UQEF Board :: University of Queensland Endowment Fund

UQef will be overseen by a board consisting of UQ alumni and prominent business people who will ensure the expectations of benefactors are met.


		Graeme Wood revolutionised the travel industry in Australia when he created the concept for, and co-founded, Wotif.com in 2000. From his simple and innovative idea, Graeme pioneered the company’s development into what is now the Wotif Group, which employs more than 400 people in offices around the world. During his seven years at the helm, Wotif.com became one of Australia’s most successful and well-known online businesses, with Graeme and the company winning awards and accolades along the way, including: • 2008 Suncorp Queenslander of the Year – the state’s highest citizenship honour, recognising individuals who have made a significant achievement in their chosen field and who have made a difference in their community. • Winner of the “Most significant contribution by a large business or corporate” at the Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards 2007. • Winner of the Inspiration iAward and the Tourism & Hospitality category AIIA iAwards 2006. • National winner of the Technology, Communications, E-Commerce and Life Sciences category – 2005 Ernst and Young, Entrepreneur of the Year awards. • Australian Institute of Management Medal for Management Innovation 2004 Management Excellence Awards. • Overall Winner and Winner of Outstanding Achievement by an Organisation in the Services Sector – Premier of Queensland’s SMART Awards 2004. In October 2007, Graeme retired from his role as CEO and Managing Director, but continues to play a key strategic role in the company as an Executive Director and also maintains a significant financial interest. Graeme continues to pursue his interest in technology with his most recent venture being the popular Australian news search engine Wotnews.com.au. As an environmental activist, in 2008 he launched the not-for-profit Wild Mob creating volunteering opportunities in wilderness conservation. The philanthropic Graeme Wood Foundation supports the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research at the University of Queensland and also supports programs developing the creative potential of young people in the performing arts.

		John Wylie is head of investment banking at Lazard Carnegie Wylie, one of Australia’s leading independent investment banks. He has advised on many of Australia's largest mergers and acquisitions, equity market and privatisation transactions in the past 15 years. Mr Wylie is Chairman of the Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust and was Chair of the Steering Committee for the recent $465m redevelopment of the ground. He is a Board Member and Chair of the Investment Committee of Melbourne-based Florey Neurosciences Institute and a member of the Business Advisory Forum of the Saïd Business School in Oxford. Mr Wylie holds a B.Com with First Class Honours from The University of Queensland. He was Queensland Rhodes Scholar in 1983.

		Tim Crommelin is the Chairman of ABN AMRO Morgans Limited (a Participant of the ASX Group). He worked for Corser Henderson and Hale in the stockbroking industry from 1968 to 1974 whilst studying for his Commerce Degree. In 1974, was appointed General Manager of the Girdis Group of Companies (Property Development and Investment) before joining Morgan Stockbroking Ltd (now ABN AMRO Morgans) in 1986. Mr Crommelin is on the following Boards: - Deputy Chairman of CS Energy Limited - Board of Trustees - Brisbane Grammar School, (Government appointee, Director, Advisory Board of the Australian National University Investment Committee - Director, Australian Cancer Research Foundation - Director, Abney Limited - Trustee, Queensland Museum Foundation - Member of the Senate, University of Queensland - Director, Queensland Gas Company Limited

		Darryl McDonough is a solicitor and partner of Australia's leading commercial law firm Clayton Utz and a director of Super Cheap Auto Group Limited. During the past 20 years, Mr McDonough has held board positions on listed and unlisted public companies and private companies; was a commissioner of the Queensland Government Commission of Audit in 1996 and deputy chair and chair of the Queensland Competition Authority. He is an ex Queensland state president of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr McDonough holds degrees in law and accounting from the Queensland University of Technology and a Doctor of Legal Science from Bond University. He authored Annotated Mergers and Acquisitions Law of Australia, published by the Law Book Company Limited from 1986 -1993 and Annotated Takeover Law published in 2000. He is a Fellow of Australian Institute of Company Directors and of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.