Our Board of Directors

  • Bill Armagnacq (Independent)

    Formerly a senior executive at Heritage Bank, Bill is an experienced non-executive director, company secretary and chair with key skills in corporate governance, risk, finance and legal within the APRA regulated sector. Bill brings specialist expertise in the areas of corporate governance, risk management and compliance. Bill was previously chair of the Glennie School Board Toowoomba.​

  • Jacqui Francis (Member Nominated)

    Jacqui has held senior executive positions within Townsville Catholic Education since 2013, initially as the Director of Organisational Services and more recently as Executive Director. Jacqui has extensive experience in governance and management and has held leadership roles in learning and development, organisational development and human resources.

  • Jim Clarke (Independent)

    Jim brings extensive global ICT experience in investment management in the energy, utilities, telecoms and transport sectors. Having previously headed up Products, Pricing and Marketing for Telstra Global in Hong Kong, Jim has specialist competencies in the areas of stakeholder engagement, change management, strategic planning, transformation and board governance.

  • Joanne Ford (Independent)

    Joanne has experience in dynamic start-ups and complex listed multinationals in retail FMCG, technology and health education businesses in ANZ, North America and South Africa. An experienced non-executive director, Joanne has strong leadership, finance, operations, governance, risk management and ICT experience in the for-profit and for purpose/not-for-profit sectors.

  • Leesa Jeffcoat AM (Member Nominated)

    Leesa has extensive experience as an educator and administrator in Catholic and independent schools having been the Diocesan Director of Catholic Education (Diocese of Rockhampton) since 2001. Leesa was the former Chairman of Mercy Health and Aged Care Central Queensland Limited and Chair of the Queensland Studies Authority. In 2013 Leesa was awarded the honour of Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division. Leesa has been a director of CEnet since 2007, having served as company chair for the past two years.

  • Milton Scott (Member Nominated)

    Milton is the Director of Information Technology Services (ITS) at Sydney Catholic Schools having joined in 2002. Prior to joining Sydney Catholic Schools, Milton held commercial and senior IT executive roles with the ANZ Bank involving the deployment of business-critical systems throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Milton has been involved with CEnet since its inception as CASTNet in 2003 and has served on multiple committees and working groups during that time.

  • Patrick Cooper (Member Nominated)

    Patrick is the Diocesan Financial Administrator for the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst. An experienced General Manager and Chartered Accountant, Patrick was previously employed as the General Manager, Information Services (CIO) for Essential Energy (formerly Country Energy). Patrick was appointed to the CEnet board in 2019.

  • Peter Effeney (Independent Chair)

    Peter has a strong shared services background with experience in complex stakeholder organisations. He was the inaugural CEO of SPARQ Solutions (the ICT service provider of Queensland’s two government owned electricity companies). Peter was also CIO and General Manager of Service and Process at Ergon Energy. Peter has been appointed by the members as the Independent Chair of CEnet.

  • Susan Rix (Independent)

    An accomplished business leader and company director with over 35 years’ experience as a chartered accountant and corporate advisor assisting clients in varied aspects of commercial, financial and taxation matters. Susan's exceptional financial, audit and board governance skills were gained through her work with BDO, as non-executive director with the Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority (now QRIDA) and her experience as Chair of the Catholic Education Finance Committee. ​