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Board of Directors

Paul A Murnane- Chairman (pictured right)

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  • Investment banker and Company Director with over 35 years of diversified experience in financial services, consulting and general management in Australia and overseas
  • An Adviser to a number of companies, boards and CEOs and a Director of several companies, most recently Senior Advisor to independent corporate advisory firm O'Sullivan Partners
  • Director of MS Australia, Director (and past Chairman) of MS Limited
  • Serves on the Boards and committees of organisations involved in overseas development, education, public policy, the arts and corporate goverance
  • Family experience of MS

Prof Bill Carroll

  • Clinical Professor of Neurology, Head of Department, Neurology and Neurophysiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
  • Consultant Neurologist and MS Researcher - 30 years
  • Vice President PACTRIMS. Pan-Asian Committee on Treatment and Research of Multiple Sclerosis
  • Australian representative MSIF. Multiple Sclerosis International Federation
  • Vice President of AOAN. Australian Oceanic Association of Neurologists, Member of the Executive Committee World Federation of Neurology (WFN)
  • Editor (Asia and Pacific) of Multiple Sclerosis Journal (MSJ)
Gabrielle Dalmau
 
  • Consultant to MS Australia on organisational change
  • Specialist consultant in Human Resources, Change and Business Management working across the public and private sector
Dr James Fox
 
  • Chairman & Non-Executive Director, Biota Holdings Limited,
  • Non Executive Director Air New Zealand Ltd, Genmark Diagnostics (USA) and TTP Group (U.K)
  • Former Managing Director, Vision Systems Ltd
Chris Gillies
 
  • Chairman MS Limited, Director MS Australia
  • Non-executive Director of listed and unlisted companies involved in emergency services, insurance, IT and business services
  • Former Group Executive of Integration and Executive Group Services at St George Bank
  • Former Chief Information Officer at the Bank of Melbourne
  • Person with MS
Rob Hubbard
 
  • Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Brisbane office) - over 25 years experience
  • President of MS Australia
  • Treasurer for Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF)
  • Treasurer for Opera Queensland
  • Former President MS Society of Queensland

Susan Nixon

  • Managing Director, Strategic Conversations
  • Former General Manager, Consumer Marketing, Westpac Banking Corporation
  • Experience in strategy and marketing spanning 26 years in Australasia, North America and Europe
  • Member of the Marketing Advisory Board at Sydney University and served as a member of the CommFoundation Pty Ltd Board
Prof Graeme Stewart AM
 
  • Director, Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute
  • Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
  • Clinical Immunologist with 30 years of involvement in MS research in the areas of genetics and immunology

Graham Tribe AM

  • Former Director MS Australia & MS Limited (previously MS Society of NSW)
  • Retired President MS Australia (2001 - 2009) and MS Society of NSW (1977 - 1979 and 2000 - 2001)
  • Former Chairman, Vice President and Managing Director of Nacco Materials Handling Group Pty Ltd and Hyster Australia Pty Ltd