The Board of Directors is ARC's governing body. It has a maximum membership of fifteen and meets approximately five times each year. Its current membership includes public health experts, respiratory physicians, nurses and business people with wide experience.

President

David Macintosh (BBS (UTS), FCA)

Managing Director, Paynter Dixon Construction Group 2001-; Chairman, Paynter Dixon Queensland; Director of numerous private companies; thirty years of senior management and director level in the transport and construction industries in Australia and Europe; Member of Board of Governors and Chairman of the Finance Committee, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research; Benefactor since 200 The Children’s Hospital at Westmead; Director, The Australian Lung Foundation; Chairman, The Macintosh Foundation, Macintosh Chair of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Endowed Chair 29 November 2005 in perpetuity; Chairman, Payce Consolidated Limited 1992-2010; Director, Payce Consolidated 1990-2010; actively involved in the Surf Life Saving movement for over forty five years; Life Member and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Long Reef Surf Life Saving Club Inc.; Distinguished Service Member and Chairman of the Expenditure Review Committee, Collaroy Surf Life Saving Club Inc. Distinguished Service Member, Sydney Northern Beaches Branch; Appointed to the Board in 1997. Elected ARC Life Governor in 2009.

Vice President

Professor John Paul Seale (MBBS, PhD, FRACP)

Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Sydney 1992-; Pro-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney 1997-2003; Consultant Physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1980-; Deputy Director, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research; Member, Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists; Past President, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand; former Congress President, Asia Pacific Society of Respirology; Chairman, NSW

Professor Peter Gianoutsos

MB, ChB (Univ of Otago), FRACP, FCCP Senior Consultant Thoracic Physician (VMO) Dept of Thoracic Medicine RPAH 1971-; Member TSANZ, ATS, ACCP, BTS, ALF, MLS(NSW); Chairman RPA Medical Board 1989-1991; Member of Medical Board of NSW 1978-1982; Chairman UMPS Medical Experts Panel 2002–2007. Member of Board of Directors UMP 2000-2002. Appointed to the Board in 2006.

Director of Finance

Robert Horsell (CPA)

Partner, R E Horsell & Co Public Accountants 1978-; Director, Cricket Australia 1997-2004, 2005- 2008; Chairman, Cricket NSW 1997- 2008; Director, Bradman Foundation 1999-2005. Appointed to the Board in 1999; Chair of Finance Committee. Institute of Company Directors; General Manager and Board Director, WorkCover NSW 1988-1997; Chairman, Dust Disease Board of NSW 1988-1997; Member, National Occupational Health and Safety Commission 1988- 1997; Chairman, Sporting Injuries Committee 1988-1997; Member, Joint Coal Board Health and Safety Trust 1993-1997.

Directors

Amanda Christensen (Dip Nursing)

NSW Health TB Program Manager 1997;has held various positions in public health for nineteen years including tuberculosis control for fourteen years. Appointed to the Board in 2001. Employed as ARC Executive Director from April 2008 to May 2009.

Clinical Professor Iven Young (BSc (Med), MBBS, PhD FRACP)

Head, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) 1991-; Visiting Medical Officer, RPAH 1979-1985; Senior Staff Specialist in Respiratory Medicine, RPAH 1985-; Post Doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego 1976-1978; Research Fellow, University of Sydney 1974-1976; Respiratory Physician 1975-; Member, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand; Member, American Thoracic Society; Senior Examiner, Australian Medical Council 1997-; elected to the Adult Medicine Division, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2000-2001; Chairman, Division of Medicine, RPAH 2001-. Appointed to the Board in 1998. Elected Life Governor of CHATA in 2003.

Ian W.Ramsay (LL.B)

Solicitor, Supreme Court of NSW; member, Law Society of NSW; member, Australian Therapeutics Advisory Group; Chair, TB Committee, Sydney South West Area Health Service. Appointed to the Board in1997; Elected ARC Life Governor in 2007.