IAA Annual General Meeting 2025
Save the date for this year’s AGM which will be hosted via Zoom.
Date: Wednesday, 29th October 2025
Time:
- Perth: 10:30am AWST
- Darwin: 12:00 pm ACST
- Brisbane: 12:30 pm AEST
- Adelaide: 1:00 pm ACDT
- Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart: 1:30 pm AEDT
Venue: Zoom meeting
Please see below for nomination and voting information. The official notice has been sent via email, please make sure your contact details are up to date in the IAA Member Portal.
We hope you can join us!
The nomination period is now closed and voting has commenced. Voting information has been emailed to the Member Voting Contacts. If you did not receive this information, please email secretary@internet.asn.au. Voting will close Monday, 27 October 5:00pm AWST/ 8:00pm AEDT.
Please refer to the candidates tab to review the nominees for election and their statements.
Candidates
Thanks to the following nominees. Nominee statements are shown below, displayed in order of receipt.
Nathan Brookfield – Professional Member
Biography:
Hello, my name is Nathan Brookfield. I have been deeply involved in the Australian internet industry since 2007, previously as the founder of Simtronic Technologies, where I was involved in building regional data centres, wireless networks and service provider networks. Today, I am the Managing Director of Managed Networks, where I continue to build and deliver connectivity and infrastructure solutions across the country.
I have proudly served on the board of the Western Australian Internet Association, now the Internet Association of Australia for the majority of the last decade, first being elected in 2015. During this time, I have contributed to strengthening the association’s role as a trusted and independent voice for our industry while ensuring members’ interests are represented and supported.
Nomination Statement:
I am nominating for re-election to the board of the Internet Association of Australia because I remain committed to fostering a strong, member-driven organisation that continues to serve the interests of our diverse community of ISPs, carriers, individual professional members and industry stakeholders.
With almost two decades of experience across data centre development, ISP operations, and network management, I bring both technical expertise and a practical business perspective. My background has given me a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by our industry from infrastructure scaling and regulatory change, to the day-to-day realities of delivering reliable, high-quality internet services.
As a director, my focus is on:
- Advocacy – ensuring IAA continues to be a respected voice in policy and regulatory discussions.
- Infrastructure – supporting the development and expansion of member services such as our peering product and technical resources.
- Sustainability & Growth – helping the association adapt to an evolving landscape while maintaining strong governance and financial responsibility.
I would be honored to continue representing members on the board and working to ensure that IAA remains a vital part of Australia’s internet ecosystem.
Thank you for your consideration and your support.
Paul Day – Professional Member
Biography:
I am an Information Security professional with 25 years of wide-ranging technology and security experience. I have worked as both a technical SME and a senior leader that operates with a wide range of stakeholders. My technical experience began in the mid-1990s with the early Internet in Australia and focused on IP networking, Unix/Linux administration and cyber security. My interest in DNS saw me become the registrar of one of the original nine .id.au domain name spaces. Since then, I have gained expertise across a broad range of security domains including governance/risk/compliance, information security consulting and architecture, cyber security operations, business continuity and financial crime.
While most of my professional career has been in financial services, I have maintained a keen interest in the Internet and Telecommunications industries. I have previously served on the WA Internet Association’s board (the IAA’s previous name), as a technical advisor to the auDA board and currently sit on the Executive Board Advisory Committee of the Australian Information Security Association (AISA). After many years of presenting to or advising boards, I feel I would bring extensive experience to the IAA board should I be elected.
I am able to relate to people and effectively work with stakeholders from junior analysts through to directors and regulators by understanding their position and motivations. I am driven by the satisfaction of delivering capability but also in building enthusiasm in those around to help deliver it.
Nomination Statement:
I feel it is time for me to deliver back to the community I am a part of. I am nominating for the IAA board to provide a carrier and vendor neutral voice, backed by years of technical governance experience. I intend to bring:
- Insight in to the ever-evolving cyber security threat environment
- Practical experience with the growing requirements of Australia’s regulatory and compliance landscape
- Effective leadership and corporate governance experience.
By drawing on this experience, I hope to help the Board build a more resilient Internet in Australia and a community that reflects the diverse voices of its members.
Matthew Enger – Professional Member
Biography:
My name is Matthew Enger and I am the CEO, Network Plumber and owner of Leaptel, a challenger RSP providing nbn services along with other private fibre network access to people throughout Australia.
