UNE Foundation
The UNE Foundation is a trust administered by a Board of Directors who are dedicated professionals volunteering their time, expertise and commitment to UNE in participating in Foundation activities. The UNE Foundation, and UNE Foundation Ltd, are administratively supported and resourced by the University ensuring that no donated funds are expended for purposes other than those expressed by the donor. The UNE Foundation is the primary entity to which donations to the UNE are deposited and receipted.
All donations held by the UNE Foundation are in trust for activities and purposes of the University of New England. The objectives of the Company as per the Constitution are:
To provide money, property or benefits to the University (being a fund, authority or institution covered by an Item in a table in Subdivision 30 B of the Tax Act):
- for any purposes set out in the Item in the table in Subdivision 30 B of the Tax Act applicable to the University; or
- where the Item in the table in Subdivision 30 B of the Tax Act applicable to the University does not set out specific purposes, for purposes within the objects, functions and powers of the University,
including but without limitation the provision of money, property or benefits to the University in or towards:
- the provision of scholarships;
- research;
- teaching and learning.
Audited Financial Statements are presented for public information.
UNE Foundation
UNE Foundation Ltd
Current Directors of UNE Foundation Ltd include prominent UNE alumni, the Vice-Chancellor (ex-officio) and a nominee of UNE Council. Directors in 2011 are:
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Dr Geoffrey Fox
BRurSc (Hons) (UNE) MA (ANU) PhD (UNE)
Dr Geoffrey Fox has served as Chairman of the Board since 27 August 2008.
Geoff is an agricultural economist with thirty-six years’ experience in international development in East Asia/Pacific and countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He worked for the World Bank for 27 years, culminating his career as Director of Rural Development and Natural Resource Management for the East Asia and Pacific Region. His work focused on the formulation of rural policy and strategy, program development and project implementation.
Upon returning to Australia in 2000, he consulted for Australia’s overseas aid agency, AusAID; and then joined the staff full-time in 2004 as Principal Adviser, Rural Development and the Environment. As a member of the Principal Advisers’ multi-sectoral team, he supported AusAID management developing and implementing Australia’s overseas aid program.
Since 2008, he has been raising cattle on his property close to Armidale. In August 2010 he was appointed a member of the University of New England Council, and from 2012 has served as Deputy Chancellor. In 2011 he was appointed a Director of the Agricultural Business Research Institute.
Appointed a Director of UNE Foundation Ltd on 26 February 2008.
Mr Geoff Gorrie
BEc BA (ANU) BSc DipEd (UNE) PSM
Geoff Gorrie has a long history in agricultural policy and programs, food policy, regional development and natural resources management at Australian Government level as well as extensive experience in change management and administration. He was involved in the implementation of food regulation reforms, water reform policies, water management in the Murray Darling Basin, the establishment of the Regional Forest Agreements and the Decade of Landcare which led into the establishment of the Natural Heritage Trust.
Geoff is Chair of the Boards of Seafood Services Ltd and Australian Forestry Standard Ltd. He is a Director of Australia 21 and is a member of the Serco Advisory Board. He has held directorships with Safe Food Production Queensland, the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation, the Australian Wheat Board, AWB Ltd, the Wheat Export Authority, Landcare Australia Ltd, the Forests and Wood Products Reseach and Development Corporation, the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation and the Woolmark Company. He was Commonwealth Commissioner on the Murray Darling Basin Commission between 1994 and 1998, Chair of the National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council between 2003 and 2008, and a Director of the Co-operative Research Centre on Biosecurity.
Geoff has a very high affinity with rural Australia - he was born in Gulgong, grew up in Binnaway and then attended high school in Bathurst and went on to university in Armidale and Canberra. From the mid 1970s Geoff's public sector work dealt with aspects of rural and regional Australia.
Geoff was awarded the Public Service Medal on Australia Day 2002. He retired as Deputy Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in January 2003.
Appointed a Director of UNE Foundation Ltd on 12 May 2009.
Mr Paul Barratt
BSc (Hons) (UNE) BA (ANU) FAICD FCDA
Paul Barrat joined the Department of Defence in 1966. He spent the next 25 years of his career in the Commonwealth Public Service, mainly in areas relating to resources, energy and international trade, becoming Deputy Secretary of the Department of Trade and Resources (1978-85); Special Trade Representative for North Asia (1985-88); and Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1988-91).
