Advisory Board Members

Graham Hunter - Board Chairman

Graham is a consultant in catchment and environmental management. His expertise in sustainability has been developed over thirty years in the public and private sectors. This has included work in England, France and the USA. In Australia he has held senior positions in the Victorian public sector including research director for the Victorian Parliament, policy director for the Environment Protection Authority, senior adviser on natural resources management in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and program director in other government agencies responsible for the management of natural resources and the environment. He has also been Chief Executive Officer of the non-government organisation, Greening Australia Victoria Inc. He holds masters degrees in Engineering Science from the University of Melbourne and in Environmental Management from the University of Leeds, England.

Contact Graham Hunter:

graham@netbalance.org
T +61 3 8641 6400
M: +61 (0) 409 435 273

David White – Advisory Board Member

David currently runs a small consultancy called Zentricity which focuses on helping organisations to interact more effectively with their stakeholders. He was previously Governance Director of Vodafone Australia and was responsible for their corporate responsibility and social investment programs.

Contact David White:

david@netbalance.org
T +61 3 8641 6400
M: +61 (0) 414 207 034

James Ensor - Board Member

James is Director of Public Policy and Associate Director for International Programs with international development agency Oxfam Australia. In these roles he has responsibility for Oxfam’s research, policy, advocacy, campaigning and stakeholder liaison functions and oversight of Oxfam’s long term development and humanitarian response programs in 25 countries with a focus in East Asia, South Asia, Southern Africa, the Pacific and Indigenous Australia. Within Australia he is a member of the Oxfam Australia Management Team responsible for overall management of the agency with 300 staff across 25 countries. At a global level James is one of 12 members of the Oxfam International Global Co-ordination Team with responsibility for Oxfam International’s global strategic and operational planning involving the work of 4,000 staff across 120 countries.

Prior to joining Oxfam, James spent seven years with the Central Land Council established to represent the interests of traditional landowners in the Northern Territory. James is a past President of the Victorian National Parks Association and current member of the BHP Billiton Forum on Corporate Responsibility. He has degrees in Economics and Applied Science (Environmental Assessment and Land Use Policy) and post graduate qualifications in Journalism.

Contact James Ensor:

james@netbalance.org
T +61 3 8641 6400
M: +61 (0) 408 556 494

Melissa Clarkson - Board Secretary

Melissa has over 10 years experience working across the business, community and government sectors. She is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility team at Transurban Group. She also has over five years experience working in the area of corporate community involvement at The Australian Charities Fund and The Smith Family. Prior to this, Melissa worked as a strategy consultant for Accenture and as an economic analyst for the Reserve Bank of Australia. Melissa holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Bachelor of Science from The Australian National University.

Contact Melissa Clarkson:

melissa@netbalance.org
T +61 3 8641 6400
M: +61 (0) 414 914 554