Forum on Corporate Responsibility Member Profiles
External Members
See below for qualification abbreviations.
Dr Marcelo de Andrade Doctor of Medicine
- Chairman, Pró-Natura International
- Experience:
- Marcelo founded Pró-Natura International, one of the first international sustainability organisations based in the Southern Hemisphere that manages sustainable development and conservation projects funded by international organisations, governments and the private sector in South and Central America, Africa and Asia.
Pró-Natura International was founded in Brazil and is active in 36 countries. Marcelo also founded the Pioneer Society, a communications group dedicated to innovative promotion of the successes of sustainable development, and the Social Capital Group, a consulting company dedicated to managing social and environmental issues and impacts brought about by large oil and gas, mining, forestry and infrastructure projects. He co-founded Terra Capital Fund, the first venture capital fund dedicated to investing exclusively in private-sector biodiversity businesses; Axial Bank/Azial Par, the first financial institution in South America dedicated to promoting investments in the sustainable development sector; and Eco Carbon, the first company to specialise in engineering aspects of forestry and agricultural carbon sinks. Marcelo is also involved with International Sustainable Finance and Sustainable Development Holdings and remains active in rowing, mountaineering and running following his eight-year membership of Brazil's Olympic rowing team and his leadership of the first Brazilian TV broadcasted expedition to the top of Mount Aconcagua in the Andes in 1985.
Greg Bourne BSc (Hons)
- Chief Executive Officer, WWF-Australia
- Experience:
- WWF-Australia is part of the WWF International Network and is a not-for-profit organisation committed to find solutions to challenges facing the natural environment in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Before taking up his current position as CEO of WWF-Australia in October 2004, Greg had a distinguished international business career at BP. His roles at BP included Regional President - Australasia, Regional Director - Latin America, and Director - Scotland, as well as earlier positions at BP with a petroleum exploration focus. In 1988 he was seconded to the UK Prime Minister's Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street as the Special Advisor on Energy and Transport. Greg has been Chair of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria, is a member of the Victorian Sustainability Advisory Council and until recently was Chair of the Environment and Natural Resource Management Sector Advisory Council for CSIRO. He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for services to the environment.
David Butcher BVSc, MRCVS
- Experience:
- David was appointed to his current position with Greening Australia in 2004. He is a practicing veterinarian and has worked in many fields of veterinary science. He was responsible for the construction and operation of the Western Plains Zoo, while working for the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales. He became Assistant Director of Taronga Zoo, joined the RSPCA NSW as Director and then became CEO of WWF-Australia, a position he held for ten years to 2004. Through an innovative blend of practical experience, science, community engagement and commitment, Greening Australia addresses issues like salinity, declining water quality, soil degradation, climate change and biodiversity loss.
James Ensor BEc, BAppSc, GradDipJournalism
- Director of Public Policy & Outreach, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
- Experience:
- 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 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.
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 Oxfam staff across 120 countries.
Prior to joining Oxfam, James spent seven years with the Central Land Council, a Commonwealth statutory authority established under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act to represent the interests of traditional landowners in the Northern Territory. James' areas of focus with the Central Land Council included land purchase, land claims, enterprise development and representing traditional owners in the negotiation of exploration and mining activity on Aboriginal lands.
James is a past President of the Victorian National Parks Association and has degrees in Economics and Applied Science (Environmental Assessment and Land Use Policy) and post graduate qualifications in Journalism.
Graham Evans AO, MA, MIPP (John Hopkins), DipEd
- Experience:
- Graham is currently Chairman of the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission. He retired from his role as Vice President Government and Community Relations of BHP Billiton in 2003. From 1996 to 2002, he was Group General Manager, later Vice President, External Affairs, BHP Billiton.
Prior to joining the Company in 1995, he served in a number of senior positions in the Commonwealth Public Service, including Secretary to the Departments of Transport, Transport and Communications, Primary Industries and Energy, and Resources and Energy. He was also Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1983 to 1986. Graham has previously served as a Director of Foster's Brewing Group, Australia Post, Telecom and AIDC. He was awarded the Order of Australia in 1995.
