CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Nicole
Louise BIRRELL
BORN:
NATIONALITY: Australian
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES: Fluent Dutch and French
Working
knowledge of German and Spanish
MEMBERSHIPS: Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors
INTERESTS: Innovation,
agricultural and medical R&D, financial markets, aviation, opera,
genealogy, languages and history
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Current Director of Grains Research &
Development Corporation (statutory corporation), SMS Management &
Technology Limited (listed company), Superpartners Pty Ltd (major
superannuation fund administrator) and Queensland Sugar Ltd (unlisted public
company) and Member of Wheat Exports Australia (Commonwealth Government Agency)
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Past Director of Australian Practice Nurses
Association, Inc (not-for-profit association) and AusBulk Limited (SA based
bulk grains handler)
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Past/ present Chair of Board Risk and Compliance Committees
and significant corporate governance expertise
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26 years of global wholesale and investment banking
experience in
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Broad regulatory compliance experience in the
corporate and financial services sectors including APRA/ ASIC/ ASX/ SFE and US/
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Wide-ranging operational risk management experience
including structured risk management, insurance, new systems/ product
implementation, outsourcing and business continuity
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Strategic operational risk consulting in banking and
medical research environments
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Multiple Director/ Responsible Officer/ Responsible
Executive positions at subsidiary companies of past employers; past trustee of
employer superannuation schemes and present trustee of private super fund
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Postgraduate education leading to M.Sc. from London
School of Economics.
CAREER HISTORY
Jan 2009 to date Queensland Sugar Ltd, Brisbane (unlisted public
company)
Director
and member of the Audit Committee
July 2008 to date Wheat Exports
Member
of WEA and member of Audit & Risk Management Committee and of Nominations
Committee
Dec 2006 to date Superpartners Pty Limited, Melbourne (superannuation
fund administrator)
Director
and member of IT Initiatives Committee and Audit & Risk Management
Committee
Oct 2005 to 30/9/08 Grains Research & Development
Corporation,
Nov 2008 to date (statutory
corporation)
Director and
member (Chair since January 2007) of Finance, Risk and Audit Committee
Dec 2004 to date SMS Management & Technology Ltd,
Melbourne (listed company)
Director and
member of Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee
Member of
Programs Advisory Committee, School of Applied Economics
Apr
2004 to date Operational Risk
Management Consultant (own company)
Operating
risk framework implementation in various environments; financial markets
operational standards and business continuity; policy and compliance framework
for financial markets association
Nov 2004 to Dec 2006 Australian Practice Nurses
Association Inc, Melbourne
Director and
Chair of Audit and Risk Management Committee
Oct 2003 to Mar 2007 Seeker Wireless Pty Ltd, Sydney (high-tech
start-up company)
Member of the Advisory Board
until November 2005 and Risk Management Consultant to the company from December
2005
Apr
2004 to Feb 2005 AusMalt Pty
Ltd,
Chairperson
CAREER HISTORY
(Continued)
Dec
2000 to Sep 2004 AusBulk
Limited,
Director and member of the Board
Risk Management Committee
Director
Several executive positions as
listed below and a number of Director/ Responsible Officer/ Responsible
Executive positions with ANZ related entities
Oct 2003 – Apr 2004 Head of Operational Risk & Compliance,
Institutional Financial Services
July - Sept 2003 Acting Chief Operating Officer,
Trade & Transaction Services
Jan - Jun 2003 Acting Global Head of Markets
Operations, ANZ Investment Bank
Aug 1998 – Dec 2002 Global
Head of Operational Risk, ANZ Investment Bank; also Responsible Executive of
ANZ Securities Ltd (Participating Organisation on ASX) for the purposes of ASX
Business Rules from December 2001 to April 2004
Product and Documentation Manager
(part-time). Also Director of Salomon
Smith Barney Australia Superannuation Pty Ltd (trustee of the SSBA
Superannuation Fund)
1995 - March 1998 NatWest Markets Australia Ltd, Melbourne
Product and Documentation
Manager. Also Director of NatWest
Markets Australia Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd (trustee of the NWMA
Superannuation Fund) and Secretary of NatWest Markets Australia Ltd, County
NatWest Australia Ltd and National Westminster Finance Australia Ltd
CAREER HISTORY
(Continued)
1990 - 1994 County NatWest Australia Ltd/
NatWest Markets Australia Ltd, Sydney
Initially appointed as Associate
Director and Head of Risk Management and Compliance for County NatWest
Australia Ltd.
Role
extended to Director of Risk and Compliance for entire NatWest Markets
Australia group in 1993
Trustee of the County NatWest
Senior Staff Superannuation Fund (subsequently NWMA Superannuation Fund) from
June 1992
1983
- 1990 Chase Manhattan
Overseas Corporation, Sydney
Chase AMP
Bank Ltd., Sydney
1987 - 1990 Associate Director - Portfolio Management
Group
1985 - 1987 Group Manager, Corporate Banking, NSW
1983 - 1985 Relationship Manager, Representative Office
1978 - 1983 The Chase Manhattan Bank, NA,
1979 - 1983 Marketing Officer, Corporate Banking
Department
1978 - 1979 Credit Analyst, Europe & Middle East
Credit Office
Feb - Oct 1978 Trainee, Banking Executive Credit Training
Course
EDUCATION
1976
- 1977 London
Faculty of
Economics
1977 M.Sc. (International Relations)
1972
- 1976 University of
Faculty of
Applied Economics
1974
Candidate in Applied Economics
1976 Licensee in Applied
Economics with High Distinction (equivalent to B.Ec. Hons. First Class)