Judges & Education Committee

Chris Beale- Chris Beale is Managing Partner of Alinda Capital Partners, an independent, private equity firm based in New York that manages the $3 billion Alinda Infrastructure Fund. He was previously a Managing Director and global head of project finance at Citigroup. Chris obtained B.A. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Sydney, before coming to the U.S. to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Craig Chapman- Craig is a partner in the international law firm Sidley Austin LLP and is qualified to practice New York law.  He is currently head of Sidley's European Capital Markets practice and focuses on corporate and securities work for financial institutions, corporations and governmental entities, particularly those domiciled in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia.

Bruce Richards-  Bruce T. Richards is Managing Director and Head of National Australia Bank in the Americas.  Mr. Richards has been with NAB for eight years and previously worked with UBS and The Chase Manhattan Bank.  He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the American Australian Association, the Executive Committee of the Institute of International Bankers, and is a Director of the US-NZ Council.

Australia to USA Fellowship Judges

Chris Hurford- Chris Hurford is a former Member of Federal Parliament, serving as a Minister in the Hawke Government having entered Parliament in 1969. He served as Australia's Consul-General in New York for four years. There he co-founded the Australia Society and the American-Australian Studies Foundation. He was educated at the London School of Economics.

Linda Bardo Nicholls- Mrs Nicholls is a corporate advisor and a director of a number of leading Australian companies and organizations. She is Deputy Chairman of Healthscope and a Director of St George Bank, Sigma Pharmaceutical Group, and Insurance Manufacturers Australia. From 1997 to 2006 she was Chairman of Australia Post. Mrs Nicholls has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dr. Jim Peacock AC is Chief Scientist for the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training. He is a former Research Fellow, CSIRO

Peter Sheehan- Dr. Sheehan currently serves as Director of Strategic and Economic Studies as Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia 

John Stocker- John Stocker has a distinguished career in pharmaceutical research and experience in management of research, development and commercialization. He is the Chairman of CSIRO and Sigma Company, and a Director of Telstra, Circadian Technologies and Nufarm. The Australian newspaper named him ‘Australian of the Year’ in February 1992. He was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia in June 1999 and was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003.