About

Patrick brings more than 30 years’ experience in infrastructure and industrial services, having held senior roles in both private and publicly listed companies. 

Patrick established his own business – Integrated Maintenance Services – in 2000, and was the founding Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Service Stream Ltd for six years from 2003.  

He then managed network construction as nbnTM Australia’s Head of Construction from 2009 to early 2011. 

In 2011, Patrick founded Utility Services Group and served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director until 30 June 2015 when the company was acquired by an ASX listed company. 

Patrick was appointed Managing Director of Urban Maintenance Systems Pty Ltd, an Australian provider of facilities and infrastructure management services to government, private and not-for-profit organisations from August 2016 to mid-2019. 

Patrick is a Director at Vocus, a leading specialist fibre and network solutions provider, and serves as the Chair of Registrations, Licensing and Custom Plates at VicRoads. Additionally, he has served as a Director of Western Chances, a charitable organisation supporting youth in Melbourne’s west, for 20 years.  

Patrick has a business degree from Victoria University, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and until late July 2016, held a Board position at the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. 

In January 2023, Patrick was awarded the Order of Australia for significant services to sports administration and corporate governance.  

Jayne was recently re-appointed as the President of Tennis Australia. 

From 2020 – 24 she was the Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Australia, following on from her role as Chief Executive Officer of a2 Milk from 2017 – 19. Previously, she headed up the Qantas Loyalty Program and was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Jetstar. 

Jayne joined Qantas in August 2010 as Group Executive Strategy and Information Technology. Qantas is a portfolio of related businesses which include Qantas Airlines, Jetstar and Qantas Frequent Flyer Program. 

Jayne is a former senior partner with Bain and Company in the firm’s Customer Strategy and Marketing Practice, and led Bain’s Customer Practice for the Asia region. She was also an inaugural member of Bain’s Global Women’s Leadership Council. 

Early in her career, Jayne left consulting and spent six years as an executive and was subsequently the CEO of two publishing and marketing related businesses. She later returned to Bain as a senior leader in the Australian practice. 

Jayne holds an MBA from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire USA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Economics from the Colorado College, Colorado USA. 

In addition to her role as the President of Tennis Australia, Jayne is a member of Chief Executive Women and a member of the Scotch College Council in Melbourne. 

Jacqueline (Jacqui) Pirone has served as the President of Tennis Victoria since 2020.   

Jacqui is a leading compliance, regulatory, and risk professional with extensive experience guiding strategic and operational business performance across a range of industry sectors. She is a Director of Risk and Compliance at Wingate Investment Group, where she manages end-to-end functions of risk, compliance and internal audit.   

Jacqui previously served as Group Head Compliance, Risk and Regulatory at Resolution Life Australasia between 2021 and as Ombudsman for the Australian Financial Complaints Authority between 2016 and 2021.   

With a Bachelor of Law from Monash University, Jacqui also served as Special Counsel (Commercial Insurance) at leading global legal practice, Norton Rose Fullbright from 2010 to 2015.   

Jacqui has also sat as a Director for the Emergency Services and State Superannuation since 2022.  

Catherine leads Ernst and Young’s Risk Transformation practice across Oceania, which includes governance, risk and compliance services at both the organisational, business unit, and project/program level. 

One of her team’s specialist areas is in running risk management and analytics as a managed service. 

Her particular industry focus is government and public sector, and she led the Canberra Risk Practice for 5 years, delivering risk consulting, internal audit, corporate governance, P3 risk management and compliance service lines. 

Catherine’s clients have included state and federal departments and regulators, ministerial councils, ASX top 20 companies, not-for-profits and NGOs. She is also a Director on the Board of the Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA). 

Catherine is one of 140 Certified Practicing Risk Managers in Australia. She is certified in the UK Office of Government Commerce Management of Risk program (2013), and is PRINCE2 certified. 

Sameer (Sammy) Kumar is the Co-Founder of Sayers Group and CEO of Sayers Advisory and Investments. 

