Dr Michael John Vertigan, AC
Chair of the Board Governance Committee and Member of the Remuneration and HR Committee
Appointed 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2020
- Chair of the Board Governance Committee
- Member of the Remuneration and HR Committee
Dr Vertigan has experience in the public, higher education, philanthropy and business sectors. He is the former Chair of the AGEST Superannuation Fund (2004–2008) and former Secretary of the Victorian (1993–1998) and Tasmanian (1989–1993) Departments of Treasury and Finance. He has held a number of academic appointments and is a former Chancellor of the University of Tasmania.
Dr Vertigan is currently Independent Chair of the Gas Market Reform Group established by the COAG Energy Council (since 2016) and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Comcare (since 2016). He has previously held appointments on corporate boards and on a wide range of Commonwealth, State and Territory government businesses, statutory bodies and advisory panels. He was a Director of CSC from 2011 to 2016, and is a director of ARIA Co Pty Ltd (since 2017).
Dr Vertigan has a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Tasmania and a PhD from the University of California (Berkeley). Dr Vertigan was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2004. He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (since 1998) and of the Institute of Public Administration of Australia (since 1994).