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Register of interests

Advised and declared interests of the University's Senate

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Below you may access the advised/declared interests for all Senate fellows and committee members.

Senate fellows

Advised
  • Chair, Xero Corporation
  • Chair, Ramsay Health Care 
  • Chair, Fitness Passport
  • Co-Chair, Great Barrier Reef Foundation 
  • Director, Committee for Sydney
  • Director, Governance Board Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Director, Thodey Family Trust
  • Director, Nevis Company
  • Director, Aspiring Company
  • Director, Thodey Consulting
  • Director, River Fund
  • Member, ASIC Corporate Governance Consultative Panel 
  • Advisor, ServiceNow
  • Advisor, Bank of America Australia
  •  

    Declared 

    Nil

Advised
  • Chair, The Conversation
  • Chair, Group of Eight (Go8)
  • Director, The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
  • Director, Corporate Trustee of the Super Fund being Winnipesaukee Pty Limited
  • Wife is on the Board of Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
Declared
At the Building and Estates Committee meeting:
  • 3 September 2021: BEC resolved to note that Professor Mark Scott AO was formerly the Chair of Wesley Mission.

Advised
  • Board Member, The University of Sydney Foundation Program Pty Ltd
  • Spouse works as an academic at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney.
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Chair, The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
  • Chair, Living First Language Platform
  • Chair, Ninti One Ltd
  • Chair, Ninti One Foundation
  • Co-Chair, National Governance Committee (NGC), Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
  • Deputy Chair, Ninti Training Ltd
  • Director, Ninti Pty Ltd
  • Director, PLACE Ltd
  • Interim First Nations Commissioner, Australian Tertiary Education Commission
  • Sole Trader Consultant to Dept of Health, Disability and Ageing (Commonwealth)
  • Trustee, AMLAC Pty Ltd (SMSF)
  • Trustee, AMLAC Family Trust
  • Trustee, Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust
  • Professor Emeritus University of Canberra
  • Professor of Practice (Indigenous Engagement), University of Sydney
  • Patron, ACT Chapter of the Justice Reform Initiative (JRI)
  • Patron, Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia
  • Patron, Indigenous Allied Health Australia
  • Patron, Poche Indigenous Health Centres at University of Sydney, Flinders, Western Australia, Melbourne and Queensland
  • Patron, Wakakirri
  • Patron, Winston Churchill Fellowship Trust
  • Ambassador, Mayi Kuwayu (National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing) ANU
  • Ambassador, Suicide Prevention Australia
  • Fellow, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
  • Fellow, the Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow, the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
  • Honorary Fellow, the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)
  • Honorary academic appointments at ANU, UQ, and Macquarie Universities. 
  • Member, the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB)
  • Member Cancer Australia’s Leadership Group on Indigenous Cancer Control
  • Member, Indigenous Advisory Committee at the Australian Eating Disorders Research & Translation Centre, University of Sydney
  • Member, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use Covid-19 Mental Health Think Tank, University of Sydney
 Declared

 Nil

Advised
  • Chair, Women for Election
  • Advisory Board, Propel Group (Australia)
  • Advisory Board, Mentor Walks
  • Director, Orchard Cove P/L
  • Director, Shirley Chowdhary Consulting P/L
  • Director, Hardie Grant
  • Director, Macdonald Family Trust
  • Director, Ozmac Super Fund
  • Member, AICD Faculty
Declared

Nil 

Advised
  • Chair, LBW Trust / Women for Change Committee
  • Non-Executive Director and Controlling Investor, Studiosity Pty Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director, Medibank
  • Non-Executive Director, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Board
  • Investor Director, Baymatob Pty Ltd
Declared
  • March 2023: University partnered with Studiosity to provide online learning support for students

Advised
  • Member for Strathfield, New South Wales Parliament
  • Chair, NSW Public Accounts Committee
  • Director, Montag Management Pty Ltd
  • Director, Vantage Management Pty Ltd
  • Director, Yatsen Associates (Advisory) Limited
  • Director and beneficial owner via trust, Vantage Asia Holdings Pty Ltd
  • Controlling Shareholder, Belong Here Pty Ltd 
  • Owner, Vantage Management
  • Owner, Montag Management
Declared
At the Senate meeting:
  • 19 March 2022: Senate resolved to note the declaration from Jason Yat-sen Li regarding his recent election to the NSW seat of Strathfield for the Labor Party.

