Interview with Helen McCombie

Helen is currently a senior consultant with Cannings Corporate Communication.

In 1979 she emigrated to Australia and joined the ABC where she worked as a reporter, producer and later, finance editor for the news and current affairs department until 1987. Following this Helen became finance editor for the Ten Network contributing stories to the 5pm News Bulletin and late night news daily business segments.

Helen joined Business Sunday as a reporter in 1993 where her stories centred on her interests in retailing, marketing, food and industry. In August 1997, while on holiday in the Snowy Mountains, she reported on the Thredbo disaster for Sunday. In her spare time Helen is a keen tennis player and skier.

Interview Panel Members

Graham Bradley
Graham is Chairman of Stockland, HSBC Bank Australia Limited, Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited, Anglo American Australia Limited, Proteome Systems Limited, Po Valley Energy Limited and Boart Longyear Limited.

He has been a Director of Singapore Telecommunications Limited since March 2004. Graham was the Managing Director of Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited for eight years until September 2003 and was the National Managing Partner of Blake Dawson Waldron and a Principal of McKinsey & Company prior to that. Graham is a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee and the Human Resources Committee.

Eileen Doyle
Dr Eileen Doyle is Chair of Port Waratah Coal Services and the Hunter Valley Research Foundation. Dr Doyle is also a Director of OneSteel, Hunter Medical Research Institute, State Super Financial Services, Ross Human Directions Ltd, CSIRO and Steel & Tube Ltd, New Zealand. She is also a Conjoint Professor at the University Of Newcastle Graduate School Of Business.

Previously, Dr Doyle was a member of the Austrade Board, President of the Australian Wood Panels Association. She has held a number of directorships including Newcastle and Hunter Business Chamber, Rail Services Australia and Australian Mathematics Trust.

Melanie Willis
Melanie is a director of listed companies WHK Group and Aevum. She is also on the Board of Hydro Tasmania and was previously an investment banker with Deutsche Bank, BT and Westpac where she was involved with capital raising, structured finance, infrastructure and capital management.