Board of Directors
Gary Michael Cohen
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BCom LLB LLM (Hons)Mr Gary Cohen was appointed Chairman in September 1999 and CEO in October 2007 following the acquisition of iSOFT Group Plc. He was a leading legal practitioner and a principal of an Australian investment bank. He has extensive expertise in the IT industry.
Other current public company directorships: Director of Tag Pacific Limited.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Nomination Committee
Stephen John Garrington
Director, Group Business Development and Strategy
Mr Stephen Garrington was appointed as Director of Group Business Development and Strategy in January 2008 and has been a Director of iSOFT since August 2004. He was Chief Executive Officer of IBA Health Limited prior to the acquisition of iSOFT Group Plc and led the business through its international expansion into the emerging markets. Prior to that, Mr Garrington held two senior positions in the Health IT industry. He was Chief Executive Officer of Torex Health, a division of Torex Plc and prior to that the Managing Director of ACT Medisys a subsidiary of Misys Plc. He has over 25 years experience in health information systems in a number of international markets including the UK, continental Europe, Africa, Middle East and South East Asia and is now leading iSOFT’s entry into new market sectors within our established territories and market entry in new geographies.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Nomination Committee.
Anthony Gardiner Sherlock
Non-executive Director
B.Ec FCAMr Anthony Sherlock was appointed a Director of iSOFT Group Limited in February 2000. He is a former senior partner of Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), with over 25 years experience in providing strategic and risk management advice to companies in a variety of industries. Mr Sherlock has been appointed by both the Federal and State Governments to a number of industry committees. Other current public company directorships: Director of Stockland Capital Partners Limited, Export Finance Insurance Corporation Limited.
Special responsibilities: Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee, Member of the Nomination Committee.
Peter Harry Wise
Non-executive Director
DipIDMr Peter Wise was appointed a Director of iSOFT in September 1999. In association with directorships within the Tag Pacific Group, he has been actively involved in a large number of Australian and New Zealand industries and business sectors. His broad business experience in both executive and non-executive capacities in public and private companies spans a period of over 35 years.
Other current public company directorships: Chairman of Tag Pacific Limited.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee, Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Prof. Claire Louise Jackson
Non-executive Director
MBBS (Uni of Qld) MPH (UQ) CertHEcon(Monash) GradCert Management (QUT) MD (UQ) FRACGP GAICD
Professor Claire Jackson was appointed a Director in November 2004. Professor Jackson has been active in general practice undergraduate and postgraduate education and research for many years, and has been extensively involved in health services research and reform since the early 90s. She was last year appointed to the 12 member National Primary Care Strategy Expert Reference Group and provided a commissioned paper for the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission on new models in primary care. As Director of the University of Queensland Field Support Service, she was heavily involved in the development of Australian Divisions of General Practice in the mid 90s. She has been a member of Queensland’s General Practice Advisory Council, is immediate past Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Qld Faculty), past Chair of the RACGP national College Council, served as a member of the Brisbane Inner South Division of General Practice and South East Alliance of General Practice Boards between 1999 and 2007, and was a member of the Management Committee of the Brisbane South Centre for Health Service Integration. Professor Jackson is also an active clinician in part-time general practice in Brisbane.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Nomination Committee.
Ian Tsicalas
Non-executive Director
BA, B.ComMr Ian Tsicalas was appointed a Director in May 2008. Mr Tsicalas has significant operational experience having managed both public and private companies. He was Managing Director of Australian Discount Retail Pty Limited until May 2007. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of the Warehouse Group Australia and a director of The Warehouse Group Limited. Mr Tsicalas was also previously Managing Director of Commander Communications Limited and Howard Smith Limited.
Other current public company directorships: Independent Chairman of Oceania Capital Partners Limited, Independent Director of STW Communications Group Limited, Independent Chairman of Allco Managed Investment Funds Limited.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Remuneration Committee, Member of Audit and Compliance Committee, Member of the Nomination Committee.
Robert Bernard Moran
Non-executive Director and Alternate Director to Ian Tsicalas
LLB, B.Ec, MAICDMr Robert Moran was appointed a Director in November 2008, having acted as an Alternate Director since May 2008. Mr Moran is the Managing Director of Oceania Capital Partners Limited, the Company’s largest shareholder. He has been involved as a principal investor for over 10 years, being involved at a Board and strategic level in a variety of businesses and sectors, taking an active involvement in the underlying businesses. Robert has a long involvement in the heath IT sector, having been involved with IBA Health before its initial IPO. He is experienced in investment banking activities, including financings, capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions and has practiced corporate and commercial law at a senior level. He was responsible for the private equity business within the Allco Group. Mr Moran is also a director of Trans Tasman Collections Holdings Pty Limited, Krispy Kreme Group and Chairman of Signature Security Group.
Other current public company directorships: Oceania Capital Partners Limited, AWA Limited, Tag Pacific Limited.
Special responsibilities: Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Nomination Committee.
Dr James Charles Fox
Non-executive Director
BE MEngSci PhDDr James Fox was appointed a Director on 6 July 2009. He has more than 25 years’ experience as a public company director, and a track record of building technology-based companies in international markets. He is Chairman and Non-Executive Director at Biota Holdings Limited, Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman at Elders Limited; and Non-Executive Director at: Air New Zealand Ltd, MS Research Australia and TTP Group (U.K). Dr. Fox was Managing Director at Vision Systems Limited from 1993 to 2006, which developed, manufactured and sold cancer diagnostic systems to healthcare markets in Australia, North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Special responsibilities: Member of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Nomination Committee.
Howard T. Edelman
General Counsel and Company Secretary
BA JDMr Howard Edelman joined iSOFT in November 2006 as General Counsel and was appointed Company Secretary in August 2007. He has extensive experience in financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law. Prior to joining iSOFT, Mr. Edelman was a senior lawyer at Allens Arthur Robinson in their Corporate and Commercial Department. Prior to that, he worked in the Regulatory Policy Branch of ASIC. In addition to being an Australian qualified solicitor, Mr Edelman is a U.S. qualified attorney and was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop in Sydney and prior to that spent 7 years with Skadden Arps in Sydney, New York and Hong Kong.