The Board, working with senior management, is ultimately responsible to the shareholders for overall business performance and overall enhancement of shareholder value. The Board delegates responsibility for the actual conduct of the business to the Chief Executive Officer who, with the senior management team, is accountable to the Board.
The Board approves company goals and directions, strategic plans and performance targets, and ensures that appropriate policies, procedures and systems are in place to manage risk, optimise business performance and maintain high standards of ethical behaviour and legal compliance.
Richard Anderson, OAM, Non-Executive Chairman
Richard joined the Board of Data#3 Limited in 1997 and was appointed Chairman in September 2000.
He is also a member of the Board of Namoi Cotton Cooperative Limited, Lindsay Australia Limited and Villa World Limited, President of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland, a member of the Council of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and patron of the Brisbane Polo Club Limited.
Formerly a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, he was the firm’s managing partner in Queensland and a member of the firm’s National Committee. He previously has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Brisbane Grammar School and the Capital Markets Board of Queensland Treasury Corporation, President of the Brisbane Polo Club and President of CPA Australia in Queensland.
John Grant, Managing Director
John was a director of Data#3 from its foundation in 1984 and then Managing Director from 1996.
He stepped down from the Board as a director in November 2000 along with all other executive directors and took the position of Chief Executive Officer. He was reappointed as Managing Director in July 2004. From 1980 until he joined Data#3 in 1982, John worked with IBM in sales. John has a degree in Engineering with Honours from the University of Queensland and worked as a civil engineer with the Brisbane City Council from 1970 until 1980. John is a national director of the Australian Information Industry Association, the ICT industry’s peak representative body; a member the Federal Government’s ICT Advisory Board whose charter is to provide advice to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, on ICT industry and research priorities; a member of the Queensland Government’s Ministerial Advisory Group whose charter is to provide advice to the Minister for Small Business Multi-cultural Affairs and IT Policy on ICT industry development policy; a member of the Queensland Government’s Smart State Council which has been established by Premier Peter Beattie to provide advice and input to the State Government’s Smart State strategy; and a member of Hewlett Packard’s Asia Pacific Partner Advisory Board whose charter is to provide advice and input to HP on its relationship with its distribution and reseller partners in Asia Pacific.
Terry Powell, Non-Executive Director
Terry was executive Chairman of Data#3 from its foundation in 1984 and then Managing Director from 1989 to June 1996. Prior to 1984, Terry was Managing Director of Powell Clark & Associates, formed in 1977 with Graham Clark. As part of Data#3 Limited’s listing on the ASX, he resigned as Chairman in October 1997 to allow for the appointment of a non-executive Chairman. Terry re-joined the Data#3 Limited board in February 2002. Prior to retirement from Data#3 in 2001, Terry was General Manager Group Operations with responsibility for Data#3’s Year 2000 and eBusiness strategy development. In that position Terry had responsibility for the group’s systems and processes, operations and logistics, business improvement and human resources.
Terry’s career in IT began at IBM’s Data Processing Division in 1966. He continued with IBM until 1976, enjoying considerable success in systems engineering and sales roles.
Ian Johnston, Non-Executive Director
Ian Johnston is Executive Chairman, Corporate Finance at ABN AMRO Morgans and a member of its advisory board. Prior to joining ABN AMRO Morgans in 1988 as Head of Corporate Finance, Ian was involved in the banking industry for 25 years, primarily in Treasury and Corporate Banking.
Ian holds qualifications in Management and Finance and is an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He attended the Oxford Advanced Management Programme ("AMP") at Templeton College, University of Oxford in 1987 and in 2004 completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course. He is currently a Non Executive Director of two ASX listed companies, Cardno Limited and The Rock Building Society Limited.