Directors
The Board of Directors of Bendigo Community Telco contains a number of highly qualified individuals drawn from the Banking, Educational, Government and Commercial sectors in Bendigo. The Board undertakes an active role in steering the future direction of Bendigo Community Telco, and in its management. The management team employed by Bendigo Community Telco is highly qualified, with experience specific to Bendigo Community Telco’s operations. The Board is supported by Finance, Budgeting, and Risk and Remuneration Committees.
Bendigo Community Telco's Board:
Robert George Hunt - Chairman 
Age
58
Occupation
Consultant - Community Engagement
Programs and Strategic Enterprises
Qualifications
Fellow of Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD)
Doctor of LaTrobe University (honoris causa)
Experience
In 1990 Rob Hunt was appointed Managing Director of Bendigo Building Society (which converted to bank status in July 1995). Rob has guided Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited through many innovations to become a unique regional and community banking organisation.
Based in Bendigo, Rob has led the Bank's development from a provincial building society to a nationally represented, uniquely positioned and diversified banking and financial services group, which is in the top 100 companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Rob Hunt is the architect of the Bank’s Community Bank® model and other alliance arrangements. He is also a Councillor of the Australian Bankers Association and a member of the Business Council of Australia.
Other directorships
Bendigo Bank Limited
Tasmanian Banking Services Ltd
Lead On Australia Ltd
St Luke’s Anglicare (Patron / ex Director)
Councillor of Australian Bankers Association
Business Council of Australia (Member)
Community Telco Australia Pty Ltd
Community Developments Australia Pty Ltd
Community Sector Enterprises Pty Ltd and subsidiary Community Sector Banking Pty Ltd
Community Enterprise Foundation (Patron-in-Chief)
Community Bank Strategic Advisory Board
Mr Hunt is also a director of a number of Bendigo Bank subsidiary companies.
Graham William Bastian - Director 
Age
57
Occupation
Consultant
Qualifications
Dip Engineering – Civil (Swinburne)
Dip Ed (Hawthorn State College)
Experience
Graham worked as a civil engineer with a private firm of surveyors and engineers until entering teaching. Following a period as an educational consultant focused on assisting schools in the effective use of computers, Graham became the Principal of Charlton College.
He then became the Regional Principal Consultant for Bendigo, the Principal of Golden Square Secondary College and recently retired as Principal of Bendigo Senior Secondary College. Since this career change, Graham has been providing consultancy services to the Department of Education Central Office as well as many schools across the state.
Andrew Cairns - Director 
Age
47
Occupation
Chief Executive Officer – Community Telco Australia Pty Ltd
Qualifications
Bachelor of Engineering – Electrical (Footscray Institute of Technology)
Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management
Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors
Experience
Andrew Cairns has extensive experience in a variety of industries from manufacturing to television and telecommunications, both in Australia and internationally. In the past few years he has applied that experience to steering start-up organisations to success, including initially Bendigo Community Telco as Chief Executive Officer.
The success of the Community Telco™ model, led by Andrew as Chief Executive Officer of Community Telco Australia, has now resulted in the project being rolled out to regional communities across Australia.
Special responsibilities
Andrew Cairns is a member of the Audit Committee.
Other directorships
South East Qld Community Telco
Coliban Region Water Authority
Mr Donald James Erskine - Director 
Age
63
Occupation
Managing Director – Industrial Conveying (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Experience
Don is trained as a mechanical engineer. He is Managing Director of Industrial Conveying (Aust.) Pty Ltd which was formed by Don in 1979.
His previous appointments include non-executive Director of Bendigo Bank and a member of the Bank’s Credit, IT Strategy and Property Committees, Director of North West Country Credit Union Co-op Ltd, Director of Community Telco Australia and Director of Bendigo Economic Development Committee. Don is also chairman of the Australian Technical College and is actively involved in the Bendigo community.
Special responsibilities
Don Erskine is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Other directorships
Chairman – Australian Technical College Pty Ltd
Director – Coliban Region Water Board
Chairman – Bendigo +25 Community Reference Group
Dr Leslie Alan Kilmartin - Director 
Age
65
Occupation
Principal of The Insight Group
Qualifications
BA (Queensland University)
MA (Australian National University)
PhD (La Trobe University)
Experience
Les Kilmartin is the former head of the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University, and held the position of Professor of Regional and Urban Studies. He is now Principal of The Insight Group.
Dr Kilmartin’s academic interests include a long-standing involvement in regional development, and he served on the Premier’s Northern Region Forum and prepared a regional strategy plan for La Trobe University. In addition, he also established and was Founding Director of the University’s Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, which conducts applied regional research and community service programs through central and northern Victoria.
Mr Geoffrey Ralph Michell - Director 
Age
58
Occupation
Retired
Qualifications
Diploma of Civil Engineering (Deakin)
Masters of Business Administration (Deakin)
Experience
After initially working in the construction industry, Geoff has spent the last 35 years in the water industry at various locations throughout Victoria. He has been involved in the construction and operation of water and waste water infrastructure, and management of water services.
Geoff recently retired as Managing Director of Coliban Water, a position he held for ten years and worked for the utility since its creation in 1992. Geoff was extensively involved in all aspects of Coliban Water’s strategic use of the private sector to achieve its business objectives.
Special responsibilities
Geoff Michell is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Mrs Margot Elizabeth Spalding – Director 
Age
55
Occupation
Director - Jimmy Possum Furniture Pty Ltd
Qualifications
Diploma Teaching Primary (Ballarat)
Experience
After a varied career in teaching, children’s clothing manufacture and furniture manufacture, Margot founded Jimmy Possum Furniture Pty Ltd with her husband Alan in 1995.
Margot is a Director of Jimmy Possum Melbourne Pty Ltd, Jimmy Possum Sydney Pty Ltd, Neron Pty Ltd and Jimmy Possum Adelaide Pty Ltd.