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A Board of Directors, elected by ACE Members, manages Australian Communication Exchange. A minimum of four of the seven Directors are people who are Deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment.
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Michael Lockrey: CA BBus (Accounting), MAICD
- ACE Board Chairperson
- Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) (since November 1995)
- Manager - Corporate Services of Lismore Challenge Limited (since January 2005)
- Former President of Deaf Sports Australia
- Joined ACE Board June 2005
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Phil Nott: BSc (Hons), PhD, MBA
- ACE Board Vice Chairperson (2005)
- Principal – Sphere Property Corporation
- Involved in arranging funding for the original Deaflink/Deafness
Resources bid for the NRS and its initial capital requirements
- Joined ACE Board November 2002
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Darryl Sellwood
- Studying Bachelor of Computer & Information Science (UniSA)
- Current Board Member - Community Accommodation & Respite Agency (CARA) Inc - SA
- Founding Member (1996) and Past President of Abilympics SA Inc
- Joined ACE Board May 2006
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Lyndal Drennan BCom, MBA, PhD, FCPA, FAICD
- Lyndal is an accountant, with a career spanning 35 years – first in industry and merchant banking (23 years as CFO, accountant, equity lending, etc), then in universities in the fields of accounting and governance.
- Presently Coordinator of the Executive MBA (QUT)
- MBA director at QUT 2005 – 2008
- Chairs the board of a not for profit in the domestic violence service area
- External member of the Queensland Audit Office’s Audit and Risk Management Committee
- Former President of CPA Queensland Division (2006) and divisional council member 2003 – 2008
- Joined ACE Board July 2008
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Monica Schlesinger: MsC Electronics and Communications, FAICD
- CEO of Espace Pty Ltd - consulting firm - Project, Risk Management and Commercial negotiations advice
- Managed large projects for TCNZA, Optus, UNSX and St George Bank
- Extensive corporate governance, strategic and negotiation skills
- Masters in Electronics and Telecommunications and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Joined ACE Board November 2007
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Stan Batson: BEd (Lote)
- Former Director and Chairperson of Deafness Forum of Australia
- Current member of Deafness Forum Australia's advisory committee on telecommunications technology
- Qualified teacher of Auslan
- Actively involved in deafness and hearing impairment issues relating to remote Aboriginal communities in the NT outback
- Joined ACE Board November 2007
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Stephanie Meares
- Designer and founder - fashion label Black Vanity (1972-1999)
- First Australian label sold overseas
- Launched 4 retail shops, 1 cafe and 2 factories
- Cochlear implantee - has unique understanding of the problems associated with deafness and disabilities
- Joined ACE Board November 2007
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