Board of Directors

Board Chair and Independent Member
Bob Johnson
- Chair of AE Board since 2020;
- Director of the Pyrmonte Group;
- Former CEO of Pacific Access;
- Producer of Yellow Pages Australia;
- Executive background in advertising, sales and publishing.

Non-Executive Independent Member
Parnell McGuinness
- Co-Founder and Managing Director of Strategy and Policy, Agenda C;
- Weekly Columnist for syndicated Nine newspapers;
- Media Contributor – Various (Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, ABC Online, ABC Radio National and TV, Sky News).

Non-Executive Member
Mark Rushworth
- Joined UP Education in 2018
- Former CEO of Pay Mark, Pacific Fibre, iHug, and the Fixed and Broadband business unit for Vodafone, NZ
- Non-executive director of NZ-listed Freightways
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and a Master of Engineering Management from Canterbury University

Non-Exective Member
Colm Saunders
- Joined UP Education in 2018
- Former CFO of Xtralis Group, WElink Group, Thirdforce and Zamano plc, Ireland
- Former Director of Operations & Strategy for Avaya Inc
- A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Master of Accounting from University College, Dublin; BSc Management (First Class Honours) from Trinity College, Dublin; a Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation from Harvard Business School