Andrew Hewett
- Executive Director, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
- Experience:
- Andrew was appointed to his current position with Oxfam Community Aid Abroad (OCAA) in October 2001, having worked with OCAA since 1991. He initially established the agency's advocacy program, with increasing focus on lobbying governments, public education and campaigning on social justice and development issues. Over the years, his responsibilities expanded to include OCAA's domestic program and the coordination of Oxfam International's response to the crisis in Timor from 1999 to 2001. Andrew is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid, the peak council of non-government overseas development agencies. He has visited OCAA programs in East Timor, Mozambique, El Salvador, India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Mokhethi Moshoeshoe BA (Law)
- Director, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship
- Experience:
- Mokhethi is the founder and director of the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship; Chairman of Sustainability Research and Intelligence that provides research for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange SRI Index; President of CIVA Innovation Management (providing sustainability solutions, corporate governance and corporate citizenship services and products for developing country contexts); and a partner at Feedback Research and Analytics, specialising in research on and development of sustainability performance measurement tools and action research. He is a member of the Intergovernmental Working Group on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting of the UNCTAD (Switzerland); a member of International Advisory Network of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (UK) and a member of the international advisory council of the Ethos Institute (Brazil).
Sheena Boughen MA (Anthropology), PhD Candidate
- External Facilitator
- Experience:
- Sheena has been the external facilitator of the Forum on Corporate Responsibility for the last seven years. She is a Director of Diapason Pty Ltd, and her focus is in the area of social sustainability, working with the corporate and community sectors globally.With a background in education and anthropology, Sheena has worked with a range of companies locally and globally, including ANZ Bank, DuPont, Rio Tinto and Interface Floor Coverings. She is an active member of Women leading Sustainability, an initiative of the Society for Organisational Learning.
Malini Mehra
- Founder and Director, Centre for Social Markets
- Experience:
- Malini is the founder and director of the India and UK-based Centre for Social Markets, an independent think tank that has pioneered triple bottom-line entrepreneurship focused on diaspora communities and developing countries. She is currently at the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs where she is leading the UK's emerging high-level dialogues on sustainable development with key emerging markets and on international sustainable development partnerships. Malini has worked with the United Nations and other multil-ateral agencies, as well as charities including Oxfam to Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) and People's Decade for Human Rights Education (PDHRE).
At FOEI she managed the Sustainable Societies program, coordinated international campaigns and oversaw representation at key forums, including the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the OECD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and the Kyoto Climate Change Conference. As Director of PDHRE, she spearheaded the first internal NGO campaign on trade and human rights at the WTO Seattle conference in 1999. In 2003 she was appointed one of 12 eminent persons on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's High Level Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations, under the chairmanship of President Cardoso of Brazil, to provide guidance on the UN's relation with civil society. dd>
Andrew Rouse
- Program Manager - Resource Conservation, WWF-Australia
- Experience:
- In his role as Program Manager - Resource Conservation, Andrew works with governments, industry sectors and individual companies seeking the adoption of policies, programs and innovative approaches to improve natural resource management, including government and industry policy commitments, the development and implementation of market-based instruments (such as certification schemes), adoption of best management practices, and promoting credible sustainability reporting. Andrew has served on a number of government and industry advisory bodies, most recently the Australian Government's Environmental Management Systems Working Group, the Advisory Committee for the Murray Darling Basin Commission's Environmental Stewardship Project, and the Steering Committee for the Cotton industry's Environmental Management System pilot project. Prior to joining WWF, Andrew worked for a multi-national chemical company.
