Governance and Advisory Board

The AusNCP Governance and Advisory Board:

  • gives advice on complaints
  • promotes responsible business conduct standards.

These standards are called the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct.

The Board helps make the AusNCP visible, accessible, transparent and accountable. This helps Australia meet its obligations under the OECD Guidelines.

Member responsibilities

The Board meets formally twice each year and communicate throughout the year.

Board members give independent and impartial advice. The advice draws on expertise, organisations and networks.

AusNCP Board members use their networks, events and publications to promote:

  • responsible business conduct standards
  • AusNCP’s services.

Members may run procedural reviews of AusNCP complaints as needed.

Membership

The Board includes:

  • 8 members representing the Australian Government
  • 8 members representing:
    • business
    • civil society
    • trade unions.

Membership as at March 2025:

Chairperson and Secretariat

Name Role Organisation
Mr Tom Dickson Senior Executive Officer
Chair, AusNCP Board
AusNCP
Treasury*
AusNCP Secretariat   AusNCP
Treasury*

Government

Name Role Organisation
Ms Ayesha Nawaz Assistant Secretary
Human Rights Branch
Attorney‑General’s Department*
Ms Miranda Lello General Manager
Policy and Portfolio Strategy Branch
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water*
Mr Richard Emerson‑Elliott Assistant Secretary, Free Trade Agreement Goods Branch Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade*
Ms Katherine Stevens Deputy General Counsel
Enterprise & Board Secretary
Export Finance Australia*
Mr David Tonkin Chief Counsel of Legal
Procurement and Fraud
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)*
Commissioner Lorraine Finlay Human Rights Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission*
Ms Doona Looney Head of International, Trade and National Security Department of Industry, Science and Resources*

Non‑government – business

Name Role Organisation
Ms Vanessa Zimmerman Chief Executive Officer Pillar Two*
Mr Peter Grist Director of Economics
Industry and Sustainability
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry*
Proxy: Mr Pero Stojanovski Deputy Chief Economist Business Council of Australia*
Proxy: Dan Wilcock Head of Sustainability and Governance UN Global Compact Network Australia

Non‑government – civil society and trade unions

Name Role Organisation
Ms Clare Middlemas International Officer Australian Council of Trade Unions*
Ms Freya Dinshaw Senior Lawyer Human Rights Law Centre
Member Australian Corporate Accountability Network*
Proxy: Ms Serena Lillywhite Independent Member Independent civil society expert
Proxy: Ms Larissa Harrison Deputy Director United Workers Union

Observers

Name Role Organisation
Mr John Southalan AusNCP Independent Examiner AusNCP*
Ms Shanta Martin AusNCP Independent Examiner AusNCP*
Ms Shiv Martin AusNCP Independent Examiner AusNCP*
Ms Aleta Moriarty AusNCP Independent Examiner AusNCP*

* Organisation with permanent representation on the Board

Minutes

Terms of Reference