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Professor Iain Morrison

Chairman

 

Professor Morrison was appointed Chairman of UCG in 2012.

Professor Morrison’s other Directorship experience includes; Director of Melbourne-IT, where he was foundation director of the University of Melbourne-established company from 1996 through to his retirement as a Director in 2012, Director of Tele-IP, a telecommunications company, Director of AuDA, the Australian Domain Name Regulator, Director and subsequently Chair of the Victorian Multimedia Centre Pty Ltd.

His previous appointment was as a Professor of Information Systems at Bond University, Professor of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne where he was also Assistant Vice-Chancellor (IT) and Registrar (IT) for 10 years.

Rafael Luna

Executive Director

 

Mr Luna is the original founder of UCG and has been in the telecommunications industry for over 20 years.

He has extensive experience in all areas of the telecommunications and media services industry, with a successful track record of delivering complex, high volume fulfillment projects.
Mr Luna has hands-on experience building the management team and operating systems of UCG to successfully roll out installation and maintenance services nationally for blue-chip companies such as Austar, Foxtel, Optus and Telstra – managing over 500 technicians and 160 staff.

Mr Luna has a Graduate Diploma of Business Administration from the University of Queensland and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

ROGER MCARTHUR

Executive Director

 

Roger has over 40 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry. Starting as a Radio Technician in New Zealand Post, before training and qualifying as an engineer with the New Zealand Police then completing a MSc and working as a research scientist at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories in the UK. Roger has worked for telecommunications operators, vendors and consultants in Europe, Middle East and Australasia. Roger has worked for UCG for over 10 years and has been instrumental in its growth and development in Australia and New Zealand.

Roger engages with all levels of UCG’s business to drive technology and process innovation, to the benefit of both UCG and its clients. He has been responsible for innovation and delivery on a number of firsts for UCG’s clients such as pioneering materials specification and design standards for MDUs with nbn. Roger gets involved in the planning stages of projects, including installation and maintenance activities, through to planning, and commercial assessment of technology based projects. Roger is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

MARK FOLEY

Non-Executive Director

 

Mark has over 20 years’ experience in senior management including as CEO/Managing Director of ASX publicly listed Broadcast Services Australia Ltd (BSA), Director of Brumby’s Bakeries Holdings Ltd., non-executive Chairman of Utility Services Group Limited and non-executive Director and CEO for charity organisation Youngcare.

Mark is also currently Chief Operations Manager for the FKG Group.

Graham Twartz

Non-Executive Director

 

Graham was appointed to the Board in October 2017.

Graham has over 30 years of experience in finance and executive positions mainly in publicly listed companies. Graham provides independent business advice to a number of businesses, generally covering the development of strategy or assistance in the execution of transactions.

Graham chairs the Advisory Boards of technology companies, Comunet and Avinet.

Previously Graham was CEO of Hills Industries after being Finance Director of that Company for over 15 years.

Dante Miranda

Executive Director and CFO

 

Mr Miranda joined UCG in 2001 and is an accountant by profession with over 15 years’ experience in accounting, finance and management.

He has experience and knowledge in corporate governance, finance and administration. As Chief Financial Officer, he is focused on ensuring finances are properly managed, and also shaping the direction of future growth plans.

Previous experience includes: audit within a chartered accounting firm, audit and advisory with the Australian Taxation Office, administration and support for the British Transport Police, several senior finance and management roles within the telecommunications, tourism and the airline industry (including Head of Finance for Airlines of Papua New Guinea – a publicly listed company trading in the Port Moresby Stock Exchange – where he was instrumental in the company’s IPO and the establishment of policies, procedures and reporting to satisfy the board and public listing requirements).

Mr Miranda has a Bachelor of Commerce from James Cook University and is a member of CPA Australia.

Clint Luna

Non-Executive Director

Clint joined UCG in 2009 and held both operational and commercial roles within the business leading to his final role as General Manager Operations Australia ending late 2018. Clint has taken up the position of Chief Executive Officer of MVP Asia Pacific Inc, a Philippines based company MVP connects small, medium and large enterprises with offshore professionals for the purpose of reducing overhead costs and increasing scalability. Clint’s previous roles were Group Commercial Manager where he had overall commercial responsibility for the Australian and New Zealand operations, as well as General Manager – Bespoke, FTTB, HFC and Greenfields. With involvement in the setup and operation of every department, Clint has a comprehensive end-to-end understanding of the business.

An experienced executive and board member with a demonstrated history of working across multiple industries, Clint has a history of process reengineering and the setup of offshore teams done the right way. Clint draws on his prior experience in commercial development in the pharmaceutical industry as well as management and analyst roles in the automotive sector in order to ensure UCG’s success.

Mr Luna has a Bachelor of Business focused in Business Administration and Management from The University of Queensland.

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