C. Ross Carlyle JP | President
Ross is a retired Director/Executive with broad experience across the retail, trade, wholesale and manufacturing sectors. He has worked in a range of businesses from multinational corporates through to small privately owned affairs with all businesses having a customer service focus.
He possesses sound strategic and risk analysis skills, effective people management skills, experience in business acquisition and development, skill in team development and performance, and has deep knowledge and experience in business administration and governance.
Through his career Ross has represented businesses, associations and clubs he has been involved with on both professional and community-based boards and advisory committees.
Ross has served on a National NFP Board, is a Past District Governor for Rotary Tasmania, is an active Justice of the Peace for Tasmania, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Robert Cameron | Vice-President
Robert has significant experience in the management of labour intensive businesses including over 8 years in operational and strategic roles with Skilled Group.
Robert has a Bachelor of Engineering, a Graduate Certificate in Change Management and an MBA from the Australian School of Business at UNSW.
Robert is a certified member of the Australian Human Resources Institute and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Ms Kym Child | Board Member
Kym is a legal practitioner with Wallace Wilkinson and Webster.
She holds qualifications as both a Lawyer and as a Registered Nurse with post graduate nursing qualifications in Paediatric Nursing and Emergency Nursing. Kym also has a Certificate IV in Government Investigations.
Kym is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Tasmanian Women Lawyers, and has held past roles as a member of the Mental Health Stream and Guardianship Stream at the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT), National Consumer Representative on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicines (ACCM), Tasmanian Consumer Representative on the Tasmanian Pharmacy Authority and as a lawyer on the University of Tasmania Human Research and Ethics Committee.
Deb Lubbersen | Board Member
Deb commenced a career in accounting in 2009 following a 25 year career in health care as a registered nurse and midwife in the public, private and community sectors.
She holds a Master of Professional Accounting and Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting alongside postgraduate nursing qualifications. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Deb works in health and maintains a strong interest in the impact of financial decisions on delivery of care and consumer outcomes.
Clive McDermott | Board Member
Clive is a Chartered Accountant, beginning his career at Ernst & Young before gaining international experience at Deutsche Bank and Barclays Bank in the UK.
Clive also has extensive Finance and Commercial Manager experience across a number of roles, including Australian Unity where he was responsible for managing the Retirement Communities portfolio and the development of a number of new retirement communities across NSW and Victoria.
Clive is currently the CFO of Spectran Group in Hobart and has recently graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Gail Eaton-Briggs | Board Member
Gail Eaton-Briggs is the Principal of her own practice, Everywhen Solutions. Over 30 years, Gail has worked in local government and the Tasmanian Senior Executive Service as a results-driven executive-level leader.
Gail is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services) and a Masters of Public Administration.