In 1992 he became Executive Director of the Business Council of Australia, a body consisting of the Chief Executive Officers of about 90 of the 100 largest companies in Australia.
In 1996 he returned to the Public Service, becoming Secretary to the Departments of Primary Industries and Energy (1996-98) and Defence (1998-9).
In 1997 he received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of New England. In 1999 he was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 1999, for service to public administration, public policy development, business and international trade.
He now runs his own consulting business, and is a director of Australia 21, a non-profit company dedicated to stimulating research and development on issues of strategic importance to Australia in the 21st century.
Appointed a Director of UNE Foundation Ltd on 5 September 2006.
Professor James Barber
BSocSc (RMIT) BA(Hons) PhD (Adelaide)
Professor Barber is Vice-Chancellor and CEO of the University of New England and took up this position in February 2010. Previously he was Deputy-Vice Chancellor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Melbourne and was ALSO interim President and Chief Executive Officer of RMIT Vietnam in 2009.
He has been a Company Director on a number of national bodies, including Open Universities Australia (Australia's leading provider of fee-paying online degree programs), Jesuit Social Services Australia and Graduate Careers Australia.
Professor Barber has held senior executive positions in the higher education sector, as well as that of Reader and then Professor of Social Work (La Trobe University and the University of Tasmania), Professor of Social Administration (Flinders University) and Dean of Social Work and Chair of Single Department Faculties (University of Toronto).
Professor Barber has significant education experience in Australia and overseas. He is committed to continuing the important contribution of UNE as a regional university in providing access to education, and also in driving economic prosperity and enhancing the morale, culture and identity of this region. Throughout his career his research interests have focussed on experimental psychology, drug addiction, child welfare and evidence-based social policy.
Appointed a Director of UNE Foundation Ltd on 4 February 2010.
Ms Kerrie Murphy
BA DipEd (USyd) MEd (UNE)
Kerrie Murphy has been in the education sector for many years, including Head of Department, Director of Curriculum and, for four years, Deputy Principal at St Catherine’s School Waverly. In 2001, Kerrie became the Principal of the International Grammar School in Sydney until her retirement at the end of 2010.
She brings extensive industry experience to the Board together with proven leadership, strategic development and communication skills.
Kerrie has completed the Director’s Training Course through the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has the ambition for the development of youth, driving culture change and building a climate of spirit and optimism.
Appointed a Director of UNE Foundation Ltd on 24 November 2010.
Ms Caroline Ralph
BComm BA Grad Dip Applied Finance (Finsia)
Caroline is an Investment Manager at New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, promoting investment opportunities, exports and trade across the Tasman. Prior to joining NZTE, Caroline worked at JPMorgan for six years as a relationship banker, looking after resources companies in Perth, superannuation funds in Melbourne and the New Zealand client base. Between 2000 and 2004, she was the research analyst for the JBWere Private Equity Fund.
Caroline has been involved in student mentoring through the Australian Business and Community Network. She completed an Advice Bank project with the Victorian State Library foundation and has been an active member of the Committee of Convocation at Melbourne University. She founded the Wine & Philosophy Club at Melbourne Business School.
Appointed a Director of UNE Foundation Ltd on 27 September 2011.
Ms Janine Wilson
BSc (La Trobe) MBA (Melb)
Janine is the Executive Director, Donor Services for the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS), for whom she has worked since 2005. In this role, she manages about 2,000 staff in more than 100 blood donor centres across Australia, as well as leading the organisation's marketing function. She established the first national Customer Service function for ARCBS, which facilitates the consistent provision of blood components and products to over 300 Australian hospitals. Her leadership in marketing raised public awareness and education during the 2009 “Year of the Blood Donor”.
Prior to joining the ARCBS, she worked at the New York Blood Center in the area of Business Strategy and Development, as well as with McKinsey & Company as an Associate/Engagement Manager. Additionally, Janine spent four years in the field of Physiotherapy, based in Melbourne and London.
Janine has completed the Company Directors Course through the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Appointed a Director of UNE Foundation Ltd on 27 September 2011.