Bruce is a long-serving Director and Chair of ASC, joining the Board in 2010 and overseeing ASC's successful transformation to a high-performing submarine sustainment company following the Coles Review in 2012.

He was appointed ASC Chair in October 2012 and reappointed in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2023.

Bruce is currently a Director of AIG Australia Ltd (Chair) and Lovisa Holdings Ltd.

He is a former Partner of Ferrier Hodgson and Ernst and Young, and a former Director of Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE), Crown Resorts Ltd and Bank of Queensland Ltd.

Jim has over 30 years’ senior leadership experience across the private and public sectors.

Before joining the ASC Board in September 2025, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group in the Australian Department of Defence from July 2023 to April 2025.

Prior to this, Jim spent three years as CEO of Nova Systems, and from 2018 to 2020 was Chief Executive of the Government of South Australia’s Department of the Premier and Cabinet. He is also a former CEO of BAE Systems’ operations in Australia and Saudi Arabia.

Jim has held numerous non-executive appointments, including as chair of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and the Trusted Autonomous Systems Cooperative Research Centre; a director of Austal, Codan and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute; and Chancellor of the University of South Australia.

Loretta is a Partner of national corporate law firm Thomson Geer. Offering more than 25 years’ experience in the legal sector, she specialises in projects, mergers and acquisitions, and complex transactional work.

Loretta is also a Non-Executive Director of infrastructure advisory and project management company RP Infrastructure and a member of the Business Advisory Group for Anacacia Capital.

Geoff has successfully established several innovative businesses in the IT sector and has significant experience as a company director.

He joined the ASC board in 2019 and served as Deputy Chair from March 2022 to March 2025.

After completing studies in aerospace engineering at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Geoff served in Defence across various roles, including aircraft maintenance, fatigue management and IT.

Geoff is involved in multiple leadership roles across various technology ventures and has been recognised for leadership and innovation with the Pearcey Foundation’s SA Entrepreneur Award in 2017 and EY's Entrepreneur of the Year for the southern region in 2006.

He is a former Board member of the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre, Alcidion Corporation (ASX:ALC), Seeley International, Business SA (South Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and RAA Insurance.

Janis spent more than 40 years with the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and its predecessors, undertaking and leading science and technology programs, particularly in the maritime domain.

A world-recognised undersea technology expert, she was previously DSTG Chief, Maritime Division and Chief, Science Strategy and Program Division. Janis is a former Board member of the Australian Maritime College of the University of Tasmania.

Janis received an Institute of Public Administration Centenary Medal for her work supporting the Collins Class submarines. Her outstanding contributions to defence science and technology have also been recognised through a Public Service Medal in 2018, and DSTG’s establishment of the Janis Cocking Leadership Award in 2019.

Alice has over 30 years' senior management and board-level experience, specialising in major-project governance, investment management, corporate advisory and equity fundraising.  She has particular expertise in technology and cyber security governance and transformational technology projects.

Alice is a former Director of NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia) Limited, Vice-President of JP Morgan Australia, and Non-Executive Director for such organisations as Cooper Energy, Defence Health, Telstra Sale Company Limited and the Australian Accounting Standards Board.

She has served as Commissioner for the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission, Chair of the 2004 Wheat Marketing Review Panel and as a member of the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Alice is currently a Non-Executive Director of Mercer Investments Australia Ltd, Vocus Group, ProMedicus and Tobacco Free Portfolios, and a Director of Swimming Australia Limited and Swimming Australia Foundation Limited.

Based in the UK, Jonathan brings extensive experience and deep expertise in the leadership and delivery of very large projects and programs in complex, often regulated environments.

Since 2017, he has held a portfolio of non-executive and advisory positions. Most notably, he served on the Submarine Delivery Agency board in the UK Ministry of Defence (2018-24), including three years as chair; and he was a non-executive director of British nuclear decommissioning site licence holder Sellafield Ltd (2019-25).

Prior to this, Jonathan spent four years as Chief Executive Officer of Smart DCC Ltd, the company responsible for providing the national data and communications infrastructure for Great Britain’s smart-metering project.

He is also a former Executive Director of the Major Projects Directorate in the UK Office of Government Commerce, and had a 25-year career with Shell, initially as an engineer, then in various project and production management, commercial and strategy roles.

Jonathan is the author of The Delivery Gap: Why Government Projects Really Fail and What Can Be Done About It, published in 2025.