Human Rights

Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and

Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Labour

Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;

Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;

Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and

Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

Environment

Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;

Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and

Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Anti-Corruption

Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

David Turik has held several public, private and non-profit board appointments and senior executive management positions across a range of telecommunications, information technology, venture capital, sports marketing and charitable organizations.

The past ten years have been predominantly focused on the management of strategic business opportunities in Australia, Canada, the US, Hong Kong, mainland China and South Africa. He has been involved in many successful start-ups, as well as the management of up to 3,500 technical, sales and customer service staff.

David Turik is a former college and semi-professional ice hockey player in Canada and the US and a player and coach in Australia. He has also been actively involved in cricket coaching and administration and is a co-founder of the Cricket 4 Life Foundation.

Neil has a sales, marketing and new product development background in the international timber industry.  He also has had involvement in both the Telecommunications industry and Property Developing.

Neil was a shareholder and director of Tasman K.B. Pty Ltd a timber wholesale and distribution business throughout Australia which commenced in 1984 and was a 50% Joint Venture with Fletcher Challenge New Zealand. This business was responsible for marketing and developing new products throughout Australia for Fletcher Challenge, it also was the largest timber products customer of Carter Holt Harvey in Australia. Neil was also responsible for the marketing and sales of Fletcher Challenge Canada product into Australia from 1989 through to the late 1990s.

From 2001 through to 2006 Neil was involved in property developing in NSW with a number of different partners.  He also maintained close ties with the Timber industry in Australia and also has extensive experience in developing and producing new timber products in Asia.

Carlos has 20 years of experience delivering digital solutions for multiple Australian Universities and training organizations. In the last 5 years he has been managing and leading teams creating immersive worlds.

He developed the concept XR learning objects which is about using scalable and reusable extended reality objects for learning and training determined outcomes. This framework allows for the successful implementation of work integrated learning practices into online deliveries.

Prior to that he created the concept e-ludic learning which is a framework for the gamification of online learning.
He is passionate about the metaverse, leading and advising big organisations into it.

Murray has a technical background in electrical and IT computing including a term as a committee member for the development of Australian Standards for data and voice cabling. Murray was the founder of allNET Technologies Pty Ltd, a technology distributor that reached a turnover of $20 million in under ten years.

allNET successfully introduced a range of new and innovative products that resulted in a paradigm shift within the market.In 2000 allNET was purchased by Anixter International Inc (AXE), a US multinational corporation. During his time at Anixter, Murray’s role was Marketing Director for Asia Pacific including the responsibility for the successful implementation of the amalgamation of allNET and Anixter’s systems and personnel.

Subsequently Murray has undertaken various business and development consultancies across a wide spectrum of industries focusing on organisational structures and business development.He holds a degree in Economics, is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and is currently undertaking a Masters of Political Economy.

Layne has a strong background in the accounting and Financial Management field.

Layne was employed by the international baby products company Tommee Tippee where she was the Company Accountant and Financial Controller responsible for the purchasing, costing, cash flows and financial management for the Australian and New Zealand divisions.

Layne then moved across to a new start up venture Zoggs Australia owned by the shareholders of Tommee Tippee Australia as the Financial Controller. Again she was responsible for purchasing, costing, cash flows and financial management for this start up company. Layne also had a secondary role in the design and manufacture of Zoggs swimwear in the company’s infancy in Australia. 

Zoggs was sold in 2002 and Layne was approached by another start up company, Positive Real Estate as the first employee for the company. Positive Real Estate is an Australian and New Zealand based company specialising in property investment and education. Layne was the Financial controller of this company and in this role she was instrumental in taking a small start up to a group of companies with a turnover in excess of $25M and over 100 staff members in two countries. 

Jim is the President and Founder of Nicholson and Associates Consulting. He brings hands-on customer expertise and strategic leadership combining a deep understanding of the utility/customer relationship, technology and people required to produce sustainable positive change.

A strategic, results-driven Senior Executive, Jim’s experience spans broad portfolios including: customer care, operations, international sales and marketing, supply chain and human resources. Holding senior executive roles in Utilities, Forest Products and Industrial Manufacturing sectors, Jim is a passionate customer advocate and skilled business leader with success driving and realizing large scale cost savings and improving productivity and performance, while growing employee engagement and customer satisfaction. Widely respected within his global client network, he brings a proven track record of cultivating deep and lasting relationships with customers, vendors and industry partners.

An active member in the business community Jim has served as Board Vice President for the Downtown Vancouver Association, and chaired its Sustainability Committee. He is past Board Vice President for the North Shore Counseling Centre Society and is a longstanding member of the Vancouver Board of Trade and the BC Human Resource Management Association.