Co-opted Non-Voting Member: Mr Tony Rothnie, Department of Education Mr Paul Sherlock Treasurer Paul is the University of South Australia’s first Chief Information Officer and he has overall responsibility for the University’s Library and IT services. Prior to joining the University in 2001, Paul held senior ICT management roles at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and BHP. Paul is Director and Chair of SABRENet Ltd and the Project Director for the Federal Government funded NRN Project. He is also a member of the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Steering Committee. Paul is a former President of the Council of Australian University Directors of IT (CAUDIT) and was a founding Member and President of the Australian Access Federation (AAF). He was also formerly a Member of the Australian eResearch Infrastructure Committee (AeRIC). Paul leads CAUDIT’s benchmarking activity and is the author of the complexity index, which is used by CAUDIT members to make meaningful comparisons of benchmarking data across the ANZ HE sector and internationally. Paul was a member of the AARNet Advisory Committee between 1998 and 2014 (including as Deputy Chair 2004-2008) and is a past faculty member of the CAUDIT Leadership Institute (2004-2008). Kerry Holling Member at Large Kerry joined Western Sydney University in July 2011 and is the Chief Information and Digital Officer. He has university-wide responsibility for Digital Strategy and Innovation, Solutions and Project Services, IT Operations, Digital Security and Risk, Procurement and Planning Services, and frontline Academic and Campus-based support. Kerry is also a member of the University Executive. From 2007 until 2011 he was the CIO for what is now called the NSW Department of Family and Community Services. Previously, he was the Australian CIO for Digital Equipment Corporation (1996-1998), Compaq Computers (1998-2002) and Hewlett-Packard (2002-2006). This provided him with invaluable insights into the technology sector and the operation of large commercial businesses. In addition to his AAF role, Kerry holds the elected position of Secretary on the CAUDIT Executive and convenes the NAUDIT group (NSW Active University Directors of IT). Ian Smith Secretary Ian Smith is the Director PSP (Business Systems) at Flinders University, where he leads transformational change for service delivery across Flinders University. Ian has more than 35 years’ experience leading technology-enabled change in a range of public and private organisations, including Origin, Telstra and the South Australian Government. Prior to his role at Flinders University, Ian’s work enabled new ways of doing business in mining, media, defence, government, agriculture, and the energy industry. Previous roles have included Group Manager, IT Solutions and Projects at Origin Energy Ltd, Chief Information Officer at ABB Grain Ltd, Executive Manager, Corporate Marketing and eCommerce at AusBulk Ltd, and Deputy Director and Senior Policy Advisor Information Economy Policy Office for the South Australian Government. Ian holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from the University of Adelaide. Mr Richard Northam Public Officer AAF Inc. Richard has taken a strategic leadership role in shaping and enhancing the role of Information Technology within various organisations and been active in the federated identity space in higher education. More recently, he has played a key national and international leadership role in enhancing research through the development and use of eResearch infrastructure that is enabled by Information Technology. Richard is a board member of the Research Data Services project; a board member of the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources project; a former board member of EDUCAUSE, which is a US based association which represents the best thinking in higher education IT; he is an Accredited Adair International Leadership Trainer; and a member of the faculty of the Hong Kong and African Leadership Institutes for IT Professionals working in Higher Education. Richard holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) and lives and works in Canberra, ACT. Previously, he was the Director of the Research Data Services Project, the Chief Executive Officer of CAUDIT and he has more than 25 years’ experience in the ICT industry in the Private, Commonwealth Government and Higher Education Sectors. 5