Geoffrey James, Treasurer and Public Officer from October 2019. He previously was the Network’s Special Advisor – Special Governance Projects July 2019- April 2021, Secretary October 2019- November 2020, Treasurer October 2020 – March 2021.
Geoff is a member of Southern Highlands U3A, where he serves as Governance Officer and previously as Secretary, February 2019- December 2020.
After retiring from the international accounting and advisory firm Ernst and Young (E&Y) as a senior partner in Corporate Advising and Restructuring with an emphasis on Administrative Law he consulted in the corporate sector and in Food and Agribusiness.
Outside U3A, his interests are mainly in contemporary history, the political landscape and concern as to the erosion of reporting standards by the media in favour of publishers and those they employ disenabling the development of ideas and debate and its consequent influence on a more informed democracy.