Not-For-Profit Member
The Committee for Adelaide brings together businesses, industry bodies, community and government to shape the future of Adelaide, South Australia.
We are non-partisan, independent and sector agnostic.
Our membership is diverse and influential, making a significant contribution to the economy and society.
The Committee’s work centres around people, business and capital, and how the interconnection of these areas and their relationship to one another largely determine the economic and cultural health of our society.
We are focussed on harnessing the strengths, passion and insights of our members and partners to shape the future of Adelaide, South Australia.
Raymond Spencer has lived and worked in the US, India and Europe and brings to the role experience across international business, management planning, technology, finance, organisational culture expertise and mergers and acquisitions.
Raymond is currently the Chair of the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) and Zen Energy and is the immediate past Chair of SAHMRI, Scotch College and the State Economic Development Board, among many other corporate and not for profit roles he has held across his career.
Alicia Genet is the General Counsel at Fleet Space Technologies, Australia’s leading space company, based in South Australia.
As an experienced ESG and resources sector executive, Alicia has a background in corporate law and 20 years of experience working in private sector legal, strategic and external engagement roles.
Alicia’s experience provides a strong foundation for her insights into effective ESG frameworks including practical governance and risk management, climate change and sustainability. Alicia’s interests include climate transition action planning and the role of technology and connectivity in achieving global sustainability goals.
Professor Jessica Gallagher is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International and External Engagement at Adelaide University. She develops and maintains the University’s relationships with external stakeholders and communities, locally, nationally and internationally. Jessica aims to be the ‘eyes and ears’ for the University’s diverse range of stakeholders, and to build strong partnerships that enable the University to enrich the communities it serves.
Her career has focussed on business development and strategic partner engagement initiatives in tertiary education. Many of her previous roles have also focused on the development and delivery of orientation, skills training, enrichment and global education programs for domestic and international students.
Hendri is the Deloitte South Australia Managing Partner with more than 26 years’ experience specialising in risk and control transformation, combined assurance, enterprise risk management and business consulting services for complex organisations.
His experience includes large transformation projects, and business advisory services for clients in higher education, public sector, and energy and resources.
His qualifications include Chartered Accountant (CAANZ), Certified Internal Auditor, Master of Business Administration and Honours in Bachelor Accounting.
Anna is the Asset President of Copper South Australia of BHP.
Anna has over 20 years of experience in the mining sector and has a diverse work background in operational leadership, business improvement, commercial transactions and capital projects covering multiple commodities including coal, copper and iron ore.
Before joining BHP, she held a variety of senior operational and functional leadership positions with Rio Tinto including as General Manager Tom Price and Marandoo Mines, Head of Business Improvement Kennecott Utah Copper and as Business Development Executive in Rio Tinto’s London office.
