Senior Executives


Ross E Barker
BSc (Hons) MBA (Melb) F Fin. Managing Director.

Mr Barker was appointed Managing Director in February 2001. He was appointed a Director of the COmpany in 1996. He is also Managing Director of Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited, Djerriwarrh Investments Limited and Mirrabooka Investments Limited.

Geoffrey N Driver
B Ec, Grad Dip Finance. General Manager Business Development and Investor Relations.

Mr Driver joined the Company in January 2003. Previously, he was with National Australia Bank Ltd for 18 years in various roles covering business strategy, marketing, distribution, investor relations and business operations.

R Mark Freeman
BE, MBA, Grad Dip App Fin (Sec Inst), AMP (INSEAD). Chief Investment Officer.

Mr Freeman joined the Company in February 2007. He was formerly a Partner with Goldman Sachs JBWere. His primary role during that time was advising investment companies with their investment and dealing activities. As such he has a depth of knowledge and experience of investment markets and the Company’s approaches, policies and processes.

Simon M Pordage
LLB (Hons), FCIS, MAICD. Company Secretary.

Mr Pordage joined the Company in February 2009. He is a Chartered Secretary and has over 13 years company secretarial experience and was previously Deputy Company Secretary for Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited and prior to that was Head of Board Support for Barclays PLC in the UK. He is Deputy Chairman of Chartered Secretaries Australia’s Victorian Council, Chairman of CSA’s National Legislation Review Committee and a member of two of their national committees, the Communication Committee and Corporate and Legal Issues Committee. 

Andrew JB Porter
MA (Hons) (St And), FCA. Chief Financial Officer.

Mr Porter joined the Company in January 2005. He is a Chartered Accountant and has had over 18 years experience in accounting and financial management both in the United Kingdom with Andersen Consulting and Credit Suisse First Boston and in Australia where he was Regional Chief Operating Officer for the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of CSFB. He is a member of the User Focus Group of the Australian Accounting Standards Board. He is also a non-executive Director of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.