James Joughin has over 30 years of general corporate experience, having been a senior partner of Ernst & Young until 2013. He was a partner of that firm for 17 years and headed the Mergers and Acquisitions division in Melbourne.
Mr Joughin has been chair of the ASX-listed Spirit Telecom since June 2016, and holds a number of other directorships including at Viridian Financial Group, Melbourne Institute of Technology and Bio-Gene Technology.