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Advertising
Standards Board
retirees 2013
CRAIG WHITE
Appointed August 2008

PETER WILLIAMS
Appointed August 2011

Craig has served as a Queensland police officer
for almost 20 years.

Peter Williams is a Fellow of the Dietitians
Association of Australia and a Visiting Principal
Fellow at the University of Wollongong, where he
was previously Associate Professor of Nutrition
and Dietetics.

He has been awarded both the National
Service Medal for 15 years Police Service
and the Queensland Police Service Medal for
good conduct.
Craig has served throughout Queensland
including 10 years working in remote
communities in Far Northern and Central
Western Queensland. During that time he was
involved in implementing a number of publicly
funded projects aimed at reducing substance abuse
and domestic violence.
As well as being a serving member on numerous
boards and committees, Craig is currently
involved in a number of community organisations.
He holds a Masters Degree in Business, Graduate
Diploma in Human Resources and a Diploma in
Public Safety (Policing).
Craig is married and has three children and enjoys
spending spare time with his family.

Before working at the University of Wollongong,
Peter was the Director of Scientific and
Consumer Affairs at Kellogg for three years, and
previously worked as the Chief Dietitian and
Food Services Manager at Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital in Sydney.
Peter has been an active researcher in nutrition
in Australia, with over 100 peer reviewed
publications. He has served on National Health
and Medical Research Council working parties for
the review of Dietary Guidelines for Australia and
the review of Nutrient Reference Values, and is a
member of the steering committee for the Heart
Foundation’s Pick the Tick program. He has also
conducted consultancy projects with the NSW
Department of Health to help develop Nutrition
Standards for Adult Hospital Inpatients.
Peter is among those selected to be on the
Federal Government’s The National Food Policy
Working Group which includes representatives
from supermarkets chains, farmers, service
providers and leading scientists. From 20052011 Peter was a member of the Board of Food
Standards Australia New Zealand and now
serves on the Therapeutic Goods Authority’s
Advisory Committee on Complementary
Medicines (ACCM).

In 2013, two highly respected Board members
retired from the Board. The Advertising Standards
Bureau staff and Board of Directors thank both
Natasha Stott Despoja AM and JaneMaree
Maher for their dedication to the Board and its
work. They were on the Board since 2008.

Natasha Stott Despoja AM was a Senator for
South Australia between 1995 and 2008 and
former Leader of the Australian Democrats.
She is the founding Chair of the Foundation
to Prevent Violence Against Women and their
Children and in late 2013 was appointed as
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls
with responsibility for high-level advocacy to
promote Australian Government policies and
activity regarding gender equality and the social,
political and economic empowerment of women
and girls, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
She is an Ambassador for Ovarian Cancer
Australia; Deputy Chair of beyondblue; a board
member of the South Australian Museum; and
the Museum of Australian Democracy.
Jane Maree Maher is Associate Professor in the
Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research
in the School of Social Sciences at Monash
University. She is Director of the Social and
Political Sciences Graduate Research Program.
She holds degrees in Arts and Law from the
University of Melbourne and has been a lecturer
at the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender
Research, Monash University in Melbourne. She
has taught and researched in the fields of women’s
studies, cultural studies and literary theory. Jane
Maree has supervised over 20 doctoral theses to
completion and is currently involved in a number
of projects in the field of gender and crime.

In his spare time Peter enjoys cycling,
bushwalking and yoga.

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