Leslie Lofthouse – FAICD (Chairman 2004 - 2006)
Leslie Lofthouse is currently Chairman of Job Futures and Executive Director of Northwood Corporation. She has had a long and successful career in the Travel industry, during which time she served on many Industry Advisory Boards and was keynote speaker at many Tourism Conventions.
Leslie was a Director of Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) and United Travel Agents Group (UTAG). She founded and publicly floated the Internet Travel Group, now part of Flight Centre.
Dr Paul Beaumont – FRACS, FRANZCO (Chairman 2001 - 2004)
Dr Paul Beaumont is a founding Director of the Macular Degeneration Foundation and served the first Chairman’s term. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and trains doctors worldwide in his approach to Macular Degeneration. His clinic has been a pioneer in intensive counselling for patients with Macular Degeneration.
He is a past Chairman of the NSW Division of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) and of the Committee of Chairmen of the Australian College.
Dr Beaumont continues to play an active role as a Director on the Foundation's Board, as Chairman of the Foundation's Medical Committee and as the NSW State Chairman.