Panel Members The Takeovers Panel

Panel Members

Panel members are appointed by the Governor-General, on the nomination of the Minister, under s172 of the ASIC Act. There must be a minimum of five members. They are nominated based on their knowledge or experience in one or more of the following fields:

  • business
  • the administration of companies
  • the financial markets
  • law
  • economics
  • 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 s173 of the ASIC Act (the "substantive President"). Various provisions in the Corporations Act and the ASIC Act refer to the President and his or her functions (for example s657E of the Corporations Act gives the President the power to make interim orders and s184(2) of the ASIC Act gives the President power to determine the constitution of a sitting Panel). When members of the Panel sit to consider proceedings (a "sitting Panel"), the substantive President may be the sitting President of that Panel, or he or she may appoint another member to be the sitting President of that Panel.

Current Members

The following are currently members of the Panel.

  Name Organisation Location
1 Ms Vickki McFadden (President) Company Director Sydney
2 Mr Martin Alciaturi Aquila Resources Limited Perth
3 Mr Garry Besson Ashurst Sydney
4 Mr Robin Bishop Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited Melbourne
5 Mr Geoff Brunsdon Integrated Capital Solutions Sydney
6 Ms Elizabeth Bryan Company Director Sydney
7 Ms Diana Chang Clifford Chance Sydney
8 Mr Stephen Creese Newcrest Mining Limited Melbourne
9 Mr Ewen Crouch AM Allens Sydney
10 Mr Mark Darras Sparke Helmore Melbourne
11 Ms Stephanie Daveson Corrs Chambers Westgarth Brisbane
12 Mr Peter Day Company Director Melbourne
13 Mr James Dickson Piper Alderman Adelaide
14 Mr Hamish Douglass Magellan Financial Group Sydney
15 Ms Sarah Dulhunty Ashurst Sydney
16 Ms Paula Dwyer Company Director Melbourne
17 Mr John Fast Company Director Melbourne
18 Mr David Friedlander King & Wood Mallesons Sydney
19 Ms Fiona Gardiner-Hill Herbert Smith Freehills Sydney
20 Mr John M Green Company Director Sydney
21 Ms Elizabeth Hallett Company Director Sydney
22 Mr Rod Halstead Clayton Utz Sydney
23 Mr Peter Hay Lazard Melbourne
24 Professor John Humphrey Queensland University of Technology Brisbane
25 Mr Richard Hunt Fort Street Advisers Sydney
26 Mr Robert Johanson Grant Samuel Melbourne
27 Mr David Jones New Zealand Takeovers Panel New Zealand
28 Mr John Keeves Johnson Winter & Slattery Adelaide
29 Ms Francesca Lee OZ Minerals Ltd Melbourne
30 Mr Rodd Levy Herbert Smith Freehills Melbourne
31 Mr Andrew Low RedBridge Grant Samuel Sydney
32 Mr Alastair Lucas AM Goldman Sach JB Were Melbourne
33 Ms Denise McComish KPMG Perth
34 Ms Julie McPherson Amcor Limited Melbourne
35 Mr Ron Malek Greenhill Caliburn Sydney
36 Ms Sophie Mitchell RBS Morgans Brisbane
37 Mr Tony Osmond Citigroup Melbourne
38 Mr Mike Roche Deutsche Bank AG Sydney
39 Dr Nora Scheinkestel Company Director Melbourne
40 Mr Peter Scott UBS AG Melbourne
41 Ms Jane Sheridan Arnold Bloch Leibler Melbourne
42 Mr Laurie Shervington Squire Sanders (AU) Perth
43 Mr Andrew Sisson Balanced Equity Management Pty Ltd Melbourne
44 Mr John Story Company Director Brisbane
45 Mr Robert Sultan Norton Rose Melbourne
46 Mr Anthony Sweetman UBS AG Sydney
47 Ms Alison Watkins GrainCorp Melbourne
48 Ms Heather Zampatti Bell Potter Securities Limited Perth