Senior Executive Profiles
Ross Barker
Managing Director
BSc (Hons) MBA (Melb) F Fin
Mr Barker was appointed Managing Director in February 2001 and has been a Director since 1989. He is also Managing Director of Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited (AFIC), AMCIL Limited and Mirrabooka Investments Limited.
Geoffrey N Driver
General Manager Business Development and Investor Relations
B Ec, Grad Dip Finance
Mr Driver joined the Company in January 2003. Previously, he was with National Australia Bank Ltd for 18 years in various roles covering business strategy, marketing, distribution, investor relations and business operations.
Mark Freeman
Chief Investment Officer
BE, MBA, Grad Dip App Fin (Sec Inst), AMP (INSEAD)
Mr Freeman joined the Company in February 2007. He was formerly a Partner with Goldman Sachs JBWere. His primary role during that time was advising investment companies with their investment and dealing activities. As such he has a depth of knowledge and experience of investment markets and the Company’s approaches, policies and processes.
Simon M Pordage
Company Secretary
LLB (Hons), FCIS, MAICD
Mr Pordage joined the Company in February 2009. He is a Chartered Secretary and has over 13 years company secretarial experience. He was previously Deputy Company Secretary for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and prior to that was Head of Board Support for Barclays PLC in the UK. He is Deputy Chairman of Chartered Secretaries Australia’s Victorian Council, Chairman of CSA’s National Legislation Review Committee and a member of two of their national committees, the Communication Committee and Corporate and Legal Issues Committee.
Andrew J B Porter
Chief Financial Officer
MA (Hons) (St And) FCA
Mr Porter joined the Company in January 2005. He is a Chartered Accountant and has had over 18 years of experience in accounting and financial management both in the United Kingdom with Andersen Consulting and Credit Suisse First Boston and in Australia, where he was Regional Chief Operating Officer for the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of CSFB. He is a member of the User Focus Group of the Australian Accounting Standards Board. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.