auDA Board

About the auDA Board

The auDA Board is constituted as per Section 18 of the auDA Constitution. The Board is made up of four (4) directors elected by Supply Class Members; four (4) directors elected by Demand Class Members; the auDA CEO (as a non-voting member of the Board); and up to three (3) Independent Directors appointed by the Elected Directors. 

Current Directors 

Board Committees

The Board has established the following standing committees:

Security and Risk Committee

• Suzie Ewart (Chair)
• Joe Manariti
• James Deck
• Nigel Phair
• Damian Smith

Governance Committee  

• Sandra Hook (Chair)
• Erhan Karabardak
• Grant Wiltshire

Chairman’s Committee (Incorporating Finance and Audit)

• Chris Leptos (Chair)
• Sandra Hook
• Suzie Ewart

Advisory Committees

The Board has established the following Advisory Committees:

• Member Constitutional Advisory Committee
  Established to review and make recommendations on potential reforms to ensure auDA's Constitution reflects the organisation's purpose and values
• Security and Stability Advisory Committee
  The role of the SSAC is to advise and inform auDA on all matters pertaining to the security and stability of the .au domain space: in review

auDA Director remuneration schedule

Effective 27 October 2014

Renumeration for Independent Directors (including the Chair) is capped at $150,000 per annum.

This currently allocated as follows:

Chair
Annual renumeration: $70,000

Independent Director
Annual Remuneration: $40,000

Elected Director
Fee per meeting (Board only*): $1,000

Under clause 5h. of the auDA Constitution remuneration of directors is approved by ordinary resolution of the members of auDA in general meeting. The last review of director remuneration was in 2014 and was approved by member vote, with 100% of supply class votes and 93% of demand class votes.

Past Directors