Board of the Biometrics Institute

Paul Kirkbide BSc BSc(Hons) PhD, Director & Chairman, Biometrics Institute and Chief Scientist, Forensic & Data Centres, Australian Federal Police (AFP) - Forensic Services. He was appointed to the Board on the 17 March 2008 to fill a vacant position. He was re-elected to the Board at the AGM on the 31 October 2008 and appointed Chairman on the same day.

Email: chairman@biometricsinstitute.org

Arron Baker, Director, Biometrics Institute. Arron is also the Programme Manager, Identity & Biometrics, Client Profiling, Immigration New Zealand, Department of Labour. Arron was appointed to the Board on the 6 August 2009 to fill a vacant position. He was officially elected to the Board at the AGM on the 6 November 2009.

Karen Shirley, Director, Biometrics Institute and and Team Leader - Future Technolgies, High Tech Crime Centre at the Australian Federal Police. She was elected to the Board at the AGM on the 6 November 2009.

Terry Hartmann BSc PhD, Director, Biometrics Institute and VP & Global Solution Manager, Identity Solutions, Unisys. Terry was the IT Manager, Passports, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade until September 2004 when he joined Unisys.   He was appointed to the Board on the 23 Oct 2003, re-elected at the AGM on the 16 Nov 2007 and most recently re-elected at the AGM on the 6 November 2009.

Leanne Stevenson, Director, Biometrics Institute and National Manager Identity Services, Australia Post. She was elected to the Board at the AGM on the 6 November 2009.

Kevin Darch  BBus(Hons)  GDip(Film&TV) ADA  C.Photo, Director Biometrics Institute and Senior Sergeant, Visual Identification, Forensic Services Branch, Queensland Police.  Kevin also lectures in Justice Studies and Physical Sciences at QUT, and teaches photography and Photoshop at North Brisbane TAFE.  He was appointed to the Board at the AGM on 31 October 2008. 

Caroline Hubbard, Deputy Chairperson & Director, Biometrics Institute and Strategic Development Manager ID Services, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs. She was elected to the Board at the AGM on the 31 October 2008.

Cyril Dujardin, Director, Biometrics Institute. Cyril is the Managing Director, Morpho Australasia. Cyril was appointed to the Board on the 17 December 2009 to fill a vacant position.

Director Nominations

Members can access information on board director nominations and Annual General Meetings here.

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Last updated: 20 July 2010