Board of Directors
WWF is governed by our Board of Directors, formerly known as the Executive Council. Directors are elected at the Annual General Meeting from the Governors. The Board sets our strategic direction and policy, approves the annual budget and conservation program, and regularly reviews the operations of the organisation.
As WWF is a supporter-based, not-for-profit organisation, a crucial function of the Board is to ensure we comply with the Corporations Law and the requirements of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
The Board of Directors is assisted by the Scientific Advisory Committee, the Finance Committee, the Risk Management Committee and the Nominating Committee.
The members of the Board are:
Dr Denis Saunders AM, BSc (Hons), PhD
President, Member, Finance Committee, and Member, Risk Management Committee
Member of the Board of Directors since 2002. President WWF since 2006. Chair of Sara Halvedene Foundation; Member Australian Heritage Council; Member Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists; former Director of Earthwatch Institute Australia; previously Assistant Chief and Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology.
Dr Andrew Burbidge, B.Sc. (Hons), PhD
Director and Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
Member of the Board of Directors since 2006. Chair, Threatened Species Scientific Committee (Western Australia). Formerly Director of Research and Director Threatened Species and Ecological Communities, WA Department of Conservation and Land Management; formerly Chair of the Commonwealth Government's Endangered Species Advisory Committee.
Anthony Fitzwilliams Hyde
Director
Member of the Board of Directors since 2005. Chairman, Abercrombie & Kent (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Board Member of Recreational Tourism Pty Ltd. Management Committee Member of The Gutsy Group Foundation.
Peter Kingston, B.Com, B.Laws FCA FTIA
Director, Chair, Finance Committee and Member, Risk Management Committee
Member of the Board of Directors since 2006. Corporate Tax Partner, KPMG, since 1985. Formerly Member of the Board of Governors, Highfields Preparatory School.
Diccon Loxton, BA, LLB
Director and Member, Risk Management Committee
Member of the Board of Directors since 2004. Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson, solicitors, since 1984, Director, Banking and Financial Services Law Association, Governor, Ascham School Limited.
Dr Dedee Woodside BSc Hon, PhD
Director
Member of the Board of Directors since 2007. Wildlife ecologist specialising in community engagement and natural resource management. Much of the focus of this work is in Australian rural and water sectors and in developing countries. Member of the Board of the Cooperative Research Centre for Invasive Animals, Board of the Australian National Wildlife Collection Foundation and newly formed Great Ape Futures Fund of Australia.
Brent Wallace, B.Comm
Director
Member of the Board of Directors since 2006. CEO of Galileo Kaleidoscope. Formerly Managing Director of Ogilvy & Mather, Australia. Non Executive Board of Director of Blackmores Ltd and a member of the Advisory Council of the AGSM's Centre for Applied Marketing.
Brian Wills-Johnson, BA, FPRIA, MAICD
Director, Chair, Nominating Committee and Member, Risk Management Committee
Member of the Board of Directors since 2003. Previously Corporate Relations Manager, Alcoa. Chairman of St Georges College Board and member WWF's WA Advisory Committee.
Susan Young, BA(Hons), MA, MAICD, FCIS
Director, Member, Finance Committee, Chair, Risk Management Committee
Member of the Board of Directors since 2002. Director, Spencer Stuart Australia and Head of Financial Officers Practice. Previously President SITEL Asia-Pacific.
