RBG Board

Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Members
as at 30 June 2008

Ms Elaine Canty BA, LLB

Elaine Canty is Managing Director of Canty Communications Pty Ltd and is also the Chairman of Queen Victoria Market Pty Ltd and the Melbourne Wholesale Fish Market.

Mr Michael Hamson LLB

Michael Hamson is qualified as a Lawyer and a Chartered Accountant and is Chairman of Hamson Consultants Pty Ltd, Solar Systems Pty Ltd, Recreational Tourism Pty Limited, Technology Venture Partners Pty Limited, and a Director of Newmont Mining Inc (USA) and Genesis Emerging Markets Ltd (UK), as well as other public and private companies in Australia and New Zealand.

Ms Judy Backhouse MAgrSci, BAgrSci (Hons)

Judy Backhouse is a senior executive in the Department of Sustainability and Environment. She has held senior Victorian government positions in public land policy, regional service delivery, strategic planning and communications.

Mrs Jay Bonnington BCom, MBA, FCPA, FAICD

Jay Bonnington began as a Chartered Accountant (NZ) and has worked in corporate finance in the UK, Europe, South Africa and Australia. She is currently a professional company director on a portfolio of boards, and holds community directorships with The Queens Fund, Prince Henry's Medical Research Institute and Scope (Vic) Ltd.

Prof Mark Burgman PhD, MSc (Hons), BSc (Hons)

Mark Burgman is Director, Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, Professor in the School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Mr W Rodger Elliot AM

Mr Elliot is a recipient of the Australian Institute of Horticulture's Award for Excellence, the Australian Natural History Medallion, and the Royal Horticultural Society (London) Gold Veitch Memorial Medal, and is a Member, General Division of the Order of Australia. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Plant Society, and Deputy Chairman of the Maud Gibson Trust Advisory Committee.

Ms Linda White LLB, BCom

Linda White is Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union, a solicitor, a director of legalsuper and the Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council, a Vice-President of the ACTU and a member of the Australian Social Inclusion Board.