The auDA Board
The auDA Board provides oversight and strategic governance to auDA, supporting us to administer .au for the benefit of all Australians.

Marina Go AM
Appointed Director and Independent Chairperson
November 2025 - November 2028
Marina currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Metcash, Southern Cross Austereo and Transurban and is Chair of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations and outgoing Chair of Adore Beauty.

Sandra Davey
Appointed Director
October 2022 - November 2025
Sandra Davey is a product coach with Organa Minds Pty Ltd. She coaches people, teams and leaders in Agile and new ways of working and in optimising how organisations bring their digital products to market.

Peter Elford
Elected Director
October 2023 - November 2026
Peter Elford is an Australian Internet veteran and passionate Internet advocate having “built the Internet in Australia” in 1989 as the second employee at the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet).

Brett Fenton
Appointed Director
November 2024 - November 2027
Brett Fenton is Chief Operating Officer at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS), where he brings commercial expertise to environmental conservation.

Sarv Girn
Appointed Director
November 2025 - November 2028
Sarv brings strong experience to the Board from executive roles at I-Med Radiology Network, Reserve Bank of Australia, Westpac, and Commonwealth Bank.

Sandra Hook
Appointed Director
October 2022 - November 2025
Sandra Hook is an experienced Board director with a Non-Executive career spanning diverse sectors including Communications: IT, Technology & Digital; Health Tech; Tourism, Leisure & Retail; Urban renewal; Agri-business; Government; Research and Policy.

Claire Rogers
Elected Director
November 2024 - November 2027
Claire is a strategic leader with deep expertise in driving growth, innovation, and digital transformation across a broad range of financial services and for purpose entities at executive and board level.

Thu-Trang Tran
Appointed Director
October 2023 - November 2026
Thu-Trang began her career as a commercial and information technology lawyer in Sydney. She has been able to combine her social justice values, strategic leadership, and regulatory expertise over the past two decades in private and public sector organisations in Australia and overseas.

Mike Trovato
Elected Director
October 2022 - November 2025
Mike is a cyber security, privacy and technology risk advisor to boards, board risk committees, and executive management. Mike holds leading Australian and US roles; currently he is IIS Partners Managing Partner and Lead Security Advisor; ICG, Global Cyber Practice Leader; and Cyber Risk Advisors, Managing Partner.

Tina Wyer
Appointed Director
November 2024 - November 2027
Tina Wyer is a Chartered Accountant and former Financial Services executive, with global experience in driving strategic initiatives and advising organisations on leveraging data and technology for operational optimisation and achieving business goals.
auDA Board Charter
The auDA Board Charter sets out the role, responsibilities and structure of the auDA Board.
Board Skills Matrix
The Board Skills Matrix sets out the mix of skills, experience and personal attributes required for auDA’s effective board governance, oversight and strategic leadership.
Board observer protocol
The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (formerly the Department of Communications and the Arts (DoCA)) has a role as a non-voting observer of the auDA Board. Details of this arrangement can be found in the following documents:
auDA Director remuneration schedule
Effective 1 July 2025
Aggregate remuneration for Directors (including the Chair) is capped at $690,000 per annum (including superannuation).
Chair
Annual remuneration: $114,000.00.
Independent and Elected Directors
Annual Remuneration: $57,720.00.
Committee Chairs
Additional annual Remuneration: $5,720.00.