Governing Board

The Authority has a Governing Board appointed by the Minister for Industrial Relations, with Board members appointed for three-year terms. Board members have a mix of skills, qualifications and experience, providing representation for employers and workers across the covered industries. The Governing Board provides strategic direction and ensures we fulfil our statutory responsibilities.

Chair and Deputy Chair

Julius Roe, Chair

Julius Roe’s career spans 40 years in industrial relations, including as a Fair Work Commissioner from 2010 to 2017.

He is a member of the Police Registration and Services Board. Since 2017, Julius has been working as a consultant, handling mediation in a diverse
range of workplace disputes in the public and private sectors.

Julius has been a leader in vocational education and training policy, including various boards at both state and national level. He was National President of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union from 2000-2010.

Claire Filson, Deputy Chair

Claire Filson has worked extensively in the financial services sector, with more than 20 years’ boardroom experience in superannuation and infrastructure businesses.

Before taking a break to travel in 2010, Claire was a Director on the Board of Emergency Services and State Superannuation, a 150,000-member public sector superannuation fund managing $15 billion.

Claire has a mix of skills spanning law, governance and risk management and is currently a director of Greater Western Water and Redundancy Payment Central Fund Limited and the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation.

Representing unions and workers

Leon Wiegard

Leon is the Assistant Branch Secretary of the Australian Services Union. The ASU cover workers across the community services sector. Leon has worked at the ASU representing community sector workers for over 18 years and has sat on a number of state government advisory committees including, out of home care, NDIS and mental health and has worked with members across many community sector industrial and policy matters.

Leon also sits on the Victorian Trades Hall Council executive.

Lloyd Williams

Lloyd Williams is the National Secretary of the Health Services Union (HSU), representing over 110,000 workers in health, aged care, and disability services.

With over 35 years in national and state union leadership, he leads the HSU’s strategic, financial, policy, and political direction. Lloyd is a skilled advocate for workforce and service delivery reform and has led industrial bargaining and award reform in the health, care and support sectors.

Lloyd is a current Director of the ‘HumanAbility’ - Jobs and Skills Council and a member of the Commonwealth ‘National Aged Care Advisory Council’, Lloyd has previously served on numerous boards, including HESTA, IFM Investors Advisory Board and various commonwealth and state industry reform taskforces.

Nicholas Richardson

Nicholas is National Coordinator for Property Services at United Workers Union. Nicholas’ responsibilities centre on working with the cleaners and security guards that the union covers. Nicholas currently sits on the Victorian Security Industry Advisory Council. He has been deeply involved in driving improvements in conditions for cleaners and security guards for the last 13 years.

Representing employers and industry

Tim Piper AM

Tim Piper is the Head of the Australian Industry Group’s Victorian branch, advocating for more than 12,000 businesses in Victoria and over 60,000 across Australia.

He has had significant engagement with government at all levels. He chairs the Industry Capability Network, is Deputy Chair of the Rail Industry Advisory Council and sits on several Ministerial Committees and government bodies. During the financial year he was also on the Board and a Director at Global Systems Institute.

A lawyer in private practice in Australia and the UK, Tim was previously Executive Director of the Australian Retailers Association in Victoria. Tim was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours List for significant service to industry and manufacturing, to skills training and to multicultural youth.

Rachaell Saunders

Rachaell Saunders is founder and CEO of National Protective Services, a leading national security organisation that specialises in both protective services and electronic security. Having founded the organisation in 1988 Rachaell has an extensive career within the security industry.

Rachaell has various qualifications in marketing, international business, risk management, security and business. As CEO of National Protective Services, she sets the strategic direction for the business with a focus on operations, finance, human resources, sales and marketing.

RachaelI has been on the board of the Australian Security Industry Association Limited the peak body for security employers for several years and is currently Vice President.

Juanita Pope

Juanita Pope is CEO of the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS), the peak body for social and community services in Victoria. A lawyer specialising in the not-for-profit sector, Juanita is a strong voice on social justice and has 20 years’ experience in not-for-profit governance and leadership.

Juanita previously worked for a decade at Justice Connect as Head of Not-for-profit Law and, before joining VCOSS, held the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary at climate advocacy charity, The Sunrise Project. Juanita has also practiced in corporate law and at the Federal Court of Australia. She holds degrees in law (with honours) and arts from the University of Melbourne.

CEO and Registrar

Joseph Yeung

Joseph Yeung is an experienced government Senior Executive and was previously the Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Premier and Cabinet from 2017 to 2019.

Before joining the Victorian Government, Joseph was an Assistant Secretary in the Civil Justice and Corporate Services Division at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department in Canberra. A chartered accountant and lawyer, Joseph is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and also holds an MBA (Executive).

As Registrar, Joseph is a non-voting member of the Governing Board. As Chief Executive Officer, Joseph is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Authority and its operations.

Audit and Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee consists of the following members: Claire Filson, Rachaell Saunders, Leon Wiegard and Stephen Brown (independent member).

Stephen Brown, independent member

The ARC’s independent member, Stephen Brown, has held senior positions in the banking and finance industry with KPMG, ANZ, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, RSD Chartered Accountants and Rural Finance Corporation during his executive career. He has held various governance roles including being a director at Vision Super.

Stephen is currently Board Chair at North East Water and a director at VicWater and Bendigo Stadium Limited. He is also an independent Audit and Risk Committee member at City of Greater Bendigo and South Gippsland Water.

Having completed a Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Stephen is a registered Company Auditor, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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