About us

Ty joined the Board in May 2023 and has 30 years’ of experience in financial services including superannuation, insurance and reinsurance, investment consulting and management.  His most recent full-time role was as the CEO of Unimutual, a mutual insurance company specifically for the Australian higher education sector.
Ty was a student at Macquarie University, living on campus, and also winning the inaugural Ted O’Keeffe Scholarship awarded on the basis of academic achievement and contribution to University sport and the University as a whole.
Ty has both a Bachelor and Masters of Economics from Macquarie University, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Actuaries Institute.

Professor Johnson is Director of University Teaching and Administration, Director of Professional Standards, The Australian Computer Society, Chairman of the Scholarships & Academic Committee, Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Finance & Property Committee, Member of the Joint House Committee, Member of the Community and Foundation Committee.
Michael Johnson has been Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Macquarie University since 2002. He was Foundation Director of the Macquarie-DEC ICT Innovations Centre (2002-2012) and Founding Scientific Director of the Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub, and he is a Director and Company Secretary of Dunmore Lang College. Formerly he was the Head of the Department of Computing (1997-2000), Associate Director of the Centre of Australian Category Theory (1999-2015) and Vice-President and Chair of the University’s Academic Senate (2006-2008). He was runner up for the Inaugural (1997) Australian Award for University Teaching in all Science disciplines. He held continuous Australian Research Council large/discovery grant funding for over 20 years and he served the ARC on successive selection panels for The Australian Laureate Fellows (the highest individual award of the ARC), as well as in earlier years the Future Fellowships.
Nationally he serves on the Australian Computer Society’s Professional Standards Board and is the Director of Professional Standards (2011-2015 and 2017- ), he has chaired numerous ACS accreditation inspections, and he served on CORE’s Curriculum Committee as well as the Decadal Plan for Mathematics Curriculum Committee for Universities. Internationally he is, since 2015, Deputy Chair of the Seoul Accord, he has been a consultant to two European Commission FP7 projects and he has regular academic activities at several institutions in Europe and North America. Before joining Macquarie he obtained honours degrees in Mathematics and Psychology, a Graduate Diploma of Education, a PhD in Pure Mathematics and a National Research Fellowship, and he engaged in psychological research and statistical consulting as well as industrial computing.
Michael is a Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society, a Fellow and Certified Professional of the Australian Computer Society, and a life member of the American Mathematical Society.

Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Finance & Property Committee, and Member of the Scholarships & Academic Committee.

David Barker is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). In 2016, he was awarded a PhD in Law by Macquarie University. He is Secretary and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. He has held many other positions, including Secretary, Chairperson and President of the Australasian Law Teachers Association (ALTA), former Chair, Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD), Member of the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board, Editor of the ALTA Research Series, Legal Education Digest and Cavendish Essential Law Series and Co-Editor of Law Asia. He is a former Dean of the Law Faculties of UTS and the University of Westminster (UK) and was Head of the University of Hertfordshire School of Law (UK). He is also a past President of the City of Sydney Law Society (2009).
He is the author of the best-selling UK law book, Law Made Simple and the Australian law book, Essential Australian Law.
In 2006 in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM): ‘For service to legal education in Australia and the Pacific region, to professional associations and to the community.’

Senior Lecturer Macquarie University law School, Macquarie University Faculty of Arts board member, Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, NSW Law Society Litigation Law and Practice Committee member, Legal Education Review editor.
Author of Civil dispute Resolution: Balancing Themes and Theory 2022 (Cambridge University Press) and Civil Procedure 2012 (Palgrave Macmillan)

Mark Byrne is the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for Duncan Technology which operates in the parking industry. Mark’s previous roles include CEO of Cryosite and CFO roles for various companies over the last 20 years. He has extensive financial expertise having worked in both listed and private companies.
Mark holds memberships with Chartered Accountants of Australia, Governance Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has a Bachelor of Economics majoring in Accounting and Statistics and completed a MBA from Macquarie University in 2002. Mark attended Dunmore Lang College from 1983 to 1987.

Cassie is a courageous, connected, and curious leader, passionate about inspiring and supporting others to embrace a growth mindset and healthy striving for excellence; collaborating to create a sense of belonging and fulfilment.  Cassie evidences a clear passion for managing IT service teams and projects which connect to the human experience.  A dedicated and well-practiced range of skills sees Cassie and those she leads and supports able to reliably amplify intended business outcomes. 
With over 20 years’ experience in the IT and Business Services industry, Cassie has held a variety of senior leadership roles for large, iconic brand organisations and has enjoyed a number of career-defining engagements.

Selina has over 20 years’ experience in financial services across banking, superannuation and investment. She has expertise across capital, funding, risk management, data and IT project delivery.
During her executive career, Selina served on numerous committees including: the Macquarie Bank Mortgages leadership team. She also chaired the Mortgages Pricing committee and Customer retention committee.
Selina was a resident at Dunmore Lang College and has a Bachelor of Economics in Actuarial Studies & Finance (Macquarie University), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA), Diploma in Financial & Debt markets (AFMA).

Danielle brings over a decade of experience across operations, transformational change, customer experience, and people and culture advisory, gained through roles in global big four professional services firms and ASX 200 organisations. She is known for her ability to lead complex change, drive strategic outcomes, and foster inclusive and high-performing workplace cultures.