Denzil Griffiths
Syndicates 5, 14 and 17

Chairman since:
January 2006

Current Executive / Board positions:
Denzil operates a management advisory business, specialising in performance improvement for individuals, Boards and organisations.  He is also a coach and mentor to individual clients.

Executive Chairman, Northern Territory Oil Limited


Memberships:

Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow, CPA Australia
Member, Stanford Graduate Business School Alumni Association

Achievements:
Denzil has substantial CEO and Board experience, gained over 30 years in a wide range of business and government settings, specialising in turn-around situations.

He has been CEO of a variety of organisations - from start ups to one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. He was the inaugural Commissioner of State Revenue in Victoria.
His experience as a Company Director includes 16 years with a major regional bank (Deputy Chairman and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for 6 years). Until recently, he also chaired The Centre for Molecular Biology and Medicine.

He is the author of The Living Leadership Handbook - 37 Indispensable Lessons for Mastering Leadership, has written numerous articles on leadership and management and speaks on those subjects.

He was awarded an Australia Day Medal in 1990 for services to tourism and aviation.

Best advice ever received:

Winston Churchill once said:

“Sometimes it is not sufficient to do one’s best; sometimes, one has to do what is necessary”.