Christopher Brown

AM Executive Chair

Between 1992-2011, Christopher Brown led two of the nation’s most high profile CEO-based industry associations – the Tourism & Transport Forum and Infrastructure Partnerships Australia. He is now Executive Chair of Taylor Street Advisory, providing professional services to blue chip organisations such as Lend Lease, Brisbane Airport, Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Urban Growth NSW, SAP Australia, Elanor Investors Group and the City of Parramatta.

Christopher is a Director of logistics developer, Moorebank Intermodal Company Ltd and the University of Western Sydney and sits on the Advisory Board of ANZ Stadium. He served on the Federal/State Commission that nominated Badgerys Creek as Sydney’s second airport and is founding Chair of the high-powered Western Sydney Leadership Forum.

In addition to his role as founder and Executive Deputy Chair of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia he was industry representative to the National Ministerial PPP Panel, a member of the Commonwealth’s Infrastructure Security Forum, Convenor of the Australian Cities Roundtable and brokered international alliances with UITP, Serco Institute and PPP forums in the UK, USA & NZ.

Christopher started (but never completed) a degree in Economics & Law at Sydney University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, an Adjunct Professor at the UTS Business School, and a graduate of the NZ Institute of Strategic Leadership & ADC’s Future Leader Program. He was the 2000 Olympics Attaché for Botswana, and an Ambassador for both the Paralympic Games & the Australian Republican Movement.

Born and educated in Parramatta, he still lives with his wife and two sons in the Emerald City. In the June 2014 Queens Birthday Honours List he was made a Member in the Order of Australia to recognise his service to industry and the community.

Betty Klimenko

Owner and manager of Erebus Motorsport 

After 16 years participating in motorsports as a sponsor in the Forumla 3 and GT categories, Betty purchased the Stone Brothers Racing outfit in 2013 – along with one of its racing Entitlement Contracts – making her the first woman to head a GT and a V8 motorsports racing team.

The renamed Erebus Motorsport team achieved outstanding success in the GT class with Australian GT Championship driver Peter Hackett, and was the first organisation outside Europe to purchase the AMG Customer Sports SLS AMG GT3 Gullwing it races in the GT Championship. When Betty Klimenko entered V8 Supercars she broke the mould giving fans a new level of accessibility. An extremely popular personality the motorsport matriarch loves to provide glimpses of behind-the-scenes action to the public.

Born in Sydney, Ms Klimenko is the daughter of the late John Saunders, co-founder of Westfield. She’s a commercial property developer in her own right and a Director of Terrace Tower Group.

Boyd Cordner

Sydney Roosters, NSW State of Origin, Australian Kangaroos

Boyd Cordner is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. A New South Wales, Country Origin and Australia representative player, Cordner primarily plays at second-row and lock.

At just 25 years old, Boyd has won a premiership with the Sydney Roosters in the 2013 NRL season and his representative honours include 6 Tests for Australia (2013,14,16), World Cup (2013), Four Nations (2014,16), 6 games for NSW (2013,2015,2016), Country Origin (2013). Boyd was also the captain of the 2017 NSW State of Origin team.