Board of Directors

Non-Executive Chairman

Martin was appointed to the iSelect Board and elected it’s inaugural non-Executive Chairman on 7 April 2009. He previously served on the iSelect Board during 2006 - 2007.

Martin was previously Executive Director of the listed investment company Consolidated Media Holdings Limited (CMH), where he was accountable for maximising performance through its portfolio of media investments - FOXTEL, Premier Media Group (Fox Sports) and SEEK. Prior to the creation of CMH arising from the demerger of separate Media and Gaming entities from PBL, Martin was CEO, Convergent Media for PBL, and became CEO – New Media (in mid-2006).

Within the last four years Martin has been a Director or Alternate Director of FOXTEL, Premier Media Group (Fox Sports), SEEK, PBL Media, Ticketek, Hoyts Group, Betfair, Australian News Channel (Sky News), ninemsn, Carsales, Myhome, and iSelect.

Martin also previously held the role of Managing Director for the Optus consumer division between 2001 and 2004 and has held a variety of consumer and technology executive roles with leading global brands including IBM, PepsiCo, Dixons and Rank.

Martin has an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management in the UK. He also holds a Bachelor of Business (Information Technology) from the Western Australian Institute of Technology.

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Damien is the co-founder of iSelect, and from inception of the company in 2000 until April 2009, he held the combined roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In April 2009, given the rapid expansion of the company and in line with best practice corporate governance practices, the Board separated the combined Chairman and Chief Executive Officer function.

Prior to launching iSelect, Damien worked with a variety of multinational organisations and most recently had a key role within pre-eminent stockbroking and investment banking house, Goldman Sachs JBWere. Damien played a important role in the establishment of a strategic and innovative Private Investment Banking business for Goldman Sachs JBWere.

Damien has a number of awards including a finalist in the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and a finalist in the 1996 Young Achievement Australia Young Business Person of the Year Award.

Damien holds tertiary qualifications in both Engineering (Honours) and Law from Monash University plus post graduate qualifications in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. Damien is a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Non-Executive Director

Shaun was appointed to the iSelect Board on 1 May 2003. Shaun founded (in 1994) and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Precision Group, an investor, developer and financier of retail and commercial property across Australia.  Precision owns over A$1 billion dollars of commercial assets in Australia and has diversified its business into financial services and private equity investments, primarily in the IT and health sectors.

Shaun is a qualified lawyer and Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and previously held various corporate advisory roles.    He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Young Presidents’ Organisation.

Non-Executive Director

Nicholas was appointed to the iSelect Board on 6 June 2007 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Nicholas joined ninemsn in January 2007 and is currently the National Sales Director. Prior to that, he held the role of Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy, bringing ten years of corporate finance, strategy and operational experience. He currently sits on the board of two of ninemsn's investment companies, including iSelect.

Nicholas began his career in investment banking at Macquarie Bank in 1997 and spent three years in the Corporate Finance Group. In 2000 he joined Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (part of Citigroup) in London, and worked in a variety of M&A and capital markets roles over the following three years.

Following his return to Australia in 2003, Nicholas joined Lion Nathan's Corporate Group as the Strategy and M&A Manager. Nicholas then moved to the Australian beer business and spent a year in the sales and finance divisions.

Non-Executive Director

Mike was appointed to the iSelect Board on 4 September, 2009. Mike has over 30 years experience in the insurance industry with both insurance companies and insurance brokers.

Previously CEO of Australian Health Management (ahm), Mike has headed other companies including Australasian Medical Insurance Limited (UMP), Australia's largest medical indemnity insurer and prior to that was CEO of Willis Coroon / Richard Oliver (WCRO), the Australian subsidiary of the world's 4th largest insurance broking and risk consulting group.

He has served on several industry association boards including the National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) and as a director of the Australian Health Insurance Association.

Mike currently holds the following non-executive directorships:
Chairman of Integral Energy, Chairman of Eftpos Payments Australia Limited and Director of the advisory board of the Faculty of Commerce of the University of Wollongong.

Non-Executive Director

Joe was appointed to the iSelect Board on 10 November 2008. Joe began her career over 24 years ago working for J. Walter Thompson Advertising in Sydney, London and Hong Kong as a Media Planner and then a Media Director. Joe worked on accounts including Kelloggs, Unilever, Nestle, DeBeers and the Australian Tourist Commission. From 1996 to 2004, Joe worked for Nike Inc in the United States where she held the position of Global Director of Media, Digital and Content.

Joe managed Nike's media investments on a global basis. In addition Joe ran all of Nike's digital efforts through nike.com and established their branded content division. In 2004, she transferred to Nike Japan as Marketing Director to manage Brand Strategy.

In 2006, Joe joined PBL Media as Sales and Marketing Director, responsible for expanding PBL Media services into integrated marketing solutions. In October 2008, Joe was appointed CEO of ninemsn.

Non-Executive Director

Leslie was appointed to the iSelect Board on 14 February 2001. He is a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia.

Leslie has consulted extensively to both publicly listed and unlisted public companies in the information technology and biotechnology industries on corporate and financial planning, intellectual property, corporate governance and strategic planning issues. In his role as a consultant he has been actively involved in advising on the globalisation of Australian companies.

Leslie was previously a director of ASX listed biotechnology company Gradipore (now Life Therapeutics Ltd) and is currently non-executive Chairman of Stem Cell Sciences Ltd in Australia and a non-executive Director of Stem Cell Sciences plc (listed on the London Alternative Investment Market) and Generic Health Pty Ltd.