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.

Managing Director

Damien is the co-founder of iSelect, and from company inception in 2000, he held the combined roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In line with best practice corporate governance, The Board separated the combined Chairman and Chief Executive Officer function in 2009, and Damien assumed the role of Group Chief Executive Officer.

In his role as Managing Director, Damien focuses on projects of high strategic value to iSelect, including accelerating the already rapid growth of our new businesses, including Home Loans.

Prior to launching iSelect, Damien gained commercial experience with large corporations including General Motors Holden, and worked in executive positions with pre-eminent stockbroking and investment banking house, Goldman Sachs JBWere.

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 FINSIA (the Financial Services Institute of Australasia).

Executive Director

Matt was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of iSelect in February 2012, overseeing the day to day operations of the iSelect group of companies and became a Board Director at that time.

Matt joined iSelect in 2008 as Corporate Development Director to drive iSelect’s group strategy, including M&A and Corporate Finance. In this role, Matt was responsible for expanding the iSelect consumer offering via the launch of new business categories and for attracting additional investment to support the continued growth of the company. In 2011 Matt lead the successful acquisition of Infochoice, and the continued development of the iSelect management team. Matt was appointed to the iSelect board in September 2010 as Company Secretary.

Matt has 15 years of strategy, M&A, corporate finance, legal and operational experience in early stage, high growth companies. Prior to joining iSelect, Matt spent a decade in the UK, developing and running start-up technology and media businesses. Before leaving the UK, Matt was the Commercial & Strategy Director of British Telecom Plc's mobile TV business unit - Movio.

Prior to this, he was the Business Affairs Director and Company Secretary for Shazam Entertainment Limited, where he was responsible for commercial and corporate strategy, and international development (including fundraising and investor relations).

Matt holds a Bachelor of Laws and trained at the international law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. He is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Federal and High Courts of Australia.

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

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

Pat was appointed to the iSelect Board on 22 September, 2010. Pat is CFO of the PBL Media Group since February 2007. Prior to that he was COO of PBL, a position he has held since February 2006. Before joining PBL, Pat was the CFO of Optus, a position he held for over three years with responsibility for the company's financial affairs including corporate finance, taxation, treasury, risk management, procurement and property.

Previously, Pat held a number of positions at Goodman Fielder, Burns Philp and Company Limited, and PwC.

Pat is currently a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme.

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.

Company Secretary

Trevor joined iSelect in 2010 and holds the position of General Counsel with responsibility for legal and compliance. Trevor was appointed to the iSelect Board in February 2012 as Company Secretary. Trevor has over 12 years legal experience and prior to joining iSelect, worked for Freehills in Melbourne and Eversheds in London, advising primarily on corporate and commercial matters. Trevor holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Information Technology and is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria.