Terry Wills Cooke
Syndicates 7, 54 and 57

Chairman since:
1995

Current Executive / Board positions:
Chairman, Mobi Ltd
Chairman, Clear Edge Australasia Pty Ltd
Deputy Chairman, Combined Fund Pty Ltd (Superannuation for Private Schools)
Chairman or member of six other private company boards
Managing Director, Techard Company Pty Ltd

Memberships:
Founding Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow, Australian Institute of Management

Achievements:
Terry held a number of senior executive positions, the last being that of Marketing Director in the Black and Decker group’s Pacific International Division.   Before that he had been with the Sunbeam Corporation and the 3M Company and following which he became Managing Director and Founder of the Techard Company Pty. Ltd., a consulting company which commenced in 1978.

Terry was for more than 25 years the Senior Lecturer at, and Fellow of, the Australian Institute of Management and conducted training courses for them within the marketing field.

Best advice ever received:

Remember whenever considering business decisions: i

if you can't win, don't play

... and if you play, don't lose.