BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Christopher Thorn - AM
Chairman
Christopher is an accomplished financial services executive with over 30 years’ experience in Partner positions with JB Were, GoldmanSachs Australia, Evans & Partners and most recently, Ernst and Young where he was the Global Solution Lead for Impact Investment and Outcomes Measurement.
Rick Woods
Managing Director
Formerly a member of the Board, Rick was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer for GET in August 2019.
Rick’s experience includes leading the design and execution of numerous local and global turnaround and growth strategies in Australia, the US, Asia, and Europe at Shell, Amcor, and Energy Australia.
Gordon Hoen
Director
Gordon founded Green Eco Technologies (GET) in 2016, taking on the role of Chairman in March 2017 with the aim of developing and commercializing an innovative and environmentally beneficial organic waste management system
Prior to GET, Gordon started his own business, Upstream Solutions, in 1982 and grew it to an annual revenue of $100 million, before selling it in 2010 to focus on other projects including a number of charitable enterprises.
Larry Walsh
Non-Executive Director
Entrepreneur / Southern Cotton
Larry works in partnership with several businesses in the Riverina district in New South Wales. His diverse business interests include an ethanol plant, cotton farming, cotton ginning, fish farming and grain malting.
Joanna White
Non-Executive Director
Joanna is an experienced banking executive and company director. She currently serves on the board of Mission Australia, its Audit and Risk Committee and Mission Australia Housing. She was previously a Director of Opportunity International Australia from 2011 to 2023, including as Chair for the final 5 years.
Cliff Dawson
Non-Executive Director
Founding Partner,
Saward Dawson Accountants
Cliff was founding partner with Bruce Saward when they started their now very successful chartered accounting practice Saward Dawson Accountants, in 1981.
Craig Dugan
Non-Executive Director
CEO Optimal Group
Craig is the CEO of Optimal Group, Australia’s leading supplier of green energy solutions through their partnership with award- winning Capstone Micro Turbines
Peter Nathan
Non-Executive Director
Peter was one of the three core founders of the a2 Milk Company which grew from sales of $7m to $1.3B as the brand was globalised during his leadership over his 14 year tenure. His most recent position before resigning from the Company was CEO Asia Pacific.