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CHRIS DOOGAN AM, Chairman
 

Residence: Canberra, ACT

Term of Office:  Chairman since December 2010. Deputy Chairman from December 2007 to December 2010. Director since March 2006. 

Current Directorships of other Community CPS Australia Limited related entities: Eastwoods Group Ltd, Eastwoods Wealth Management Pty Ltd, Eastwoods Accounting and Taxation Pty Ltd and CPS Waymouth Pty Ltd.

Current Directorships of non Community CPS Australia Limited related entities:  Director, Centre for Customs and Excise Studies Pty Limited; Director, Grinston Pty Limited.

Skills, experience and expertise: Chris was formerly a Director of CPS Credit Union Co-operative (ACT) Limited, a Director of Community CPS Foundation Limited, Chairman of a mutual health insurance company, Australian Health Management Group Limited, Chairman of Law Courts Limited (a company owned by the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales) and a Director of St Vincent’s Health Australia Limited.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Law, the Principal Member of the Commonwealth Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel, a member of the Commonwealth Tax Practitioners Board, a member of the ACT Legal Practitioners Admission Board and a member of the ACT Rugby Judiciary. He is a barrister and holds degrees in administration and law (honours), is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Australasian Mutuals Institute, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a past Defence Fellow.

Membership of Community CPS Australia Board Committees and Committees Established by the Board: Member of the Board Governance Committee.
 
Other interests:  Over many years, Chris occupied several professional and voluntary community positions including having been Vice President of the Australian Institute of Management, a member of the Board of Management for two hospitals and a member of a charity Board fund-raising for medical research.