Robert Willcocks

Biography

  Mr. Robert (Bob) Moyse Willcocks serves as Independent Director at Living Cell Technologies Ltd since March 29, 2011. He is a senior executive with legal and business background working in particular with Australian listed public companies. He has Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Sydney. Mr. Willcocks joined the law firm Stephen Jaques & Stephen (now Mallesons Stephen Jaques) in 1974 and was a partner in that firm from 1980 until 1994. There he was a member of the Corporate Advisory Group with an emphasis on the mining and oil and gas sectors, and representing international clients. In 1994 he left Mallesons Stephen Jaques to become a corporate adviser and public company director. During the early and mid-1990s he was a member of the Australia-Vietnam Business Council and was appointed by the Australian Government to the Australian International Legal Advisory Committee. He has been a member of the Council of Bond University and a Director and Chairman of a number of Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed public companies. He is Chairman of Orion Petroleum Ltd and is currently a Director of ASX listed ARC Exploration Limited, and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed APAC Resources Ltd. He is also Chairman and Director of Trilogy Funds Management Ltd, a Responsible Entity under Australian law. As Corporate Adviser he has undertaken assignments in a range of industry sectors beyond resources to private equity and business process outsourcing. This has included facilitating transactions as well as representing the interests of clients from the Asian region as an Adviser and Director. Mr. Willcocks is a Chairman of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committees and member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committees.  

Research Interest

 Genetics