Our Team
John Howard OM AC was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was a member of the House of Representatives for 33 years. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Mr. Howard had extensive senior experience in both government and opposition. He served as Treasurer (finance minister) in a previous government and led his party in opposition for a number of years. Mr Howard is a Companion of the Order of Australia and in January 2012, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Mr Howard to the Order of Merit. Outside of politics, Mr Howard has always enjoyed a variety of sports and is an enthusiastic rugby fan. Mr Howard brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the sport of Rugby.
Ben is a senior Financial Markets professional with 28+ years’ of experience with Bankers Trust, Zurich Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley and for the past 3 years a Founding Partner at Barrenjoey.
He is Senior Client Relationship Manager at Barrenjoey and has deep, extensive relationships across international markets as well as domestically in Australia.
Ben played Rugby Union for many years in Queensland as well as in NSW.
He assumed the role of Chair of the Australian Rugby Foundation in July 2023.
Phil played 79 Tests for the Wallabies, making his debut in 2000, winning the John Eales Medal in 2003 as he helped Australia to the World Cup Final.
After retiring in 2011, Waugh has served as a non-executive director on the RA board since 2018 while working in the banking sector for Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and the NAB.
He is the first former Wallaby to step into the position, eager to build ahead of the 'Golden Decade.’
Phil has a strong focus to maximise this period and secure financial sustainability. Our priority will be to develop the game from the grassroots to the elite level – both in Australia, and with our partners across the Pacific.
Lyndsey Cattermole AM has board experience at Foster’s Group, Treasury Wine Estates, Tatts Group, the Victorian Major Events Corporation, Pact Group Holdings, Florey Neurosciences, Players Voice and the Melbourne Rebels.
Lyndsey also has experience on State and Federal Government committees and boards including the Federal Government’s Electronic, Electrical and Information Industry Board, and the Prime Minister’s Science and Engineering Council.
In Victoria, she was a member of the Premier’s Business Round Table.
Ms Cattermole founded Aspect Computing, which sold to ASX-Listed KAZ Group in 2002, she became a non-executive director of KAZ Group.
She has also been a director of the Heide Museum for Modern Art, the Melbourne Theatre Company and has spent over ten years involved with community health including at the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation and as chair of the Women’s and Children’s Health Care Network.
For her community involvements, Lyndsey was awarded a member of the Order of Australia.
Matt has over 28 years’ of broad experience across investment banking, private equity and law, with roles in Australia, London, and Hong Kong.
Matt spent 10 years at UBS where, as Head of the Asia Pacific investment banking operations, he ran the leading regional investment banking franchise and was a Member of the Global Executive Committee for the Investment Bank. Prior to that, Matt held senior roles with Morgan Stanley, including Head of Investment banking for Australia and New Zealand. He was also a Partner at Clayton Utz for over four years.
Matt is a Non-Executive Director of Rugby Australia and Non-Executive Chairman of SAI Global.
He has a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.