Catriona Lowe(Chair) is the co-CEO of the Consumer Action Law Centre. Prior to joining Consumer Action, Catriona was a Director in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Policy and Liaison Branch. She was Deputy Director and the first Principal Solicitor of the legal practice at Consumer Law Centre Victoria and spent five years in practice as a litigation lawyer.

Nicola  Howell (Deputy Chair ) is an Associate Lecturer in Law at the Queensland University of Technology. She was previoulsy the Director of the Centre for Credit and Consumer Law at Griffith University and has worked at both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in senior policy and project roles. She also has strong links with consumer and community organisations, developed through her government career and through policy work with the Consumer Credit Legal Services in NSW and Victoria.

 

Kerry Connors (Member) is currently the Executive Director of the Consumer Advocacy Panel. She was previously the Executive Officer of the Consumer Utilites Advocacy Centre, based in Victoria. Kerry has broad experience in the public sector, primarily with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including a posting to the Australian Embassy in Seoul. She has also managed her own consultancy business, strengthening relations between the private and community sectors.

Chris Joyce (Member)

John Furbank (Member) formally a senior manager with fair trading and trading standards authorities in Australia, United Kingdom and Fiji, is now a regulatory practice consultant specialising in advising industry on compliance with technical standards and best consumer practice. John represents consumers on Standards Australia Committees including Organic and Biodynamic Products, Food Products and Electrical Product Safety. John is also a member of the NSW Expert Committee on Gene Technology and the author of ‘’Buying and Selling Organic Food” re-published by SAI-Global in 2008.

Richard Foster (Member) is the CEO of the Financial and Consumer Rights Council.

Peter Gartlan (Treasurer) has been a financial counsellor for a number of years and is based in the Yarra Ranges in Victoria. Peter is also a consumer representative on the board of Insurance Brokers Disputes Limited.

Ian Jarratt (Member) is a retired economist and policy analyst.  He is a member of the Queensland Consumers Association and currently specialises in research and advocacy on energy and grocery market information issues, especially grocery unit pricing.  Ian is a consumer representative on several Queensland consumer advisory committees.