IPH Board of Directors
The Board of Directors brings relevant experience and skills including professional services, financial management, legal services and corporate governance.
Peter Warne
Non-executive Director and Chairman
BA (Actuarial Studies), FAICD
Mr Warne is the Chairman of Macquarie Group Limited, a board member of Allens and a member of the ASIC Corporate Governance Consultative Panel.
Peter has extensive knowledge of, and experience in, financial services and investment banking, through a number of senior roles at Bankers Trust Australia Limited, including as head of its global Financial Markets Group from 1988 to 1999. Mr Warne was a director of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) from 1990 to 1999, and from 2000 to 2006.
He served as deputy chairman of the SFE from 1995 to 1999. When the SFE merged with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX Limited) in July 2006, he became a director of ASX Limited, a position he held to 2020. Mr Warne has previously served as Chairman of ALE Property Group from 2003 to 2017 and OzForex Group Limited (now trading as OFX Limited) from 2013 to 2016. He was a director of New South Wales Treasure Corporation from 2012 until 2020, where he served as Chairman from 2019 to 2020.
Dr Andrew Blattman
CEO and Managing Director
BScAgr (Hons 1), PhD, GraDipIP
Andrew was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of IPH in November 2017.
Andrew has more than 25 years’ experience in the intellectual property profession. Previously he was CEO of Spruson & Ferguson, the largest entity in the IPH Group. Andrew joined Spruson & Ferguson in 1995 and in 1999 he was appointed as a Principal of the firm. In 2015 Andrew was appointed CEO of Spruson & Ferguson. Under his leadership Spruson & Ferguson significantly expanded its footprint in the Australian and Asian IP markets – opening new offices in Melbourne, Beijing, Hong Kong SAR, Jakarta and Bangkok.
Since Spruson & Ferguson’s incorporation and the listing of IPH on the ASX in 2014, Andrew has played a key role in the development and growth of the IPH Group. He has a deep knowledge and understanding of the IPH business and the environment in which the company operates.
Andrew is on the Board of St Paul’s College Foundation.
John Atkin
Independent Non-executive Director
LLB (1st Class Hons), BA (Pure Mathematics) (1st Class Hons)
John was appointed as a Non-executive Director in September 2014.
John is Chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Qantas Superannuation Limited. He is a Director of Integral Diagnostics Limited, Commonwealth Bank Officers Superannuation Corporation Pty Limited, and Outward Bound International Inc.
John is a former CEO & Managing Director of The Trust Company Limited (2009–2013) prior to its successful merger with Perpetual Limited. John was also Managing Partner and Chief Executive of Blake Dawson (2002–2008). John also worked at Mallesons Stephen Jaques as a Mergers & Acquisitions Partner for 15 years (1987–2002).
Robin Low
Independent Non-executive Director
BCom, FCA
Robin was appointed as a Non-executive Director in September 2014.
Robin is a Director of AUB Group Limited, Appen Limited, Marley Spoon AG, Primary Ethics, the Public Education Foundation, Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation and Gordian Runoff Limited/Enstar Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (part of the NASDAQ listed Enstar Group) and Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
Robin is also on the University of New South Wales audit committee and was formerly Deputy Chairman of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Robin was with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 28 years and was a partner from 1996 to 2013, specialising in audit and risk.
Jingmin Qian
Independent Non-executive Director
BEc, MBA, CFA, FAICD
Jingmin was appointed as a Non-executive Director in April 2019.
Jingmin is a Director of Abacus Property Group, Trustee of Club Plus Super, a member of Macquarie University Council, a Director of the Australia China Business Council, Director of the Foundation for Australian Studies in China and a Director of the CFA Society of Beijing. She is also a senior advisor to leading global and Australian organisations and Director of Jing Meridian Advisory Pty Ltd.
Jingmin previously held senior roles with L.E.K. Consulting, Boral Limited and Leighton Holdings, and brings a broad range of commercial experience covering strategy, mergers and acquisitions, capital planning, investment review and Asian expansion.