations, video works, digital photography exhibitions coupled with social media and online aspects.
Jane has over twenty years experience at senior levels in the ICT, broadcasting, film and television and education industries including Head of Strategy at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and as Chief Executive at the NSW Film and Television Office. She was also Vice President Australia for Seed Productions (actor Hugh Jackman's production company) and the Telecommunications Adviser to the Minister for Transport & Communications during major regulatory reform in the late 1980s.
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John Stanton | CEO, Communications Alliance
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John Stanton is a seasoned communications industry executive with over 19 years of experience.
From 2006-2009 John was Chief Executive Officer of ASX and NZX-listed telecommunications carrier, People Telecom. Under his leadership, People Telecom became profitable and was recognised as Australia's Best Regional Service Provider in the Australian Telecom Awards 2007. In early 2009 the Company was sold to M2 Telecommunications.
Prior to that John was an executive with Intelsat, the largest provider of fixed satellite services worldwide. Based in the UK from 2001-2005, he was President and Director of Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing and of the Data, Carrier and Internet Business Unit. John also spent two years in the US with Intelsat as Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 1999-2001.
John joined Telstra in 1992 as a result of the merger with OTC where he was Manager of Public Affairs. From 1992-1999 John held a number of roles with Telstra including Managing Director of Payphones and Card Services. From 1996-1997 he was also Chairman of the Intelsat Board.
In his early career, John worked as a journalist and as a press secretary with the Australian Government.
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Abigail Thomas
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Abigail Thomas has 15 years' experience within the digital media, broadcasting, film and arts industries in Australia and the UK. Abigail is currently a Director in Deloitte's Online Consulting practice focussing on digital strategy and delivery of online and mobile products for a range of government and media clients. Prior to this, she was Head of Strategic Development and Acting Director in the ABC's Innovation Division. In this role, her team created innovative digital projects such as ABC iView, ABC iphone and iPad applications and online documentary, Gallipoli: The First Day. Abigail had various roles at the ABC including Corporate Strategy, Audience Research and project managing the development and launch of the ABC2 television channel. Abigail also worked in the UK for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as Head of Commercial and Digital Broadcasting at a time when digital TV had just been launched in the UK. Abigail led the successful bid for Sydney to become a UNESCO City of Film and chaired the City of Film Management Committee for two years. She was a Director on social platform start-up iGo2's Board. Abigail was appointed to the Board of Object, Australian Centre for Design in February 2009.
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Professor Julian Thomas | Director, Media and Communications Programme, Swinburne University of Technology
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Julian Thomas is Director of the Swinburne Institute for Social Research and Professor or Media and Communications at Swinburne University of Technology. He writes on new media, information policy and the history of communications technologies. Julian's new book Fashioning Intellectual Property: Exhibition, Advertising and the Press 1789-1918 was published in early 2012 by Cambridge University Press. He is a member of ACMA's Consumer Consultative Forum, and the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation.
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