OUR BOARD

Mr Alan Griffin, Advisory

Alan Griffin is a former Australian politician who represented the Division of Corinella and Bruce. Educated at the Australian National University (ANU) and first elected to Parliament in 1993 he was a Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and assisting the Shadow Minister for Health from 2003 to 2005. Following the 2007 Federal Election he was appointed Minister of Veterans’ Affairs and in 2010 as the Minister for Defence Personnel. Alan was also Parliamentary (Cabinet) Secretary to former PM Kevin Rudd in 2013.

Alan has extensive expertise in Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, and has served on many committees including “Employment, Education and Training”; “Legal and Constitutional Affairs”; “Economics, Finance and Public Administration”; “Communications, Information Technology and the Arts”  and “Community Services”.

Mr Grantly Mailes, Principal

Grantly Mailes is globally recognised as a leading technologist, strategy advisor, keynote speaker and public policy professional.

Demand for his expertise has seen him deliver keynote addresses and executive workshops and advise government leaders and prominent firms in over 10 countries. He specialises in the digital transformation of government agencies and government service delivery, healthcare, education, telecommunication and financial services companies. He has run executive education programs for many Australian and international firms.

Grantly was the inaugural Chief Information Officer for the South Australian Government from 2005, working closely with the Minister for Infrastructure and department chief executives to improve citizen service delivery while reducing costs. From 2012 he was the inaugural Chief Technology Advocate as well as Deputy Secretary Innovation and Technology for the Victorian Government. Previously, Grantly was a partner in Ernst & Young and Technical Director of Booz Allen Hamilton. He has worked on engagements in Australasia, south east Asia, north Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.  Grantly holds graduate degrees in mathematics, physics and marketing and an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

Mr Anand Chukka, Partner

Anand Chukka is an influential Australian professional holding a Masters IT qualification from Swinburne University, Australia and another Master's in Computer Applications from Osmania University, India. Posses a successful track record of Large-scale IT Implementations with Business Readiness and organising Corporate Events; large Cultural Festivals and Entertainment events.

He provides consulting advisory services to enable business to drive growth and value-added outcomes strategically. He is currently an Event Director with VIT Events (Event Management and Consulting Services) and past experience was working as “Project Manager and Principal Consultant” with TechnologyOne in implementing Education Solutions across both Australia and Overseas.

With more than 14 years of combined expertise in sectors: Education, Supply Chain, Customer Service and Event Management; Is highly customer focussed professional driving strategic partnerships and value-added services through Project/Performance Management; Business Readiness; Change Management; Business and IT Implementations. Anand specializes in providing business insight and operational improvements while integrating both financial and operational drivers with innovation and creativity. He is a Certified Professional in Earned Value Management (EVM) and Project Management – Prince 2.