BOS Australia Committee

BOS Australia is managed by a volunteer committee which is elected annually. Following the AGM held on 26 November 2009, the current committee is:

Acting President

Jan Hindmarsh (NSW)

Jan originally trained as a registered nurse, working overseas for 13 years before returning to become a Financial Planner with The Women's Investment Network, where she served on the board for two years.  She then operated and ran her own florist business, serving on the board of Interflora for two years. She returned to full time nursing six years ago. She was elected President of BOS Australia in September 2006 and Vice President in December 2007 and December 2008. Jan is very active in coordinating the volunteer group in NSW and their activities.

Treasurer 

Stephen White (NSW)

Stephen joined BOS as a member in October 2009. He has over 25 years financial markets exposure spending the majority of that time working for international banks. He is currently a Director of Noah’s Rule, an independent risk advisory firm. His interest in joining the BOS committee is to assist in finding sustainable solutions which would in turn provide a natural environment for the orangutans to live.

Committee members

Lisa Curtis (NSW)

Lisa joined BOS as a member in November 2008. For the past 12 years she has been a safety professional and has worked with people from many different cultures and within a range of countries. Lisa believes she can apply her strategic planning and communication skills to benefit BOS. 

 

Tony Gilding (NSW)

Tony was until recently  Vice President of Australian Orangutan Project (AOP). Tony joined BOS as a member in October 2009. He would like to assist BOS in the areas of marketing and public relations as well as communications.


Louise Grossfeldt (NSW)

Louise is the Unit Supervisor Primates Exotic Fauna Precinct at Taronga Zoo and has been working at the Zoo for the past 17 years.  Louise became a committee member in December 2007 and December 2008. Louise sees her contribution as being the animal / orangutan husbandry consultant.

 

 

 

 
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