Board of Directors

Mr Andrew Jaggers PSM

Brigadier Leigh Wilton AM

Director
Appointed: December 2019
Reappointed: December 2022

Qualifications
Master of Arts (Strategic Studies)
Master of Management
Bachelor of Business
Graduate Diploma in Information Systems
Graduate of the Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC)
Graduate of the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS)
Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course

Biography
Brigadier Wilton AM was appointed to the Board as the nominee of the Chief of the Defence Force. She graduated from the Royal Military College to the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps in 1991. Her early appointments included regimental and staff positions as a supply officer and as a project manager. Her command experience includes a posting as the Officer Commanding Supply Company, 7th Combat Service Support Battalion and the inaugural Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor of the Army School of Ordnance. Brigadier Wilton has held a range of staff appointments at both Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. She has held positions as the Senior Officer Manager within the Career Management Agency, directing staff at both the Australian Command and Staff College and the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, and as the Chief of Staff for Headquarters 633 – Afghanistan and Chief of Staff for Army Headquarters. Brigadier Wilton was appointed as the Director General Personnel – Army in 2016. In this role she also held the appointment as Deputy Head Army People, and was recognised for her work by being awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on the Queen's Birthday 2018. In 2019 Brigadier Wilton was appointed to her current position as the Director General Career Management – Army. In March 2022, Brigadier Wilton transferred to the Australian Army Reserve.

Ms Monique Hamilton PSM

Director
Appointed: August 2023

Qualifications
Oxford Advanced Management Leadership Programme, Said Business School, University of Oxford
Diploma Customer Contract Management, Australian Business Academy

Biography

Ms Hamilton was appointed to the Board as the nominee of the Secretary of Defence in August 2023. She has extensive experience in service delivery across government with the Health Insurance Commission, Services Australia and the Department of Defence. Ms Hamilton is the First Assistant Secretary, Group Operations where she is responsible for oversight of the Defence Digital Group’s (DDG) central functions and driving the consistency and efficiency of the DDG business to ensure a focus on core ICT capabilities. Her prior role was as the First Assistant Secretary, Service Delivery where she managed the large-scale delivery of corporate and essential on-the-ground services to sustain the Defence estate and support personnel across Australia.
On 10 June 2024 Ms Hamilton's achievements were recognised in The King's Birthday 2024 Honours List (Meritorious Awards). She was awarded a Public Service Medal (PSM) for her outstanding public service in delivering significant and enduring reform in project and contract management.

Ms Andrea Galloway

Director
Appointed: November 2016
Reappointed: November 2019, November 2022 (3-month ext.), February 2023, January 2026 (12-month ext)

Qualifications
Bachelor of Business Administration
Graduate of the Executive Program (University of Michigan)
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Justice of the Peace
Certified Chair

Biography

Ms Galloway has over 30 years of executive management experience for national and multinational commercial organisations, including leading Spherion, Lucent Technologies and AT&T in the Asia Pacific and South Pacific. She was Managing Director of Evolve Housing, one of Australia’s largest community housing providers, from 2011–2019. Most recently she was the CEO of Coleman Greig Lawyers.

In 2014, Ms Galloway was awarded the Australian Telstra Business Woman of the Year and the NSW Telstra Business Woman of the Year for Innovation.

Ms Gai Brodtmann

Director
Appointed: February 2021
Reappointed: February 2024

Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Politics, Sociology and English)
Bachelor of Arts (Public Relations)
Graduate Certificate in Business
Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course
Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Australia
Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association

Biography

Ms Brodtmann is currently a board member of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, chair of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, co-founder and chair of Fearless Women and a distinguished advisor at the National Security College. Ms Brodtmann is also a regular presenter and panellist on national security, public policy and women’s leadership.

Elected as the Member for Canberra from 2010⁠–⁠2019, Ms Brodtmann served as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence from 2013⁠–⁠2016 and Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security and Defence from 2016⁠–⁠2019. She also served on various committees, including the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit.

Prior to her political career, Ms Brodtmann was a small business owner from 2000⁠–⁠2010 and non-executive director, and a federal public servant, mostly with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Attorney-General's Department from 1990-2000.

Mr Frank Marra

Director
Appointed: January 2026

Qualifications
Advanced Management Program (Harvard)
Fellow CPA Australia (FCPA)
Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Post Graduate Diploma (Professional Accounting) (ECU)
Bachelor of Economics (UWA)

Biography

Frank retired as the CEO of DevelopmentWA in 2023 and prior to that was CEO and CFO of LandCorp, the Western Australian Government’s land and infrastructure development corporation. He has been involved in the governance of company boards for over 15 years and is currently the Board Chair of TRCB Architects; Deputy Chair of Bethanie Housing Ltd; non-executive director of The Bethanie Group Inc and My Home Australasia Ltd; and an Investment Committee Member of the Noongar Boodja Trust. With significant experience in senior executive and board roles, Frank is a strategic leader who drives for positive impact through innovative organisational performance.

Frank has a strong background in property and infrastructure development including urban renewal, commercial and tourism developments, strategic industrial land projects and master planned communities. He has international experience, is an accomplished conference presenter, has intimate knowledge of the machinery of Government and his experience extends to company mergers, ESG and sustainability, audit and risk management, corporate IT implementations, stakeholder relations, environment and planning regulation and affordable housing.

Mr Graeme Ross

Director
Appointed: February 2026

Qualifications
Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Science in Architecture

Biography

Mr Ross is an experienced real estate and finance executive with a corporate career of more than 30 years in strategic consulting, commercial banking, investment banking, funds management and real estate development and investment. His career has spanned both major financial institutions and large real estate and funds management organisations. His experience encompasses corporate and financial advisory, M&A, and capital raising across equity and debt markets. More recently he has acted in roles as an independent evaluation panel member for Housing Australia and Homes NSW with respect to social and affordable housing programmes.

Mr Ross was formerly the Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) where he had responsibility for all institutional real estate relationships in Australia and internationally including Asia, Europe, USA and the Middle East. Prior to joining CBA, Mr Ross was the Head of Business Development (incorporating M&A and Strategy) at ING Real Estate Investments Australia. Mr Ross came to this role after an extensive career in the investment banking sector with both Goldman Sachs Australia and Deutsche Bank (where he was Head of Real Estate Investment Banking for Australia and New Zealand). In his career as an investment banker Mr Ross was a trusted advisor to boards and management teams and managed major M&A transactions and equity and debt capital raisings including IPO’s.

Mr Ross’ foundations in real estate, investment and funds management stem from his career at Lendlease Corporation, where he held roles across the real estate spectrum, from development, investment and funds management, acquisitions and divestments and capital raisings. His experience spanned multiple asset classes (including office, retail and industrial property), and included major acquisitions, and the formation and listing of new real estate investment trusts.

Throughout his career Mr Ross has had broad experience with boards and corporate governance issues both as a management representative and as a corporate advisor. Additionally, he has a broad understanding of real estate markets forged across market cycles, capital structures and credit risk assessment.