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Aspect’s Board of Directors is directly responsible to Aspect’s members for the long-term health and prosperity of Aspect. The Board charts the direction of Aspect and monitors management’s performance on behalf of Aspect’s members and other stakeholders.
The policies and practices outlined in Aspect’s Corporate Governance Statement provide the framework which enables the Board’s principal role to be achieved whilst ensuring that Aspect’s activities are conducted ethically and in accordance with the law.
The Board of Directors exercises the powers vested in it by the Corporations Act 2001.
Board Composition and Size
Under Aspect’s Constitution there can be up to ten Member-elected Directors for a term of three years. Also the Board can appoint up to two Board-appointed Directors.
Board of Directors
Keith PERKIN (Board Chair)
Keith joined the Aspect Board in October 2004 and became the Board Chair in May 2008. He is Chief Executive, Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia, based in Melbourne. Prior to this he was Chief Operating Officer at the Starlight Children’s foundation. Keith has a strong commercial background having held senior positions in Retail and the oil industry. Keith holds a Bachelor of Business degree and has completed Advanced Management programs at Mt. Eliza Business School in Victoria and INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Keith is also a graduate of the Williamson Community Leadership Program in Victoria and has completed the Not for Profit Board Orientation Series run by Sydney Leadership.
Robert PESAVENTO (Deputy Board Chair)
Engineering Manager with SingTel Optus. Robert is the father of a son with an autism spectrum disorder. Robert was appointed to the Board in 1999 and Chairs the Client Services Committee.
Rob BROWN (Hon. Treasurer)
B.Sc., M.A., Grad. Dip. Applied Finance, Robert is Chief Executive Officer of specialist investment administration company Ausmaq, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Australia Bank. An active participant within the institutional investment and services sector with director and working group roles in peak industry bodies, Rob has a close affinity with the needs of children with learning difficulties, and Rob's wife Diane has a long-standing professional interest in special education. Rob is a Board-appointed Director, joining the Board in June 2008, and is Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee.
David EPPER
Senior Associate of ANZIIP, Managing Director, Accident and Health International Underwriting Pty Limited. He joined the Board in 2001. He has a son with an autism spectrum disorder.
David FOSTER
B.E., F.I.E. (Aust), retired Engineer with management experience with Pacific Power. As the parent of an adult son with an autism spectrum disorder, he is interested in progressive development of plans for growing numbers of adults who have autism spectrum disorders. A member of the Finance & Audit Committee, he has been a Director since 1975.
Jonathan HARRIS
LLB; Specialist in Business Law, Jonathan is a Lawyer and Managing Partner of Harris Freidman Hyde Page. As the parent of a son with an autism spectrum disorder, he is interested in estate planning issues for family members with a disability and post-school options for people with an ASD. Jonathan joined the Board in 1996 and is a Member-elected Director.
Malcolm McEWEN
BBus (Accounting); MBus (Employment Relations). Executive Search & Selection consultant, employed by KPMG. He has an 11-year-old son with Asperger's disorder who attended Vern Barnett School and is currently attending St Lucy's, and a 13-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome. He brings to Aspect an awareness of disability in general as well as the experience of being the father of a child with Asperger's disorder. His wife has previously been involved in the Down Syndrome Association.
Dr David STARTE
David is Service Director at the Chatswood Assessment Centre and a Clinical Associate Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, School of Medicine. His interests include developmental paediatrics including autism spectrum disorders and ADHD, and audiology including universal newborn screening and auditory processing.
Peter WERNER
B.Comm. Executive Search Consultant and Director, Richfield Consulting. He joined the Board in 2001. He has worked in the banking industry. He is the father of three children, one of whom has an autism spectrum disorder.
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