Panel members are appointed by the Governor-General, on the nomination of the Federal Minister, under section 172 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act). They are nominated based on their knowledge or experience in one or more of the following fields:
- business
- administration of companies
- financial markets
- financial products and financial services
- law
- economics and
- accounting.
The Minister of a State or the Northern Territory may submit nominations for the Panel to the Federal Minister. It is intended that the Panel will have an appropriate mix of professions, business expertise, geographical representation and gender representation.
All members are appointed on a part-time basis, usually for three years. They may be re-appointed.
The Governor-General may also appoint one member to be the President of the Panel under section 173 of the ASIC Act (the “substantive President”). Various provisions in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) and the ASIC Act refer to the President and his or her functions. For example, section 657E of the Corporations Act gives the President the power to make interim orders and section 184(2) of the ASIC Act gives the President the power to determine the constitution of a sitting Panel. When members of the Panel sit to consider proceedings (a “sitting Panel”), the substantive President of the Panel may be the sitting President of that Panel, or he or she may appoint another member to be the sitting President of that Panel.
Our current Panel members
The Panel currently comprises the following members. For further information about the Panel’s current members, please refer to the Panel’s latest Annual Report.
| Name | Organisation | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Alex Cartel (President) | Rothschild & Co | Melbourne |
| 2 | Ms Yasmin Allen AM | Company Director | Sydney |
| 3 | Mr Kelvin Barry | UBS AG | Melbourne |
| 4 | Mr Robin Bishop | BGH Capital | Melbourne |
| 5 | Mr Carl Blanchard | New Zealand Takeovers Panel | New Zealand |
| 6 | Mr Michael Borsky KC | Barrister | Melbourne |
| 7 | Mr Con Boulougouris | MinterEllison | Sydney |
| 8 | Mr James Burchnall | Kain Lawyers | Adelaide |
| 9 | Ms Stephanie Charles | BGH Capital | Melbourne |
| 10 | Mr Alberto Colla | MinterEllison | Melbourne |
| 11 | Mr Bruce Cowley | Company Director | Brisbane |
| 12 | Mr Kierin Deeming | JP Morgan | Sydney |
| 13 | Ms Chelsey Drake | Allens | Brisbane |
| 14 | Ms Teresa Dyson | Company Director | Brisbane |
| 15 | Ms Katrina Efthim | Citigroup | Melbourne |
| 16 | Ms Sylvia Falzon | Company Director | Melbourne |
| 17 | Mr Joseph Fayyad | Bank of America | Sydney |
| 18 | Ms Marissa Freund | Goldman Sachs | Sydney |
| 19 | Mr Jon Gidney | Company Director | Sydney |
| 20 | Ms Elizabeth Hallett | Company Director | Sydney |
| 21 | Ms Louise Higgins | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited | Sydney |
| 22 | Dr Ruth Higgins SC | Barrister | Sydney |
| 23 | Ms Michelle Jablko | Transurban | Melbourne |
| 24 | Mr Christian Johnston | Goldman Sachs | Melbourne |
| 25 | Ms Kristen Jung | Macquarie Capital | Sydney |
| 26 | Ms Marina Kelman | Telstra | Melbourne |
| 27 | Mr Jeremy Leibler | Arnold Bloch Leibler | Melbourne |
| 28 | Mr Michael Lishman | Lawyer | Melbourne |
| 29 | Mr Timothy Longstaff | Company Director | Sydney |
| 30 | Ms Sandy Mak | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Sydney |
| 31 | Ms Rebecca Maslen-Stannage | Herbert Smith Freehills | Sydney |
| 32 | Ms Denise McComish | Company Director | Perth |
| 33 | Mr John McGlue | Company Director | Perth |
| 34 | Mr Bruce McLennan | Gresham Advisory Partners | Sydney |
| 35 | Mr Rory Moriarty | Clayton Utz | Sydney |
| 36 | Ms Kerry Morrow | Laity Morrow | Adelaide |
| 37 | Ms Emma-Jane Newton | Deutsche Bank | Sydney |
| 38 | Ms Diana Nicholson | King & Wood Mallesons | Melbourne |
| 39 | Mrs Deborah Page AM | Company Director | Sydney |
| 40 | Ms Reeny Paraskeva | Jarden Australia | Sydney |
| 41 | Mr Neil Pathak | Ashurst | Melbourne |
| 42 | Mr Richard Phillips | Greenhill | Melbourne |
| 43 | Ms Karen Phin | Company Director | Sydney |
| 44 | Ms Sarah Rennie | Jarden Australia | Sydney |
| 45 | Mr John Sheahan KC | Barrister | Sydney |
| 46 | Mr Christopher Stavrianou | Poynton Stavrianou | Perth |
| 47 | Mr James Stewart | Pinsent Masons | Sydney |
| 48 | Ms Philippa Stone | Herbert Smith Freehills | Sydney |
| 49 | Ms Erin Tinker | Barrenjoey | Sydney |
| 50 | Ms Kate Towey | Allens | Sydney |
| 51 | Ms Georgina Varley | Adamantem Capital | Sydney |
| 52 | Ms Nicola Wakefield Evans | Company Director | Sydney |
Panel member alumni
Please refer to the Panel member alumni page for further information.