In 2003, he left KPMG to become a founding member of Oxia . This start-up venture began with a clean sheet of paper in May 2003 and over the next four years raised over USD$3m in venture capital and took the product from an idea to market in over 7 countries where its customers have included the prestigious Bergdorf Goodman on 5th Avenue in New York, a number of Westin Hotel properties and many of the USA’s NHL Ice Hockey teams.

In 2006, through Joshua’s connection with ADPA (his father is Russell Brownlie, Federal Vice President and Tasmanian President) he was asked to use his accounting skills to combine previously obtained data (W.D. Scott and S.O. Sedger 1994) into a user friendly computerised format. Extensive re-working was required however over a period of 18 months the ‘ADPA Denture Cost Calculator’ was created.

Mr Scott Donoghue
Mr Donoghue is the PrincipaI of Retirement Tasmania, a financial planning practice based in Hobart which is part of the IRIS Financial Group Ltd. Unlike many large Financial Planning firms, IRIS has no Institutional ownership or control, rather individual practices own all shares. He has worked as a Financial Adviser since January 1994. During this period Scott has been a Principal and Adviser in two separate offices. He is Chair of the IRIS Investment Committee which oversees the investment of around $600 million on behalf of clients.

Mr Donoghue holds a Diploma of Teaching (Primary) from Australian Catholic University, a Diploma of Financial Planning and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Science from Deakin University and a Masters Degree in Financial Planning from the University of Sunshine Coast. He also holds the internationally recognised Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) qualification from the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA).

In 1999 he was selected as being in the Top 50 financial planners in Australia by Personal Investment magazine. He has also continuously been the regular Financial Planning talkback and consultative specialist on ABC Statewide radio for over 10 years.

Ms Colleen McGann
Colleen is Vice Chairman of the Australian Health Insurance Association, a position she has held since 2003. She commenced employment at St Luke’s Health Insurance Head Office in February, 1962 and during her employment there undertook academic studies at T.A.F.E. in Accounting and later in Business Administration.  She progressed from mail clerk through each administrative level up to Managing Director, which is the position  she holds today. Colleen has worked in the Health Industry for the past forty five (45) years and is currently Managing Director of St Lukes Health.

Colleen also holds the position of Vice President of the industry body – Australian Health Insurance Association, is a ministerial appointment to the Prostheses and Devices Committee and Chairman of many national committees on behalf of the Industry. She is also President of the Australian Regional Health Group. For eighteen (18) years, until May, 2004, Colleen was actively involved with the management of St Luke’s Private Hospital and held the position of Managing Director at the time of the sale of the hospital. Colleen is actively involved in other organisations such as Rotary, MyState Financial Foundation and is a Director of Tastel Community Telco. Colleen was named Telstra Tasmanian Business Woman of the Year in 2002.

Colleen has the enjoyable hobbies of walking, reading, theatre going and travel. She joined the Rotary Club of Launceston on 17 May, 1995 and became President of that club on 28 June, 2000.

Mr Ian Chambers
Mr Chambers is an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon currently in Private Practice at St John’s Hospital, Calvary Health Care Tasmania and a Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon at Royal Hobart Hospital. With specialist qualifications in Oral Surgery (MDSc ) ; Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine (FFDRCSI) and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (FRACDS(OMS)

Dr Jeffrey Mount
Dr Mount completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery at the University of Adelaide (1974), military service as a Surgeon Lieutenant with the RAN (1974/75), Master of Science at the University of London (1978/79) and became  a member of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in 1989. He was principal of a large general practice in Adelaide CBD for thirty years, focused on restorative dentistry and implants, prior to making the ‘sea change’ to Hobart. He is practising part time in restorative dentistry. Dr Mount has taught and lectured extensively, within Australia and throughout the world, across a diverse range of subjects at universities including a 12-month sabbatical, full time position as clinical lecturer to the Master of Science students in the Conservative Dentistry Department, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, whilst continuing guest lectures throughout UK, central Europe and the USA.

Dr Mount has held many key positions within the profession, including President and Chairman of the South Australian Foundation for Dental Education & Research, Board Member of the Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre, Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International and of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry and Chairman of the Scientific Program Committee for the Australian Dental Association Congress.

Ms Tracy Penn
Ms Penn has developed a broad range of management skills through her roles as a practice manager in the dental industry and dental related fields over the past 22 years. Her management roles have involved responsibility for large teams of people and process functions within those practices. Tracy has augmented this practical experience through the completion of a Diploma in Practice Management with Financial Management Research Centre and a Behavioural Dental Science Diploma.

Tracy now works for Software of Excellence Pty Ltd as Sales and Business Development Manager; she also works as a consultant providing dedicated business management and training to many practices and their teams as well as developing and running The Oasis Academy. As a public speaker Tracy is a dynamic communicator who provides practical, real-world training that delivers proven skills for achieving remarkable results. She has been sought by many national bodies such as the Australian Dental Association (ADA), Australian Dental Prosthetist Association (ADPA) and the Australian Association of Practice Managers (AAPM) to present lectures and hands-on training for their members and delegates.

Dr Paul Taylor
Dr Taylor has been practising part-time as a forensic dentist for 18 years. His local work involves identification of deceased victims of crimes and accidents where visual identification is not possible. He also assists the police with investigations of incidents where his dental and technical expertise are useful. Paul has been involved in the investigation of some high profile incidents including the Port Arthur shootings. He was deployed to Bali after the bombings and in 2005 spent 2 months in Thailand with the Australian Federal Police teams doing post-mortem examinations and dental identifications on tsunami victims.

As a member of the Australian Defence Force High Readiness Specialist Reserve, he has undergone and maintains full military training for immediate deployment with forensic teams to any area of Australia’s strategic interest, including Iraq and Afghanistan. He holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, a Master of Science in Dentistry, is a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International and is one of only a few forensic odontologists in Australia to have gained specialist recognition by a state dental registration board.

Associate Professor Greg Woods
Professor Woods completed an undergraduate degree (BSc(Hons)) at Monash University, postgraduate degree at the University of Tasmania (PhD) and has worked as a research scientist in Toronto, Canada; London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland. Appointed to the University of Tasmania in 1989 and joined the Menzies Research Institute in 2006. Current appointments: Member, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania; Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania and Associate Head Student Affairs, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania

Professor Woods has an international research profile having contributed significantly to the field of dendritic cells, specifically in the area of Langerhans cells, cancer and the development of the neonatal skin immune system, the effect of sunlight on the developing skin immune system and the role of vitamin D3. He was one of the first in the world to indicate that immature dendritic cells induce suppression. Since undertaking studies on the Tasmanian devil major progress has been made in understanding its immune system and how devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) escapes immune recognition. Involvement with the Devil Facial Tumour Disease has created unique opportunities and research programmes. He showed for the first time that devils can produce an immune response to DFTD.