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Retired Public Servant Takes Chair |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Monday, 04 December 2006 |
The newly elected board of Communications Alliance has
chosen Neville Stevens as its independent non-executive Chairman. Stevens was previously
Chairman of the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) before it
merged with the Service Providers Association Inc (SPAN).
The two organisations merged in September to form
Communications Alliance and Stevens has since occupied the position of
Co-chairman of the transitional Communications Alliance board with former SPAN
Executive Chairman John Kranenburg.
Stevens has played a series of key industry roles for more
than 20 years, including five years as Deputy Secretary, Department of
Industry, Technology and Commerce, three years as Secretary, Department of
Industry, Technology and Regional Development and eight years as Secretary,
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
Since resigning from the Public Service in April 2001, he
has undertaken a range of assignments for public and private sector
organisations. He is currently Chairman of the Australian Centre for Advanced
Computing and Communications (Ac3), and National ICT Australia (NICTA) as well
as a member of the Advisory Board for the Australian Research Council Centre of
Excellence in Complex Systems.
Stevens said he was looking forward to being at the helm of
the first elected Communications Alliance board as it charted the future
direction of the new industry body.
"We have a group of extremely capable directors on the new
board and I have no doubt that we will be able to make a valuable contribution
to planning the growth of our industry," Mr Stevens said.
"I would also like to thank John Kranenburg for the tremendous
effort he put into ensuring the success of the merger of our two
organisations."
www.commsalliance.com.au
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