The Advisory Panel

Members of the Panel are:

• Mr Everald Compton AM (Chairman), Chairman of the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians and the Consultative Forum on Mature Age Participation. Mr Compton is also the former Chairman of National Seniors Australia.
• Professor Gill Lewin, Professor at the Centre for Research on Ageing at Curtin University of Technology; Research Director at Silver Chain, a provider of community and health services in WA; and member of the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians. Professor Lewin is also the former President of the Australian Association of Gerontology.
• Professor Brian Howe AO, former Deputy Prime Minister with Ministerial experience in the fields of Social Security, Health, Housing and Community Services; Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne; and member of the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senor Australians.
• The Hon Susan Ryan AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner, former Senator for the ACT with Ministerial experience in Education and the Status of Women; and with extensive experience in the Superannuation industry.
• Mr Neville Roach AO, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Tata Consultancy Services in Australia and New Zealand.  Mr Roach has held a range of executive and board positions in the information technology sector and has made a sustained contribution to Australia-India relations including as Chairman of the Australia India Business Council.

The Panel will meet approximately every two months. A secretariat has been established within the Treasury to support the Panel's work.