Advisory Board

Mr Craig Rubinstein, is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), qualified in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, including Cosmetic Surgery and qualified as a Master of Surgery (MS), from the University of Melbourne.

Mr Rubinstein is a member of The Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Having also trained in Switzerland and as a Plastic Surgery Fellow in Britain and America for several years he has a commitment to continuing professional development and education.

Mr Rubinstein has numerous publications in prestigious Australian and International medical journals and continues tutoring anatomy to surgical trainees at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Michael Hillardt is a Professional Athletic Coach who has been involved in running at an elite level for nearly 30 years.

Mike is an Australian middle distance running champion having won the Australian 1500m tiles in 1980, 82 and 88 and the 800m in 1981 and 83. He held the No 1 ranking for the 1500m and mile for 8 years since 1980 and still retains two Australian Junior Records. He has represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games on two occasions and also the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles in 1984.

In addition to these achievements, he has competed in numerous World Cups, World Championships and World Indoor Games where he won the 1500m title held in Paris in 1985.

Mike is now a member of the Queensland Athletic Board and a Selector for Athletics Australia.

Francis Galbally is the Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer of Senetas Ltd., a public company listed in the Australian Stock Exchange.  Francis joined the Board in April 1999, and was appointed Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer in June 1999.

Francis has extensive experience in corporate, commercial and taxation law. His business experience ranges from the property and hospitality industries to the insurance and finance industries. Prior to joining Senetas, Francis was the Chief Executive Officer of Finance Express Home Loans Pty Ltd (a wholesale mortgage management business).

Francis has a strong background in law. Mr Galbally was previously a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and Supreme Courts of Victoria and New South Wales and also a practising Partner in Galbally and O'Bryan Solicitors.

Michael Carr is a partner with Mason Sier Turnbull, Lawyers and conducts a broad commercial practice with a focus on advising on major sale and purchase of land and business transactions for public and large private corporates.  He has acted on behalf of clients in relation to Initial Public Offerings and capital raisings generally.

Michael has accepted director and secretary appointments with various clients, including a public company, a commercial fishing venture, a wine producer, and the Law Institute of Victoria industry superannuation fund. Michael acts as the honorary lawyer to the Richmond Football Club.  Michael is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.

Maureen was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. At age 20 she moved to London, where she met Tony Wheeler. While they were establishing Lonely Planet Maureen completed a degree in social work, but then committed herself full-time to developing the business.

In recent years Maureen has organised the very successful Lonely Planet travel summits held in 1994 (to celebrate the company's 21 st birthday) and again in November 1997.

Maureen has been the driving force behind Lonely Planet's corporate contributions program established to provide financial assistance for humanitarian projects in developing countries.

She is regularly invited to address businesses and other groups on business and travel-related issues.

In 1999 Maureen received the Australian Business Women's Network award for the most Inspiring Business Woman for that year. In 2001 Maureen received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ulster .

Maureen is an associate professor at the La Trobe University School of Tourism and Hospitality, Faculty of Law and Management, and served two terms as director on the board of Tourism Tasmania .

Felicidade is currently a Commissioner representing Timor Leste on the Commission of Truth and Friendship between Indonesia- Timor Leste.

She has served as the Secretary of the National Dialogue Team established by the President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor and was a member of both the National Consultative Council of UNTAET and the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT).

She is a founding member of the East Timor Women's Movement Against Violence.

Between 1975 to 1998 Felicidade was an underground movement activist working for FRETILIN/CNRM (National Council of Timorese Resistance) which included acting as a courier and liaison for FALANTIL and Leader of the Organization for Timorese Youth.