Advised
  • Non-Executive Director, SnowyHydro
  • Non-Executive Director, Orica
  • Non-Executive Director, Belvoir Company B
  • Non-Executive Director, Charter Hall Group
 Declared
  • Daughter Dr Rebecca Moses is currently a casual academic at the University of Sydney 

Advised
  • Sole trader – consultant, Professor Alan Pettigrew
  • Non-Executive Director, RNA Australia Pty Ltd
  • Member, Australian Research Integrity Committee (Joint Committee of the ARC and the NHMRC)
  • Member, Expert Advisory Group to support a National Psychosocial Safety Network to assist organisations meet requirements under Work Health and Safety Regulation
  • External Expert, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)    
Declared
  • Son Christopher Pettigrew is Head of the HCF Research Foundation 

Advised
  • Non-Executive Director, Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank
  • Non-Executive Director, Rio Tinto
  • Non-Executive Director, Macquarie SpaceCube
  • Trustee, Sydney Opera House
  • Board Member, INSEAD
  • Chair, National Affordability and Supply Council
  • Chair Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Special Rapporteur, Human Rights and Counter-terrorism, UN Human Rights Council
  • Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • Advisory Council, Australian Centre for International Justice
  • International Advisory Committee, Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
  • Editorial Board/advisor, Indonesian Journal of International Law; Transnational Criminal Law Review; South Asian Studies in International and Comparative Law; Kathmandu School of Law Review; Perspectives on Terrorism
  • Series Editor (Security and Justice), Hart/Bloomsbery (publisher), London
  • Member, Australia New Zealand Society of International Law
  • Member, Amnesty International
  • Member, National Tertiary Education Union
  • Partner is a Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow at UNSW Law School
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Board member representing USYD, Our Futures Institute
  • Member, NSW Police Firearm Registry Consultative Council
Declared

Nil

Advised

Council Member, The Women’s College Council

Declared

Nil

Advised
  • President, International Students Representative Council of Australia
  • Chair, Australia-China Alumni Association Student Committee
  • Member, Chinese Communist Party
  • Education Officer and Councillor, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association
  • Sole trader, China Australia Youth Development Application
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Board Director, University of Sydney Union
  • Board Director, Tenants' Union of New South Wales
  • Board Member, Democracy in Colour
  • Honorary Secretary, University of Sydney Union
  • Member, Australian Government's Countering Foreign Interference Youth Advisory Group
  • General Assembly Member, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Declared

Nil

External Senate Committee Experts

Advised 
  • Board Director, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Independent Non-Executive Director, Mineral Resources Limited
  • Executive Coach and Mentor, Stephenson Mansell Group
  • Senior Advisor, Principia
  • Board Member, Air Services Australia
  • Founder, Susan Ferrier Consulting Pty Limited
  • Co-Chair, Jawun
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Director, Nerida Hall Family Trust
  • Director, Hallmac Family Trust
  • Non-Executive Director, Blackwattle Investment Partners 
  • Member of the Investment Subcommittee, ANZCA
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Deputy Chair, Football Australia
  • Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026
  • Director, National Film and Sound Archive
  • Director, Hayes Theatre Co. 
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Director & Principal, DCL Consulting Service Pty Ltd
  • Government advisory work – various agencies (declared as arising)
Declared
At the Building and Estates Committee meeting:
  • 3 May 2017: In relation to the Health Precinct Stage 1 Early Contract Involvement, the Building and Estates Committee noted Ms Leeson’s continued membership on the Health Infrastructure board. This declaration remains on file for historical and compliance purposes. The interest is no longer active.

Advised 
  • CEO, State Super 
  • Director, ACSI Board 
Declared 

Nil 

Advised
  • Chair, Centerstone Capital
  • Director, Garvan Medical Research Institute
  • Chair, 6Clicks Pty Ltd
  • Director, Clear Dynamics Pty Ltd
  • Adviser, Deloitte Canada
  • Advisory Board Member, ABN Ltd
  • Advisory Board Member, Salesforce
Declared

Nil 

Advised
  • Partner, KPMG
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Non-Executive Director, Cranbrook School
  • Chair, EdCamps Australia (t/a Great Aussie Bush Camp)
  • Non-Executive Director, Viridios Group - Viridios Capital, 
  • Pacific Street P/L; Silver Queen P/L (family investment vehicles)
  • Senior Advisor, MA Financial
  • Employee, Teamdate P/L (Salter Family Group family office)
Declared

At Finance and Audit Committee meeting:

  • 27 November 2024: In relation to the Gift Acceptance from the Khuda Family Foundation to the University, Dr Amelia Salter declared a personal friendship with Robin Khuda. The Committee noted she was not aware of the proposed gift prior to the release of the agenda papers and acknowledged the relationship did not conflict with the decision at hand.