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Tony D'Aloisio, Sue Murray and Susan McDonald judged the inaugural 2011 Australian Workplace Giving Awards.

Bringing together a wealth of experience in the corporate and community sectors, each of the three judges brought a unique understanding of workplace giving to the award process.As Mallesons managing partner in 2002, Tony's legal and taxation expertise was invaluable in the establishment of The Australian Charities Fund.

Leading the National Breast Cancer Foundation through a period of unheralded growth and brand recognition, Sue Murray worked alongside corporate partners as they rolled out some of Australia's first workplace giving programs.

With hands-on experience and intimate knowledge of corporate aspirations, Susan McDonald was involved in the initial rollout and internal promotion of the workplace giving program at JBWere and Goldman Sachs JBWere.

Working together to judge nominations, their combined backgrounds ensured the perspective of all entrants was given full consideration by judges in a unique position to recognise the merits of each entry.

 

Tony D'Aloisio

Tony D'Aloisio (BA 1971, LLB(Hons) 1973) is the former Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC).

After graduating from Monash, Mr D'Aloisio was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and the ACT, and as a solicitor in NSW.

He was chief executive Partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques between 1992 and 2004, a company he joined 1977 as a commercial lawyer. His principal areas of practice were mergers and acquisitions, taxation and restrictive trade practices, and international trade and investment.

In addition to practicing law Mr D'Aloisio held a number of management and business positions within Mallesons - roles that involved extensive assessment of legal markets in Hong Kong and China, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the US and the UK.

Mr D'Aloisio received Managing Partner of the Year in 2001 and 2002 at the Australian Law Awards. He also received the Australian Government Centenary Medal in 2000 for services to law and taxation.

Mr D'Aloisio was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) from 2004.

Mr D'Aloisio was appointed as a commissioner for ASIC in late 2006 and was named chairman in early 2007.
Mr D'Aloisio stepped down from his position as ASIC chairman in May 2011.

 

Sue Murray

With a background in education and specialty in health promotion Sue has been a passionate advocate for improving the health and well being of the community throughout her career.  She has more than 20 years experience in the community sector and held positions with responsibility for education, media, communications and fundraising.

During the 10 years Sue led the National Breast Cancer Foundation she positioned the organization as one of the most highly recognized organizations in the community sector.  This brought significant growth in the number of companies and individuals choosing to support breast cancer research.  It also enabled the NBCF to publish Australia's first ever National Action Plan for Breast Cancer Research and Funding which has changed the way breast cancer research is supported and managed in Australia.

Building on this experience, Sue has created the George Foundation for Global Health.  This involves supporting and promoting  research into the prevention of chronic disease and injury particularly in disadvantaged populations across Australia, India, China and the United Kingdom.

Sue Chairs the Macquarie Community College, is a director of Research Australia and member of the Advisory Council of the Centre for Social Impact.

Susan McDonald

Susan McDonald has more than 20 years' experience in the business of services marketing, across industries including financial services, airline travel and health care.

She has held senior Marketing and Strategic Planning roles at Goldman Sachs, JBWere, Medibank Health Solutions and Australian Airlines (now Qantas).

With a strong interest in developing strategies to enable corporates to more effectively support the communities in which they operate, Susan was involved in the initial rollout and internal promotion of the Workplace Giving program at JBWere and Goldman Sachs JBWere.

Susan holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne and has post-graduate qualifications in Business and Marketing from Monash University and RMIT University.

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