Appendix 2 - ACMA committees and attendance at meetings
The following tables provide information about attendance at meetings in 2005–06.
Authority Meetings
At 30 June 2006, the Authority comprised the Chair, the Deputy Chair, one full-time Member and four part-time Members. The Authority met 21 times in 2005–06.
Table 20: Attendance by Members at Authority meetings
| Authority member | No. of meetings attended |
|---|---|
|
Chris Chapman, Chair (appointed February 2006) |
9 |
|
Lyn Maddock, Deputy Chair |
18 |
|
Chris Cheah, Full-time Member |
19 |
|
Professor Gerard Anderson, Part-time Member |
20 |
|
Malcolm Long, Part-time Member |
21 |
|
Johanna Plante, Part-time Member |
21 |
|
Rod Shogren, Part-time Member |
19 |
Executive Group Meetings
The ACMA Executive Group functioned as a senior oversighting committee for management decisions. The Executive Group assisted the Chair by providing counsel on issues of high-level corporate or strategic significance to the agency.
The Executive Group met 39 times in 2005–06.
Table 21: Attendance at Executive Group meetings
|
Member of Executive Group* |
No. of meetings attended |
|---|---|
|
Chris Chapman, Chair (appointed February 2006) |
10 |
|
Lyn Maddock, as Deputy Chair |
7 |
|
Lyn Maddock, as former Acting Chair |
25 |
|
Chris Cheah, as Full-time Member |
7 |
|
Chris Cheah, as former Acting Deputy Chair |
24 |
|
Dianne Carlos, General Manager, Corporate Services Division (appointed March 2006) |
8 |
|
Giles Tanner, General Manager, Inputs to Industry Division (transferred from ABA; appointed January 2006) |
33 |
|
James Shaw, General Manager, Strategy, Analysis and Coordination Division (appointed February 2006) |
11 |
|
Marcus Bezzi, General Manager, Legal Services Division (appointed January 2006) |
12 |
|
Nerida O’Loughlin, General Manager, Industry Outputs Division (appointed March 2006) |
10 |
|
Donald Robertson, Manager, Communications and Media |
5 |
|
Eleanor Kay, Acting Executive Manager, Corporate and Finance |
11 |
|
John Neil, Acting General Manager, Telecommunications |
24 |
|
Jonquil Ritter, General Council |
23 |
|
Louise Harkness, Executive Manager, Communications and Infrastructure |
31 |
|
Mark Loney, Executive Manager, Corporate and Finance |
21 |
|
Maureen Cahill, Acting General Manager, Transition |
27 |
|
Neil Shannon, Acting Executive Manager, Communications and Management |
4 |
|
Paul White, Acting Executive Manager, Telecommunications |
3 |
|
Allan Major, Executive Manager, Finance and Facilities and DoFA Review Branch |
5 |
* Attendance reflects transitional arrangements while ACMA’s new internal structure was being finalised.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is an important part of ACMA’s corporate governance framework, approving and overseeing delivery of the internal audit program, reviewing ACMA’s financial statements and ensuring coordination of internal and external audit activities as they affect ACMA. It also oversees the development of a comprehensive risk management framework and the implementation of fraud control policies.
Reporting to the ACMA Chair, the audit committee met four times in 2005–06.
Table 22: Audit Committee meetings attended
|
Members |
No. of meetings attended |
|---|---|
|
Chris Cheah, Full-time Member (Chair) |
4 |
|
Professor Gerard Anderson, Part-time Member |
4 |
|
Vanessa Fanning, Independent Audit Committee Member |
4 |
|
Maureen Cahill, Executive Manager, Strategy and Coordination Branch |
3 |
|
Allan Major, Acting Executive Manager, Finance and Facilities Branch |
4 |
|
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