The Board of Directors

Richard (Rick) John Nelson, FAICD

Chairman

Rick began his career in finance with AGC in 1972. After reaching the position of regional credit manager, he joined Australia’s largest Ford truck and car dealer, Denmac Ford, in the role of General Manager – Finance.

In 1982, Rick, with support from Denis McEniery, founded the Centrepoint Finance group. The business is now 25 years old and has expanded nationwide. Before 2005, Centrepoint Finance made two major acquisitions, resulting in the group becoming one of Australia’s largest commercial finance brokers. It merged with Alliance Finance in 2005 to form Centrepoint Alliance, and Rick was Managing Director until he stepped aside to take on the Deputy Chairman’s role in 2007. He became CEO of the Commercial Finance business stream in April 2007.

Tony Robinson

Managing Director

Tony Robinson joined Centrepoint Alliance in July 2009 as Managing Director/CEO. Tony has experience in a number of industries but has most recently been involved in the Financial Services Industry as Managing Director/CEO of IOOF Ltd for the period from 2007 to 2009 and prior to that as Managing Director/CEO of OAMPS Ltd for the period 2002 to 2007. Tony is also currently a Non-executive Director of Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

Noel Griffin

Non-executive director

Noel has been involved in the refrigerated transport industry since 1966. He has had extensive experience in management, operation and ownership of transport and agri businesses. From 1982 to 1995, Noel was managing director of Refrigerated Roadways Pty Ltd which at one stage claimed status as the largest refrigerated carrier in Australia with assets of $74 million, annual revenue of $131 million, and 900 personnel. TNT acquired the company in 1995 and Noel served for two years on the executive council of TNT.

In addition to his interests in the transport industry, Noel was managing director and a shareholder of Table Grape Growers Pty Ltd from 1997 to 2001.

Noel is managing director of Prime Haulage Pty Ltd, a member of the Paccar Advisory Council and a life member of the World Presidents’ Organisation.

Grahame Evans, Dip SM, MBA (AGSM), MAICD

Group Managing Director (PIH), Executive Director

Grahame Evans is the Group Managing Director of Professional Investment Holdings Ltd (PIH), the parent company of Professional Investment Services (PIS): Australia’s leading independently-owned network of financial adviser and accountants.

Grahame is based in Sydney and is responsible for driving the Group’s value proposition and service offering to the network of advisers and accountants in Australia and the five offshore operations. Each provide quality services, support and education to enhance their associated advisers professionalism and deliver value-added services to their clients.

Previously, Grahame was CEO Investments for Tower Australia and Head of Corporate and Employee Benefits with AMP. At AMP he was responsible for Australia’s largest company superannuation portfolio with more than 33,000 employees and AUD$11 billion under advice. Prior to that, as Managing Director of AMP Consulting, he was responsible for the superannuation consulting division of AMP including actuarial, trustee services, information technology, asset consulting and communications for clients such as Optus, BHP Billiton and Ansett to name a few.

Grahame has been extensively involved with the financial services industry for over 35 years and is a regular guest speaker at industry functions throughout Australia and overseas. He holds an MBA from the prestigious Australian Graduate School of Management, which has been ranked among the top 10 management schools in the Australasian region.

At the age of 32, Grahame became the youngest ever Australian to be appointed to the Board of an Australian life insurance company and was recognised as one of Australia’s leading experts on superannuation with regular appearances across a variety of media.

Christopher Castles, B.Eng. (Electronics), Post-Grad. Dip Management, Post-Grad. Dip Business (Accounting), Dip Financial Planning

Non-Executive Director

Chris established a financial planning practice in Ingham, North Queensland, in 1995. Prior to that he spent 13 years in the Royal Australian Air Force where his leadership qualities saw him rise to the rank of squadron leader.

Chris is also a Certified Practicing Accountant and Certified Financial Planner, as well as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ian Magee, B Sc (Hons), CA, FCIS

Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

Ian is a chartered accountant who began his career with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in London and was subsequently with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Australia. He has more than 20 years’ experience in CFO and company secretary roles in ASX listed, public and private Australian companies in a variety of industries. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. Ian was CFO and company secretary with Alliance for more than two years before the merger with Centrepoint and has continued in the same role for the expanded group.

Stephen Maitland OAM, RFD

Non-executive director

Stephen is the principal of Delphin Associates, a business consultancy in Brisbane. He specialises in strategic planning, businesses in transition, risk management, and corporate governance. His working career has been spent in Sydney, and in Queensland since 1980.

He is a non-executive director of

He is the Chairman of the Surf Life Saving Foundation Inc., and is an Eagle Street Associate. He is also an independent member of a number of Audit Committees, Compliance Committees and similar roles, and a member of CPA’s Queensland Divisonal Council.
Between 1992 and 1999, Stephen was the Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Office of Financial Supervision, a Statutory Authority that supervised Queensland’s non-bank financial institutions.
With over 30 years experience in the banking and finance industries, his senior appointments have included corporate finance, treasury and credit roles with Bank of New Zealand, Macquarie Bank, Australian Industry Development Corporation, and the Commonwealth Banking Corporation.

He is a graduate in Economics from the University of Sydney; holds a Master of Business (Applied Finance) and a Master of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology; and is a Fellow of the

Until ceasing duties as a Lieutenant-Colonel, he had spent over 20 years in the Army Reserve as an infantry soldier, and was awarded the Reserve Force Decoration. In June 2007 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his contribution to the Surf Lifesaving Foundation and to Surf Lifesaving.

He is involved in business and community organisations and is an active Surf LifeSaver.