Our Board

Innes is Chief Executive (appointed in 2012) of the Australian Industry Group, a leading industry organisation representing businesses in a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, construction, transport, defence, ICT and labour hire. He also serves as Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration, Deputy Chair of Australian Super, Director of Innovative Manufacturing Co-operative Research Centre and Australian American Leadership Dialogue, Convenor of Industry 4.0 Advanced Manufacturing Forum, and Chair of RMIT College of Business Industry Advisory Board. Innes served as the Australian Consul General to Los Angeles (2006-2008), was Chief of Staff to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs from (2004-2006), and earlier held a number of private sectors and government positions including Manager of Global Public Affairs for Singapore Airlines based in Singapore (2000-2004). Innes began his career as a journalist. His positions included Chief of Staff at The Age in Melbourne and Chief Political Correspondent for The Age in the Canberra Parliamentary Press Gallery. Innes was educated at Melbourne High School, Monash University (BA History and Politics), and Edinburgh Business School. He is based in Melbourne and is a lifetime supporter of the Collingwood Football Club.

Carmel is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Centre for Multicultural Youth, the first and largest organisation in Australia to work exclusively with migrant and refugee young people. Carmel is widely recognised for her knowledge and advocacy on multicultural youth issues. Carmel has served on numerous boards and committees and is currently the Chairperson of the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Australia, the national peak body representing the rights and interests of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. She is also a member of the Youth Parole Board of Victoria and the SBS Community Advisory Committee. Carmel was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2016 for services to multicultural youth in Victoria and the Victorian Premier’s Award for Community Harmony in 2015.

Born in Hong Kong, Eamonn Fitzpatrick migrated to Sydney in the early 90s and has spent nearly three decades working in Australian government, media and politics. He currently heads his own public affairs firm and has advised some of the world’s biggest brands and top 100 ASX companies on effectively engaging governments, stakeholders and the media. Eamonn was senior press secretary to Prime Ministers Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd and ran government communications for Premiers Anna Bligh in Queensland and Morris Iemma in New South Wales. More recently he was Asia Pacific Partner at Consulum, an international advisory firm providing special counsel to governments and national leaders on global engagement, economic development and trade promotion. His experience in the not-for-profit sector includes leading global communications for the iconic global eye health charity, The Fred Hollows Foundation, and previously serving on the board of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, Australia’s leading child safety charity. A former Sydney Morning Herald journalist, Eamonn began his career with Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. He currently appears weekly on Sky News Australia.

Peter spent his executive career at KPMG where he was admitted as a partner in 1993, and served as National Chairman from 2011 to 2017, during which he was responsible for the overall governance and strategic positioning of the firm. His positions with KPMG included member of the Global Board of KPMG, Regional Head of Audit for Asia Pacific, National Managing Partner for Audit in Australia, and Head of KPMG Financial Services. Peter has worked in geographically diverse and complex operating environments providing advice on a range of topics including strategy, risk management, internal controls, business processes, and regulatory change. Peter is Non-Executive Chairman of the Johns Lyng Group Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Westpac Group, ASX and Mirvac. He also serves on the Board of not-for-profit organisations, including The General Sir John Monash Foundation, Golf Victoria, and The Koorie Heritage Trust.

Catherine is the Chief Executive Officer of AMES Australia, an organisation providing a wide range of interconnected settlement, education, vocational training and employment services in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania. Catherine’s career has focussed on the design and implementation of innovative social programs and enterprises in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has achieved this through the creation of partnerships with government, employers and the community sector to deliver programs designed to increase the economic and social participation for newly arrived migrants and refugees. Catherine is a Board Member of Thrive Refugee Enterprises.

Remo Nogarotto was born in Sydney of Italian immigrant parents who arrived in Australia in the immediate years following the second world war. Remo grew up in Fairfield in Western Sydney and was educated at Patrician Brothers College, Fairfield. Remo completed an economics degree at Sydney University and has also undertaken post graduate studies at the London School of Economics.

Professionally Remo has navigated the diverse worlds of business, investment banking, politics and sports administration. Remo is the former Head of Business Development at Boral Ltd; the former State Director of the NSW Liberal Party and spent five years with Macquarie Bank in Europe serving on Macquarie Capitals European Advisory board. Currently Remo is Executive Chairman of C|T Corporate Advisory which is part of the global research, campaigning and strategic advisory firm, C|T Group. Remo has also served as Chairman of Soccer Australia and recently stepped down as a board member of Football Australia. He was a member of the bid committee that recently procured joint hosting rights for Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Remo is a periodic contributor to opinion editorials in Australian, European and Asian journals and newspapers.

Daniel Walton is the National and NSW Secretary of the Australian Workers’ Union. Since 2008, he has held the positions of Assistant National Secretary, National Vice President and National Campaigns and Organising Coordinator at the AWU. Daniel is Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and is an Executive Committee member of the global union federation, IndustriALL. Daniel is a director of AustralianSuper, Chifley Services and Migration Council Australia.He also serves on a number of Government bodies, including the EU & UK Ministerial Trade Advisory Committee.