BHP Billiton Members
Edgar Basto
- Vice President Health, Safety, Environment and Community
- Experience:
- In his current role, Edgar is responsible for the corporate HSEC and Sustainability functions. Prior to this, he was Vice President Base Metals and General Manager of the Tintaya copper mine in Peru, where he developed extensive experience dealing with community concerns. Previously he held various managerial positions with Cerrejon Coal and Cerro Matoso in Colombia, including responsibility for strategic planning; health, safety, environment and quality; and refining and smelting operations. Edgar has been President of the Tintaya Foundation and a board member of the San Isidro Foundation, both of which are community-related programs to foster development in some of the poorest areas in South America.
Charles Goodyear BSc, MBA, FCPA, 49
- Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Chairman of the Group Management Committee.
- Experience:
- Charles Goodyear joined the Group as Chief Financial Officer in 1999. He was appointed to the Boards of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc in November 2001 and as Chief Executive Officer in January 2003. He previously held positions of Chief Development Officer and of Chief Financial Officer. He is a former President of Goodyear Capital Corporation and former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Freeport-McMoRan Inc, and has extensive financial, corporate restructuring, and merger and acquisition experience. He is Deputy Chair of ICMM and a Member of the National Petroleum Council.
Marius Kloppers BE (Chem), MBA, PhD (Materials Science), 44
- Group President Non-Ferrous Materials and Executive Director, Member of the Group Management C, Executive Committee, Financial Risk Management Committee and Investment Risk Committee.
- Experience:
- Joined the Group in 1993 and appointed Chief Commercial Officer in December 2003. He was previously Chief Marketing Officer, Group Executive of Billiton Plc, and Chief Executive of Samancor Manganese, and held various positions at Billiton Aluminium, among them Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Hillside Aluminium. His previous career was as a consultant with McKinsey Inc.
Ian Wood BSc (Env Sc) (Hons)
- Vice President Community
- Experience:
- In his current role, Ian manages BHP Billiton's department responsible for developing the Company's strategic response to global community relations issues, including the sustainable development agenda, corporate social responsibility, and public reporting on the Company's HSEC performance. Ian is the Chair of the Community Contributions Panel and is a member of the HSEC Forum Leadership team. He represents BHP Billiton on the Executive Working Group of the International Council on Mining and Metals. Prior to his work on sustainable development and community relations in the corporate area, he was responsible for the provision of technical support to the Company's minerals businesses with particular emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. From 1992 to 1995, he held the position of Manager Environment with Ok Tedi Mining Limited in Papua New Guinea. Before joining BHP Billiton, Ian had extensive site-based experience in the minerals industry.
J. Michael Yeager BSc, MSc
- Group Executive and Chief Executive Petroleum, Member of the Group Management Committee
- Experience:
- Michael joined the Group in April 2006 as Group President Energy. He was previously Vice President, ExxonMobil Development Company with responsibility for major joint venture projects. Other previous roles include Senior Vice President, Imperial Oil Ltd;and Chief Executive Officer, Imperial Oil Resources; Vice President – Africa, ExxonMobil Production Company, Vice President – Europe; ExxonMobil Production Company; and President, Mobil Exploration and Production in the United States.
Qualification Abbreviations
- AO
- Officer of the Order of Australia
- AMP
- Advanced Management Program
- BA
- Bachelor of Arts
- BAppSc
- Bachelor of Applied Science
- BBus
- Bachelor of Business
- BEc
- Bachelor of Economics
- BEd
- Bachelor of Education
- B Eng
- Bachelor of Engineering
- BSc
- Bachelor of Science
- BVSc
- Bachelor of Veterinary Science
- DipEd
- Diploma of Education
- FCIS
- Fellow Chartered Institute of Secretaries
- FCPA
- Fellow Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
- GradDip Journalism
- Graduate Diploma of Journalism
- Hons
- Honours
- LLB
- Bachelor of Laws
- MA
- Master of Arts
- MBA
- Master of Business Administration
- MIPP
- Master in International Public Policy
- MRCVS
- Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- MSc
- Master of Science
- PhD
- Philosophiae Doctor (doctor of philosophy)