CPRC Board

Jane is an experienced non-executive director and consultant who has worked across the corporate, community and public sectors. During an executive career at ANZ Banking Group, she led Government & Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability, commissioned Australia’s first National survey of consumer financial literacy and worked with regulators, consumer groups and community partners towards improving Australians’ money management and wellbeing. Until mid-2022 she was CEO of the Financial Counselling Foundation. Jane holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Degree from Melbourne University and completed the International Executive Programme at INSEAD (France) and the Company Director course at the AICD.

Paul Harrison (PhD) is Director of the MBA program and Co-Director of the Better Consumption Lab at the Deakin Business School, and Adjunct Professor at Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milano, Italy. Paul is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His research, consulting, teaching, and writing informs businesses, public institutions, and social policy across a range of contexts, including consumer wellbeing, aged care, legal and regulatory environments, and public health/epidemiology through the examination of the effect of marketing and advertising on consumer behaviour, the psychology of emotional and rational behaviour, and the social aspects of consumption. Dr Harrison has advised or consulted to organisations such as Nestle, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and eBay on issues related to consumer behaviour.

In addition to his academic work at Deakin University and his role on the CPRC Board, Paul is a member of the auDA Advisory Committee, a member of the AHPRA Rapid Regulatory Response Oversight Group, the Indigenous Respect Community of Practice at the Deakin Business School, recently retired director of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, former chair of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and has been a member of VicHealth’s Expert Panel in SocialMarketing and the Nourish Network. Paul was co-host of ABC Radio National’s consumer behaviour program, Talking Shop, appeared on, and advised the ABC1 program, The Checkout, writes a regular column on Medium, and is heard monthly on ABC Radio Melbourne Evenings discussing consumer behaviour and consumer affairs issues.

Dr Ron Ben-David Ron is a Professorial Fellow with the Monash Business School and Monash Sustainable Development Institute. Between 2008 and 2019, he served as chair of the Essential Service Commission (Vic) where he led far-reaching reforms in many areas of economic regulation. Prior to the commission, Ron held senior roles in the Victorian Departments of Premier and Cabinet and Treasury and Finance. In 2008, he headed the national secretariat for the Garnaut Climate Change Review. Ron is a board member of ClimateWorks Australia and the Regulatory Policy Institute (A-NZ), and an advisory board member for the Centre for Market Design. He has been a member of the Australian Energy Regulator’s Consumer Reference Group and Consumer Challenge Panel. Ron is a deputy chair of the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission and a member of the Independent Pricing Committee for the National Disability Insurance Agency.

Tim is the Founder of Democracy in Colour – Australia’s first racial and economic justice organisation led by people of colour. Before starting Democracy in Colour, he worked with low-paid workers to set up Hospo Voice – a new union in hospitality. Previously, Tim was the Head of Campaigns at Oaktree (largest youth-focussed international development organisation with over 200,000 members), a senior adviser to two Senators, the Campaigns Director at Jhatkaa (a movement of 1.9 million people taking action for a fairer India), the National Communications Director at UN Youth Australia, and co-founded Open Sky (one of India’s most well-known performance art communities). Tim is the Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Mill House Ventures and has served as a Non-Executive Director on 15 Boards. He is currently a Director of Plan International, No to Violence, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Environment Victoria, the Alliance for Gambling Reform, Inner Melbourne Community Legal, the Consumer Policy Research Centre, and the Victorian Government’s Sustainability Fund. For his work, Tim was appointed in 2020 as one of 17 UN Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Delia has worked in consumer protection for over thirty years with much of that time spent at ASIC and the ACCC. Most recently she was the Deputy Chair of the ACCC from 2012 until 2023. These days she is on a range of not for profit boards: Australian Financial Complaints Authority, the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, Financial Counselling Australia, IDare, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network; Super Consumers Australia and  Ecstra. She is also reviewing the Online Safety Act for the Government.

In 2011 she received the public service medal for her services to financial consumer protection. She was also awarded SOCAP’s lifetime achievement award and in 2022 was the Inaugural winner of the Law Council of Australia’s Australian Consumer Rights award. She believes that good research is essential if we are to properly protect consumers.

Krystian Seibert has extensive experience shaping the policy and regulatory frameworks for Australia’s not-for-profit sector. As Executive Director – Policy and Sector Development at Philanthropy Australia, he leads the peak body’s policy advocacy work and drives strategic initiatives aiming to grow giving and its impact.

Krystian previously served as an Associate Commissioner at the Productivity Commission, appointed by the Australian Government to jointly lead a wide-ranging inquiry focused on philanthropy. The inquiry’s final report, ‘Future Foundations for Giving’, was released in July 2024.

In his role as an adviser to a former Assistant Treasurer in the Australian Government, Krystian managed the delivery of major reforms focused on the not-for-profit sector, including the establishment of Australia’s charities regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).

Krystian also serves as Chair of Mental Health First Aid International, an Australian charity whose evidence-based mental health first aid training programs have been delivered to over 7 million people around the world.

He has completed a Master’s degree focusing on regulatory policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) from Deakin University.

Alan has spent 15 years developing fundraising, marketing, communication and partnership programs that enable organisations to meet their mission through service provision, advocacy and influence. He’s blended this expertise with organisational strategy development, oversight of business operations, program implementation and measurement.

In a variety of roles, Alan has developed program activity that has seen year-on-year growth and was formerly Executive Director of engagement at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.