Financial Basics Foundation (ABN 90 114 612 270) is a company limited by guarantee, with a license to omit the word "limited" from its name. It acts as the corporate trustee for Financial Basics Foundation Trust (ABN 98 330 368 210), a charitable trust.

Board of Directors

Barrie Adams PSM, FCPA – Chairman/Director

Barrie has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors. For over nine years (until 31st March 2000), Barrie was the Queensland Regional Commissioner for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

Since leaving ASIC, he has been appointed to a number of company boards and is chairman or member of a number of Compliance Committees, particularly in the financial services industry. Barrie has been a director of Collection House Limited since November 2002 and Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee of that company since January 2003.

Barrie is currently a Director of Ingeus Limited, Nuplant Limited and Steel Foundations Limited and associated companies.

In January 2000 he was awarded a Public Service Medal for his work as Regional Commissioner of ASIC and is a fellow of CPA Australia. Julie Tealby B.Bus, CPA CIA - Secretary/ Director Julie is the Internal Audit Manager for Collection House Limited and previously held positions of Financial Controller and Company Secretary for five years until September 2000. Prior to this she held financial and management accounting positions with an international consulting engineering firm as well as a consultant to the CEO of Collection House Limited.

Tarryn McMullen MBA B.Bus, Grad. Cert Bus (Philanthropy and Non-Profit Studies) – Director

Tarryn is currently the Head of Group Strategy and the Managing Directors Office at the Bank of Queensland. She has several years experience in the not-for-profit industry, including being the inaugural staff member of Financial Basics Foundation (formerly Collection House Foundation), and working in fundraising and marketing for the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Sandra Kenman - Director

Sandra Kenman has extensive experience working with secondary schools, curriculum authorities, and resource development agencies. She manages her own consultancy business which provides advice to educational groups at local, state and national levels.  Sandra has degrees in Education and Law.

Dr Adrian McCullagh GAICD - Director Adrian is a director and Chief Technology Officer with a Software company located in Brisbane.  He is a director of “Careflight” Queensland and the State Government owned corporation, “Ilab Pty Ltd”. Adrian has degrees in Law and Computer Science as well as a Ph.D. in electronic commerce law.  He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and recently retired as a lawyer after 22 years in private practice.

Constitution

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Constitution (110kb)

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Annual Report

The 2002-2003 Annual Report for Financial Basics Foundation is available via the below link.

Annual Report 2002-2003 (3 Mb)

Annual Report 2004 (386 kb)

Annual Report 2005 (1.84 Mb)