SYDNEY PANELLISTS
NON EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Ted Pretty, Fujitsu Australia & New Zealand
Ted Pretty is a proven professional senior executive in the telecommunications, IT and related media and directories industries with experience at both Board and senior management levels. Until August 2005 Ted spent 8 years as an Officer and Senior Executive of Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia's largest and leading telecommunications company. During that period Ted held various roles including head of Telstra's technology, retail and international divisions as well as Chairman of Sensis, Telstra's media and directories business.
Ted is now a Senior Consultant, Telecommunications Media and Entertainment at Macquarie Bank Limited and is Non-Executive Chairman of Fujitsu Australia Limited.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
David Burden, Legion Interactive
David Burden is a pioneer of the Australian interactive industry. Since 1987, David has been instrumental in helping media, brands and corporate Australia to utilise new media to interact with consumers. As CEO of Legion Interactive, David has led the company for the past 12 years. Legion Interactive is a member of the Australian listed Photon Group (PGA).
In addition to his role as CEO, David heads up the Digital and Interactive Pillar of the Photon Group. David is the founding Chairman of the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA) Mobile Marketing Council and is also the former Vice Chairman of ADMA. David represents ACIF in addition to being a member of the ACIF Convergence Group, and is the former Company Secretary of the Telephone Information Service Standards Council (TISSC), a role he held for 6 years
HEAD OF STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
David Lloyd, Virgin Blue
David leads the Virgin Blue business development team encompassing strategy and ventures. He was the architect of Virgin Blue's award-winning Velocity loyalty program and innovative Polynesian Blue joint venture with the Government of Samoa. More recently as Virgin Blue continues to consider trans-Pacific operations, David has contributed to examination of potential business models.
Prior to joining Virgin Blue in 2002, while the airline was still operating from the temporary "tin shed" at Sydney airport, David was a member of the Boston Consulting Group working in the travel and tourism practice consulting to major flag carrier airlines in the Asia Pacific region.
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Greg Carvouni, Roads & Traffic Authority
Greg Carvouni is the Chief Information Officer for the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW. He has held the position for seven years and in this time he has restructured the IT organisation and developed strategic sourcing relationships with several key vendors who supply the bulk of RTA’s IT services under long-term service contracts.
Prior to RTA, Greg was General Manager, Operations and Customer Service for Telstra MultiMedia, a subsidiary of Telstra Corp, which established the Telstra on-line services (Big Pond) and broadband services, Foxtel Pay TV and broadband Internet. Greg has also had experience in developing software and establishing a software/SI business with international distribution through a major computer vendor.
MELBOURNE PANELLISTS
NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Ted Pretty, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand
Ted Pretty is a proven professional senior executive in the telecommunications, IT and related media and directories industries with experience at both Board and senior management levels. Until August 2005 Ted spent 8 years as an Officer and Senior Executive of Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia's largest and leading telecommunications company. During that period Ted held various roles including head of Telstra's technology, retail and international divisions as well as Chairman of Sensis, Telstra's media and directories business.
Ted is now a Senior Consultant, Telecommunications Media and Entertainment at Macquarie Bank Limited and is Non-Executive Chairman of Fujitsu Australia Limited.
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER & CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST
Peter Dalton, ANZ Bank
Peter Dalton is the Chief Information Officer and Chief Technologist for the Personal Division, ANZ Bank. As CIO, Peter is responsible for driving the Group's strategic technology agenda and developing a cohesive people-focused technology team across ANZ. Peter was previously Chief Technologist of Enterprise & Staff Technologies where he was responsible for the systems that support ANZ internally Prior to this, Peter led the creation of ANZ's award-winning intranet system.
Before joining ANZ, Peter worked as a software engineer at Foxborough L&N, developing software for industrial applications such as electricity distribution, railway control and gas pipelines. Prior to this, Peter was an electronic systems engineer at Mount Isa Mines. During his time at MIM, Peter led the development of a remote-controlled mining system which was instrumental in improving the safety of underground mining.
GLOBAL DIRECTOR - BUSINESS PROCESSES & IT
Andrew Leyden, Foster's Group
Andrew Leyden’s career began in financial services with Sun Life in the UK (now part of AXA), followed by a significant number of years in retailing, with Somerfield and prior to that WH Smith. Andrew became Finance Director of Benckiser in the UK in 1996, a leading private household consumer goods company, and at the end of 1997, moved to Poland to capitalise on the opening of Eastern European markets to the international community.
After Benckiser's merger with Reckitt & Colman at the end of 1999 to form Reckitt Benckiser, now listed in London, Andrew became Finance Director for the Asia region, based in Singapore. In 2002, he joined Beringer Blass, Foster's Wine Division, as Finance Director and General Manager for the Asian region.
In early 2004, Andrew was appointed Global Finance Director for Beringer Blass Wine. Andrew was appointed Global Finance Director for Foster's Wine Estates, with a brief to focus on a successful integration of Foster's global wine business with that of Southcorp, acquired in May 2005. Most recently, Andrew was appointed to lead Foster's Process and Information Technology function.