Sammy is a business leader with over 30 years’ experience in management consulting, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, strategy, technology and ventures. 

Sammy’s work includes significant experience in many overseas markets including the US, Canada, South America and Asia Pacific. 

He has advised companies in a number of sectors including financial services, telecommunications, technology services, private equity and venture capital. 

During his time at PwC he started, led and grew businesses both in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, managing revenues of over $1 billion. 

Sammy is a thought leader on a range of topics including revenue risk management, mega trends impacting economies, and the impact of technology on business strategy. 

Additionally, Sammy was re-appointed to the Board of The Royal Children’s Hospital from 2018, having served as a Foundation Director since 2015 and Chair of the Audit Committee since 2016.  

Diana is a senior partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice in the Melbourne office of King Wood Mallesons. 

Diana’s practice primarily involves securities industry law, fundraising acquisitions and takeovers, as well as the more general aspects of commercial law. 

Diana holds Bachelor of Arts and Laws (Hons) degrees from the University of Melbourne. 

While Diana has worked primarily for Mallesons Stephen Jaques, she has also spent a number of years in London working with Herbert Smith in their corporate group. 

Diana has held various management positions with Mallesons, including Partner in Charge, Melbourne. 

Bill Kusznirczuk is a leading urban and regional planner in Australia. 

He has extensive experience and knowledge spanning over 35 years in all aspects of planning, building, property development, and how cities, regional and rural areas should look in the future. 

He is the founder and Managing Director of Clement-Stone Town Planners. 

Bill Kusznirczuk was the inaugural Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Building Authority in 2013, regulating an industry contributing in excess of $39 billion in economic benefit to the state by over 40,000 registered building and plumbing professionals. 

As Chair, he oversaw the most significant overhaul in the history  of Victoria‘s building and plumbing industry. 

He is an advisor to the Victorian State Government on infrastructure and delivery as a member of the Office of Projects Victoria Advisory Board. 

He also provides expert advice on better building, planning and environmental regulation in Victoria. He was the former Chair of the Building Advisory Council. He is the current Deputy Chair of the Victorian Planning Authority and formally a Board Member of the Growth Areas Authority and the Metropolitan Planning Authority. 

Bill also brings his experience in strategic and business planning, project management, stakeholder engagement, finance, risk and corporate governance. 

He is a Certified Practicing Planner and Associate Fellow of the Australia Institute of Management. He also provides his knowledge to the community, charities and not-for-profit Boards. 

Bill is an Australia Day Ambassador to Victoria. 

Ms Kuralay is a financial services professional and a former Olympian, Matilda and Melbourne Victory player. Ms Kuralay played 28 times for the Matildas between 2004 and 2010 and represented Australia at the 2004 Olympic Games. She is a member of the Australian Olympic Committee and brings a wealth of experience across the financial and sporting sectors which is an asset to the Trust. 

Mr Da Silva is a Principal and co-founder of Hoyle Da Silva Lawyers, a boutique firm specialising in insurance. Mr Da Silva has been actively involved across Melbourne Park for several years, both as a Director of Tennis Australia since 2019, and previously as Director and Vice President of Tennis Victoria. He brings a wealth of experience across the sporting and legal sectors which is an asset to the Trust. 

The Honourable Anthony (Tony) Smith enjoyed a distinguished career in Federal Parliament as Member for Casey from 2001 to 2022.   

During this time, Tony held several positions including Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister John Howard, and several shadow ministerial portfolios.   

Tony served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 until 2021, ahead of his retirement from politics.  

Tony was awarded the Accountability Round Tables’ John Button Award for integrity in performing his duties as Speaker in 2019, and in 2021 he was named the McKinnon Political Leader of the Year, recognised for consistently upholding parliamentary standards and ensuring bipartisan accountability within the Parliament.  

In 2022, Tony was appointed as a Professor in the Practice of Politics at the Australian National University, as well as a member of the Sir Rowland Wilson Foundation Board.   

Tony now sits as Executive Co-Chair of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue.