Register of interests - The University of Sydney

Register of interests

Advised and declared interests of the University's Senate
Below you may access the advised/declared interests and related party transactions (2018 - 2023) for all Senate fellows and committee members.

Senate fellows

Advised

  • Chair, Xero Corporation
  • Chair, Ramsay Health Care 
  • Chair, Fitness Passport
  • Co-Chair, Great Barrier Reef Foundation 
  • Director, Committee for Sydney
  • Director, Governance Board Reserve Bank of Australia from 1 March 2025
  • Director, Thodey Family Trust
  • Director, Neuis Company
  • Director, Aspiring Company
  • Director, Thodey Consulting
  • Director, River Fund
  • Member, Bank of America Advisory Board
  • Member, ASIC Corporate Governance Consultative Panel

 

Declared 

Nil

 

Advised
  • Chair, The Conversation Media Group
  • Chair, Group of Eight (Go8)
  • Director, The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
  • Director, Corporate Trustee of the Super Fund being Winnipesaukee Pty Limited
  • Wife is on the Board of Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
  • Daughter is a casual employee at the Matilda Centre, based at the University of Sydney

 

Declared
At the Building and Estates Committee meeting:

 

  • 3 September 2021: BEC resolved to note that Professor Mark Scott AO was formerly the Chair of Wesley Mission.

 

 

 

Advised

  • Board Member, The University of Sydney Foundation Program Pty Ltd
  • Spouse works as an academic at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney.

Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Non-Executive Director, Cricket Australia
  • Controlling Shareholder & Director, Bruern Pty Ltd
  • Controlling Shareholder & Director, Eco Cars Pty Ltd
  • Controlling Shareholder & Director, Chippendale Farm Pty Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director, REA Group Ltd 
  • Non-executive Director, Coles Group 
  • Non-Executive Director and Chair, Appen Ltd 
  • Wife is on the Board of Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Declared

Nil

Advised

  • Sole Trader Consultant to Dept of Health and Aged Care (Commonwealth)
  • Director, Ninti Pty Ltd
  • Deputy Chair, Ninti Training Ltd
  • Chair, Ninti One Ltd
  • Chair, Ninti One Foundation
  • Co-Chair, National Governance Committee (NGC), Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention, UWA
  • Co-Chair, The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
  • Chair, Living First Language Platform Company
  • Trustee, AMLAC Pty Ltd (SMSF)
  • Trustee, ALMAC Family Trust
  • Trustee, Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust
  • Professor of Practice (Indigenous Engagement) FMH University of Sydney
  • Professor Emeritus University of Canberra
  • Patron Poche Indigenous Health Centres at University of Sydney, Flinders, Western Australia, Melbourne and Queensland
  • Patron, Winston Churchill Fellowship Trust
  • Patron, Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia
  • Patron,  Indigenous Allied Health Australia
  • Patron, University of South Australia Deadly Alumni
  • Patron, ACT Chapter of the Justice Reform Initiative (JRI)
  • Patron of Wakakirri
  • Ambassador, Mayi Kuwayu (National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing) ANU
  • Ambassador, Suicide Prevention Australia
  • Member, Accord Implementation Advisory Committee
  • Member Cancer Australia’s Leadership Group on Indigenous Cancer Control
  • Member, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use Covid-19 Mental Health Think Tank
  • Member, Australian Genomics Independent Advisory Board
  • Member, the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB)
  • Fellow, the Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow,  the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
  • Fellow, the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
  • Honorary Fellow, the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)
  • Honorary academic appointments at ANU, UQ, and Macquarie University
  • Honorary Doctorate appointments from Charles Darwin, Flinders, Curtin, SA, Canberra and Sydney Universities

Declared

Nil

Advised

  • Co-Chair, LBW Trust / Women for Change Committee
  • Non-Executive Director and Controlling Investor, Studiosity Pty Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director, Board of Nanosonics Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Board
  • Investor Director, Baymatob Pty Ltd

Declared

  • March 2023: University partnered with Studiosity to provide online learning support for students

Advised
  • Member for Strathfield, New South Wales Parliament
  • Chair, NSW Public Accounts Committee
  • Chair, NSW Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption
  • Director and Controlling Shareholder of Montag Management Pty Ltd
  • Director and Controlling Shareholder, Vantage Management Pty Ltd
  • Director, Yatsen Associates (Advisory) Limited
  • Director and beneficial owner via trust, Vantage Asia Holdings Pty Ltd
  • Controlling Shareholder of Belong Here Pty Ltd

 

 

 

Declared

 

 

 

At the Senate meeting:

 

 

 

  • 19 March 2022: Senate resolved to note the declaration from Jason Yat-sen Li regarding his recent election to the NSW seat of Strathfield for the Labor Party.

 

 

 

Advised
  • Non-Executive Director, SnowyHydro
  • Non-Executive Director, Charter Hall Group
  • Non-Executive Director, Orica
  • Non-Executive Director, Belvoir Company B
  • Family trust in KRN Family Discretionary Trust 

 

Declared
  • Daughter Dr Rebecca Moses is currently a casual academic at the University of Sydney 

 

 

 

Advised
  • External Expert, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
  • Non-Executive Director, RNA Australia Pty Ltd
  • Sole trader – consultant, Professor Alan Pettigrew
  • Member, Australian Research Integrity Committee (Joint Committee of the ARC and the NHMRC)
  • Member, Expert Advisory Group to support a National Psychosocial Safety Network to assist organisations meet requirements under Work Health and Safety Regulation

 

Declared

 

  • Son Christopher Pettigrew is Head of the HCF Research Foundation 

 

Advised
  • Non-Executive Director, Transurban Group
  • Director, O’Connell Street Associates
  • Director, Clanscott Family Trust
  • Director, Machigh Pty Ltd
  • Director, Matapos Pty Ltd
  • Director, Slainte Holdings
  • Clanscott Famliy Trust
  • Owner, Machigh Pty Ltd
  • Owner, Matapos Pty Ltd
  • Owner, Slainte Holdings
  • Trustee of CSFT, Machigh
Declared
At Building and Estates Committee meetings:
  • 3 May 2017: In relation to the Health Precinct stage 1 early contract involvement, the chair declared his prior involvement as an advisory board member of Laing O’Rourke in a non-fiduciary capacity.
  • 11 October and 22 November 2017: Mr Scott declared that he has had a previous involvement with Laing O’Rouke, ending in 2009, who have been awarded the main contract for the Engineering Technology Precinct (ETP) project (Item 1.3.1) and are involved in the Susan Wakil Health Building (Item 4.2.2). Mr Scott’s historical declaration does not disqualify him from being included in discussion related to the ETP, for which the final decision has been made.
Advised
  • Consultant, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Vienna
  • Associate Fellow, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, The Hague
  • Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • Advisory Council, Australian Centre for International Justice
  • International Advisory Committee, Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
  • Foreign Expert Assessor, Quaid-i-Azam School of Law, Pakistan
  • Editorial Board/advisor, Indonesian Journal of International Law; Transnational Criminal Law Review; South Asian Studies in International and Comparative Law; Kathmandu School of Law Review; Perspectives on Terrorism
  • Series Editor (Security and Justice), Hart/Bloomsbery (publisher), London
  • General course lectures 2023, Xiamen Academy of International Law, China
  • Special course lectures 2024, Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands
  • Member, Australia New Zealand Society of International Law
  • Member, Amnesty International
  • Member, National Tertiary Education Union
  • Partner is a Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow at UNSW Law School
  • Special Rapporteur, Human Rights and Counter-terrorism, UN Human Rights Council
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Board member, Science and Technology Australia
  • Chair of Board, Gender and Disaster Australia
  • Council member, Biophysical Society
  • Council member, Women’s College at the University of Sydney
  • Sister Larissa Ryan is employed by Boeing Australia (as at 8th August 2024) as the Higher Education and Global Engagement Lead. 
Declared

Nil

Advised

Nil

Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Chair, NSW International Student Representative Committee
  • Member, Chinese Communist Party
  • Education Officer and Councillor, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association
  • Sole trader, China Australia Youth Development Application
Declared

Nil

External Senate Committee Experts

Advised 

  • Board Director, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Board Director, Financial Executives Institute
  • Executive Coach and Mentor, Stephenson Mansell Group
  • Senior Advisor, Principia
  • Board Member, Air Services Australia Pty Limited
  • Founder, Susan Ferrier Consulting Pty Limited
  • Co-Chair, Jawun
  • Chair, Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Message Stick Foundation

Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Private Equity Consultant, Aware Super
  • External Board Member of the Investment Committee, Sentient Impact Group
  • Non-Executive Director, Blackwattle Investment Partners

 

 

Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Deputy Chair, Football Australia
  • Co-Chair, Local Organising Committee AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026
  • Director, National Film and Sound Archive
  • Director, Hayes Theatre Co.

 

Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Director & Principal, DCL Consulting Service Pty Ltd
  • Government advisory work – various agencies (declared as arising)

Declared

At the Building and Estates Committee meeting:

  • 3 May 2017: In relation to the Health Precinct Stage 1 Early Contract Involvement, the Building and Estates Committee noted Ms Leeson’s continued membership on the Health Infrastructure board.

Advised 
  • CEO, State Super 
  • Director, ACSI Board 
Declared 

Nil 

Advised
  • Chair, Centerstone Capital
  • Director, Garvan Medical Research Institute
  • Chair, 6Clicks Pty Ltd
  • Director, Clear Dynamics Pty Ltd
  • Adviser, Deloitte
  • Advisory Board Member, ABN Ltd
  • Advisory Board Member, Weare8
Declared

Nil 

Advised
  • Chair, Women for Election
  • Advisory Board, Propel Group (Australia)
  • Advisory Board, Mentor Walks
  • Director, Orchard Cove P/L
  • Member, AICD Faculty
  • Director, Shirley Chowdhary Consulting P/L

 

Declared

 

Nil 

 

Advised
  • Partner, KPMG
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • CEO and Managing Director, Atlas Arteria Group
  • Director of several associated boards of Atlas Arteria
Declared

Nil

Advised
  • Non-Executive Director, Cranbrook School
  • Role TBC, EdCamps Australia (t/a Great Aussie Bush Camp)
  • Viridios Group - Viridios Capital; Viridios AI, Pacific Street P/L; Silver Queen P/L (family investment vehicles)
  • Senior Advisor, MA Financial
  • Employee, Teamdate P/L (family office)
  • Andrew Salter (husband) Salter Family Group family office investments including Avant Dental Lab, Teamdate P/L ATF PJ, Salter Family Trust, Vimiera P/L
Declared

Nil