Rohan Mead was appointed Group Managing Director of Australian Unity Limited on 1 July 2004. Mr Mead is chairman of the Business Council of Australia's Healthy Australia task force and is a director of the Australian Health Insurance Association. He is chairman of Platypus Asset Management, deputy chair of Acorn Capital, a director of Seres Asset Management (Hong Kong) and a director of the Australian Centre for Health Research. Prior to joining Australian Unity, Mr Mead was employed by Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited (1996-2003) in a range of senior roles. Prior to his work at Perpetual, Mr Mead headed marketing and communications at Blake Dawson.