The Board of Directors of WHK Group Limited comprise the following officers:
Richard John Grellman AM, FCA
Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Grellman has a wealth of accounting and finance expertise with over 32 years of experience in the accounting profession. The majority of this time was spent in the Corporate Recovery Division of KPMG, with the last 10 years more specifically focussed on the provision of strategic advice and services to the financial services sector.
He was a partner of KPMG from 1982 to 2000 and a member of KPMG's national board from 1995 to 1997 and its executive from 1997 to 2000.
Mr Grellman is Chairman of Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International Limited and Bible Society Australia and a non-executive director of Bisalloy Steel Group Ltd. He is a recent former Chairman of AMP Life Limted and a recent former non-executive director of AMP Limted and Centennial Coal Company Limited.
Mr Grellman was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in 2007 for services to the community, particularly through leadership roles with Mission Australia and fundraising with Variety, The Childrens Charity, and to the finance and insurance sectors.
Peter Hastings Warne BA, MAICD
Deputy Chairman and Non Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Warne has a broad range of skills, knowledge and experience following a long and successful career in the financial services industry. He worked with Bankers Trust Australia Limited for 19 years, holding senior positions in the Fixed Interest and Capital Markets divisions, and was head of the Financial Markets Group for 11 years. He has also provided product and industry advice on a consultancy basis to a number of leading companies and government bodies.
Mr Warne is Chairman of ALE Property Management Limited. He is also a director of ASX Limited, Macquarie Bank Limited, Macquarie Group Limited, Next Financial Limited, Capital Markets CRC Limited, Securities Exchanges Guarantee Corporation Limited, SFE Corporation Limited and Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA) Limited.
John Alexander Lombard B App. Sci., Grad Dip App. Fin. & Invest., MAICD
Executive (Managing) Director
Mr Lombard has over 20 years experience in the professional services industry and understands the need to constantly transform these businesses to meet changing customer and industry demands.He has extensive international experience and has lived and worked in Indonesia, Singapore and Germany.
Mr Lombard joined WHK in June 2011 from SAP where he was a Senior Vice President and member of SAP's Global Senior Executive Team. He has held a number of senior roles at SAP including leading professional services organisations across Australia, New Zealand and then the broader Asia Pacific Japan region. Most recently, Mr Lombard was the Global Executive responsible for Business Transformation, Business Analytics and IT Transformation services at SAP based in Germany.
Prior to joining SAP, Mr Lombard was a Managing Director with KPMG Consulting (BearingPoint) responsible for Consulting Services across a number of key accounts and industries including consumer products, pharmaceuticals, financial services and government. Prior to his time with BearingPoint, he was part of the Managing Consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Melanie Victoria Rose Willis B Ec, MTax, ASIA, GAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Willis has a broad range of skills and experience in the financial services sector following a successful 15 year career in investment banking. She was a director at Deutsche Bank and prior to this worked at Bankers Trust and Westpac. In addition, she has provided strategic and financial advice on a consultancy basis to a number of listed companies. She is a director of Club Assist Corporation Pty Ltd and is also Executive General Manager Strategy & Investments at NRMA Motoring Services. Ms Willis previously led a financial services start up Smart Rate Money Limited and has held non-executive director positions on Aevum Limited and Hydro Tasmania.
Raymond Maxwell Smith FCPA, FAICD, Dip Com
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Smith has a wealth of corporate and financial experience, including in the areas of strategy, acquisitions and disposals, and treasury and fund raising. He was the Chief Financial Officer of Smorgon Steel Group Limited (SSGL) from 1996 to 2007. During that period SSGL was at the forefront of the rationalisation of the Australian Steel Industry, culminating in the 2007 merger of SSGL and OneSteel Limited. Mr Smith is a non-executive director of other ASX listed companies K&S Corporation Limited and Transpacific Industries Ltd, and is a Trustee of the Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust. He is a former non-executive director of Willmott Forests Limited.
