The Board of
the Australian Rainforest Foundation
David
Butler
Former game conservationist
in South Africa, David emigrated to Australia in
1978. He has been involved with Operation Raleigh,
Quinkan Reserves Trust and is a Founding Member of
the Raine Island Corporation, funding turtle research
in Far North Queensland.
Warwick
Nelson
 Warwick
has extensive and invaluable experience in the advertising,
sales and marketing industries. With initial experience
in retail products as advertising assistant and brand
manager of 3M Australia, Warwick has been an influential
force in management and marketing of the sales promotion
industry since 1976.
Since
1987 Warwick has had his own business,The Promotional
Shop, Sydney, a strong leader in the merchandise
business supplying major companies Australia wide.
Warwick has a strong commitment to the community
and environment through direct involvement in service
clubs for 20 years, and for the last 5 years as
a Director of the Australian Rainforest Foundation,
saving Australian wet tropical rainforests.
John Harold Darling
John
H Darling is both experienced and well connected
in the Asian Pacific region. He is Chairman of
the Darling Group, a professional firm which specialises
in Strategic Partnerships, Investments, Alliances
and Collaborations worldwide with specific reference
to Intellectual Property issues.
John holds a Law Practising Certificate
from The Law Institute of Victoria and Supreme Court
of Victoria in Australia. He is involved with Government
and Commercial Consultancy Work and utilises his
Economics (Hons) and Law (Hons) degrees from The
Australian National University to assist in the definition,
protection, value adding and commercialisation of
initiatives including Intellectual Property aspects
of Commerce.
John lives in South East Queensland
and while travelling extensively for work, maintains
many association, business and social club memberships
useful to his networking worldwide.
Angus Love
Graduating with a Bachelor of Economics
from Macquarie University, Angus began his career
at chartered accountants, Price Waterhouse Coopers
before moving on to the Swiss Bank Corporation (now
UBS) as Corporate Finance Manager.
In 1996 Angus joined
AUSTAR Entertainment Pty Limited reaching the position
of Director – Operations,
responsible for achieving annual revenues of AUS
$250 million while overseeing 500 staff.
After two
years with Telstra BigPond as Business Manager, Angus
then took up his present role as Chief Executive
Officer with The Direct Group the leading provider
of the home shopping experience in Australia and
New Zealand with turnover approaching $200 million.
Angus
is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in Australia (CA).
Warren George Entsch
 Described as 'a handy man with snakes, crocodiles and other wild creatures.' Warren George Entsch was the Federal member for the Far North Queensland electorate of Leichhardt, in the Australian Parliament. He was first elected in 1996, and was returned at three subsequent elections.
Warren was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources 1998-2001 and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources from 2001 to 2006. In 2007 he retired from Federal Parliament to spend more time with his family.
Born in Babinda, Queensland, Warren served in the Royal Australian Air Force 1969-78. His background is diverse encompassing a careers in real estate development, grazing and crocodile industry and company director before entering politics. He is the father of three sons and now spends his time between Cairns and his farm on the Atherton Tablelands.
Warren’s deep passion for wildlife and conservation has been evident with his avid support of the ARF since its inception, securing significant Federal funding over the years. Warren brings invaluable experience to the ARF board.
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