Merryck Mentors - Australia

Charles Benson   CEO of Merryck & Co Australia, Charles worked at Stephenson Mansell Group as an executive coach and mentor. He spent 6 years, the last 2-1/2 as CEO of the Thomas Cook Group in New York. He was the CFO for 15 years at Deutsche Bank Global Asset Management in London and CFO for 4 years at the Commonwealth Bank Sydney. Charles is a Director of the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation.

Robert Fisher   General Manager of Merryck & Co Australia. Robert has been CEO of several businesses in the book industry: general, cartographic and educational publishing, and retail bookselling. His team leadership has involved multinational subsidiaries in the UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, focusing on growth, acquisitions, mergers and change management.

Theresa Gattung   From October 1999 to June 2007, Theresa was CEO and Managing Director of Telecom New Zealand, the largest publicly listed company in NZ.  Named in Fortune magazine’s list of the 50 most powerful women in international business several times since 2002, she was also included in Forbes’ list of the world’s 50 most powerful women across any sphere in 2006. Theresa is the Chair of Wool Partners International.

Meredith Hellicar   Her senior executive career has included several CEO roles including TNT Logistics Asia, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and InTech Financial Services as well as line, strategic and functional roles. Her non-executive career has included the Chairmanship of Australian public and private companies, international boards and committees.