THE ETHICS CENTRE BOARD

Peter Joseph AM, B. Com, MBA, Hon. D Univ UNSW FAICD

Chairman
18 April 1997 – present

Peter has long been affiliated with The Ethics Centre. He joined our Board in 1994 and became its Chairman in 1997. His career spans over forty years in business and investment banking. Peter is the current Chair of the Black Dog Institute and The Health-Science Alliance (UNSW Campus) and a Director of Tonic Health Media. He is also the former Chair of St Vincent’s Hospital Ltd, Mater Health Sydney and Riverview College Council.  

Scott Gartrell

Director
26 February 2019 – present

Scott joined the Board of The Ethics Centre in early 2019. Scott has worked in the corporate sector and within Government, across the health, construction and infrastructure sectors. He has worked in executive roles, providing corporate affairs and workplace relations advice to a range of organisations, as well as having served as Chief of Staff to Australia’s first Infrastructure Minister, Hon. Anthony Albanese, in 2008 and Chief of Staff to the then NSW Deputy Premier and Health Minister, Hon. Carmel Tebbutt. Scott joined professional services firm, KPMG, as partner in early 2020, managing a workplace relations practice.  

Narelle Hooper, Master of Mgt (Fin Mgt) MGSM 

Director
26 May 2015 – present

Narelle is Contributing Editor at the AICD’s Company Director magazine after leading its successful relaunch as Editor-in Chief (2017-2022). She’s an advisor to online innovation platform Idea Spies and HR scale up Mwah (Making Work Absolutely Human) and has served on the boards of  Documentary Australia Foundation, Tasmanian Development Board and women’s entrepreneurship accelerator SBE Australia. Narelle has worked in digital, print and broadcast media with the Australian Financial Review, ABC, SBS TV and Medium Rare Content Agency. She is co-author of New Women New Men, New Economy on how sustainable leadership drives performance and innovation.

Stuart Marshall, BEcon, MBA 

Treasurer
9 April 2014 – present

Stuart recently retired as a partner of 20 years with KPMG specialising in audit and advisory in real estate and construction sectors.  He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and is a registered company auditor. 

Michael Pain, B. Sc. (Hons),  MBA (INSEAD), MAICD   

Director
18 April 1997 – present

Michael retired as a Managing Director from Accenture in 2017, after a career leading various businesses across Australia, SE Asia and Asia Pacific including practices such as Strategy, Management Consulting, Finance & Risk.  Michael also led the Analytics practice in Australia, as part of Accenture Digital, and the corporate citizenship activities of Accenture.   Michael’s current activities include NFP Directorships, start up investing and consulting, and an active family life.  He is currently also a Director of Child Fund Australia.  

Steve Tucker, BEcon

Director
February 2021 – present

Steve is currently Chairman and Founding Partner at Koda Capital, an independent Private Wealth advisory firm, Non-Executive Chairman of Urbis, Non-Executive Director of FNZ Asia Pacific,  and a founding Non-Executive Director of The Banking and Finance Oath. Previously Steve was CEO of MLC from 2004 until 2013. Steve was a leader in raising the standards for Financial Advisers and advocating for a stronger focus on the ethical obligations of individuals and their accountabilities in delivering financial services. Steve holds a Bachelor Of Economics degree from the University of Western Australia.