Board of Directors

Marie-Louise has over 30 years in sales and management in energy, telecommunications and ICT sectors. Under her Chairmanship of the IML NT Council 2006 to 2012, IML NT saw its strongest ever recorded Membership and participation rates. Marie-Louise has a strong history of leadership in NFP and community organisations for which she was recognised with an Order of Australia Medal in the 2021 Queens Birthday Honours. Marie-Louise won the 2014 AIM Leadership Excellence Award for Community Leader of the Year, is a Life Member and Fellow of IML ANZ, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences.

Wayne has held a number of senior finance positions including Finance Director for a number of national and international companies over a commercial career extending in excess of 40 years. Most notable senior positions that Wayne has held include National Finance Director for Ernst & Young and Finance Director for the Bank of New Zealand in Australia. Wayne has also had significant international experience in the Asia- Pacific region where, as Regional Finance Director for the region of a Swiss based professional services organisation, he was involved in a number of key business acquisitions. As well as holding a Master’s degree in Business Administration and an undergraduate Degree from Macquarie in accounting, Wayne is a qualified CPA and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is also a Fellow and Chartered Manager of IML ANZ. In addition, Wayne has had an extensive career in teaching at a Higher education level. In 2010 Wayne taught at a number of universities and college’s including Western Sydney University, Charles Sturt University, Federation University and Charles Darwin University. As a senior lecturer and Program Director for the Undergraduate Programs, Wayne taught both graduate and undergraduate programs across both Business and Accounting Disciplines, successfully combining theoretical and practical application drawing on his extensive years of commercial experience in particular at the Board and Director Level. Wayne is currently a member of the Academic senate for UBSS, is a Finance Director for a performing Arts organisation and Director of Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders.

Michelle is a Director, College Services at Flinders University in Adelaide. She has worked for over 20 years in higher education in Australia and the UK in a variety of operational roles. With a background in leadership, human resource management, change management and higher education, Michelle was awarded Chartered Management status in the UK in 2011 and joined the Institute in 2018. As someone who has been involved in management and leadership practice for many years, including as a student, and as a university lecturer of management, Michelle is passionate about excellence in this field and an advocate for the professionalisation through accreditation of management and leadership practice. Michelle has a PhD in Management and an MBA and has recently completed the Foundations of Directorship with the AICD.

Diana De Hulsters has close to 3 decades of international experience in commercial and not for profit organisations. She has expertise in association management and is Managing Director of Your Outsider (sole trader). Diana commenced her career in Belgium in the international travel industry, specialising in travel to Australia and New Zealand. She moved to Adelaide in 2002 and after several international sales positions, including with Accor Hotels, she side-stepped into association management for organisations such as the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Simulation Australasia, the Royal Institution of Australia and the Australian Organics Recycling Association. Diana graduated with an MBA from the AIM Business School in 2014. She has completed the Company Directors Course and holds GAICD level membership at the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She also holds membership of the Australasian and American Societies of Association Executives (AuSAE and ASAE). Diana is proud to have achieved Chartered Manager status in 2017 as one of the first 100 people in Australia to do so.

Brendan has over thirty years’ of corporate, government and community relations experience, having worked as a ministerial adviser at both a state and federal level, leading a national industry association and heading up Government Affairs for a top-50 ASX-listed entity. Brendan is currently the Mayor of the City of Clarence and is also the CEO of the Tasmanian Racing Club. He also serves as Vice President of the South-East Region Development Association, as a Director of Destination Southern Tasmania and as a Director of Cancer Council Tasmania. Brendan holds an MBA and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course and is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and IML ANZ.

Steve has over 25 years of management and leadership experience in the community, NFP, education and commercial industry sectors in Australia and internationally. A qualified accountant and governance risk management professional, his background includes CEO and executive leadership roles, academic positions in Australian and New Zealand tertiary institutions, and leadership roles in both business support and creative arts organisations. Steve is currently the Managing Partner of a specialist advisory and asset management firm based in regional Victoria, whose staff work with commercial, charitable and rural sector clients across Australasia. Immediately before that, he was the General Secretary for many years of one of Australia’s largest community and social service organisations.

Steve’s board experience includes chair and non-executive director roles on over a dozen boards, board committees and advisory panels across various business, government, and community organisations. He is currently the Board Chair of CMA Australia and a Non-Executive Director of C4M Childcare Ltd. Steve holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Accounting, Governance and Music. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders, CPA Australia, Governance Institute of Australia and the Chartered Governance Institute International, as well as a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.