Annual Report 2008 - Central Queensland University

Corporate
Governance
C Management Services Pty Ltd (CMS)
CMS is the company which manages CQUniversity’s Australian International
Campuses, and is now a wholly owned entity of the University. The Company has a
Board of Directors appointed by the University Council as the sole shareholder. The
Board is chaired by an independent Director. Other members of the Board include
another independent director, the Chancellor, Deputy Chancellor and a member
of Council. The Board reports regularly to the Council as shareholder. The Vice-
Chancellor and President attends Board meetings. The CMS Board comprises the
following members:
Chair:
Emeritus Professor Anthony Blake AM, BEd, MSc Melb, PhD Purdue, HonDUniv UTS
Board Members:
Mr Grant Cassidy
Mr Rennie Fritschy, BE(Chem) Sydney, BEc WAust, FIEAust, GAICD
Ms Lindy Hyam, Dip Teach, BEd Syd, MBA UTS, FAICD
Mr Charles Ware, BA, LLB(Hons) Qld, MBus(PubMgt), LLM QUT, MLGMA, FAICD
Alternate Director:
Professor John Rickard, BSc(Hons), PhD London, FANZAM
Company Secretary:
Mr Peter Carter, DipBusStud Swin, FCPA, FCIS
Australian International Campuses Trust and Australian International
Campuses Pty Ltd
The Australian International Campuses Trust is a unit trust and was established
to hold the shares of C Management Services Pty Ltd on behalf of CQUniversity.
The Australian International Campuses Pty Ltd is the trustee for the trust and
CQUniversity is the sole beneficiary of the trust and holds all units on issue. The
Australian International Campuses Pty Ltd Board comprises the following members:
Chair:
Mr Jim Tolhurst, BComm, MBA Qld, FCPA, FCIS, FAICD
Board Member:
Ms Marni McGrath, BBus(Acct) UCCQ, CA
Company Secretary:
Mr David Turner, CA, BComm Qld
Other bodies (not controlled entities)
HortiCal Pty Ltd
This venture was initiated as a joint venture between CQUniversity and Colour
Vision Systems (CVS) to commercialise their respective interests in non-invasive
fruit sorting technology. To this end, CQUniversity and CVS granted HortiCal a
licence on the intellectual property relating to the use of near infrared spectroscopy.
HortiCal’s business is to support research and development and to commercialise
the intellectual property it holds.
Rail Innovation Australia Pty Ltd
This company was established to hold the intellectual property generated by the
previous co-operative research centre, the CRC for Railway Engineering and
Technologies, which closed in 2007. Further details are provided in the Research
and Innovation Report.
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