I have been a member of the board of the Internet Association for the past 5 years, finally being elected in my own right in 2022 and becoming Chair. Running my own business I understand what it is like to run things properly and ensuring that the association is both run efficiently but also meeting members needs and expectations while balancing the books. I bring this continuing experinace both commercial and not for profit to the association.
I am also known for running talks and helping my fellow RSPs (including my up and comming compettion) with advice, presenting at Ausnog on how to implement things, so giving back to the industry is very important to me and relecting me to the IAA board will help me to keep doing this.
Nomination Statement:
The job the IAA does is critical for the internet and telecommunications industry and allowing up and coming providers such as myself to be able to compete in a ever more comparative marketplace within Australia. I have been a member of the IAA board for the past 5 years bringing that voice I am seeking another term to continue to beat that drum for the next generation of ISPs in our industry.
Over the past 3 years the organisation has moved forward to become an extremely professional organisation who is not just doing peering (our core reason for existing) but also taking the views of smaller providers and ensuring they are represented towards the government and its agencies to ensure that they are not forgotten and pushed out of the market.
I am hoping to continue that work and push it forward to ensure that IAA continues to represent these people and expands that representation to better consult with all our members as well as informing them and working with them to make the regulatory burden more manageable allowing new entrance to continue to enter the market.
Peering is IAA’s core product. To that end I am keen to continue to push the IX forward. We have made some important changes to make it more accessible to new members as well as more attractive to content providers and cdns. Our continued push for automation sets the IX up to allow our members to more easily utilise the IX services to provide their own services to other members and we need to expand this work. If re-elected, I will continue to push for this work to accelerate to ensure that the IX product remains strong and continues to grow.
Emma Mondy – Professional Member
Biography:
Emma Mondy is known for her strategic leadership, operational expertise, and deep commitment to compliance and regulatory integrity within telecommunications. She has built a career around driving organisational excellence, fostering inclusive workplace cultures, and aligning operational strategies with both business goals and industry standards.
Emma has led transformative initiatives across workforce development, governance, and regulatory alignment, with a particular focus on embedding compliance into everyday decision making. Her work reflects a strong belief in the power of diverse, representative leadership and the importance of creating culturally safe environments where all voices are valued.
With a collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement, Emma brings to the IAA Board a unique blend of strategic insight, people leadership, regulatory and compliance acumen, all of which enable her to drive sustainable, values driven growth across the industry.
Nomination Statement:
Emma Mondy brings a strong operational, regulatory, and diversity-focused perspective to the IAA Board, informed by her leadership experience in telecommunications. Her approach to governance is grounded in strategic foresight, ethical leadership, and a commitment to fostering inclusive environments where diverse perspectives are actively valued and integrated into decision making.
She brings a practical approach to Board engagement, drawing on her experience navigating complex compliance landscapes and leading organisational change. Emma is known for connecting strategic goals with operational realities, ensuring that decisions are both forward looking and grounded in accountability.
If re-elected, Emma remains committed to advancing transparent governance, regulatory excellence, and the development of leadership that is forward-thinking, inclusive, and well-equipped to meet the challenges of a changing industry.
Karla Skarda – Professional Member
Biography:
For the past four years, Karla has been actively involved in the IAA Systers program, mentoring and supporting women in the internet industry. This contribution reflects her strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and her deep alignment with IAA’s values of collaboration and community-building.
Karla’s career highlights include senior leadership at APNIC, where she drove registry transformations, returned IPv4 resources valued at over $100M to the free pool, and led member engagement initiatives across the Asia-Pacific. At PPCA, she negotiated complex licensing frameworks to address digital disruption, balancing the needs of creators, platforms, and industry stakeholders.
Karla is ready to bring her expertise, inclusive leadership, and passion for the internet community to the IAA Board and will be a strong advocate for members and the broader internet operations ecosystem.
Nomination Statement:
I am pleased to nominate Karla Skarda for election to the IAA Board. With over 20 years of experience in executive leadership, the past 5 which have been in internet infrastructure, technology strategy, and industry advocacy, Karla combines operational expertise with strategic vision to advance IAA’s mission of enhancing Internet infrastructure for the common good.
She brings to the IAA Board:
- Technical and governance expertise – registry operations, system rationalisation, and sustainable infrastructure growth.
- Strategic leadership – building and motivating diverse, global teams and aligning delivery with long-term strategy.
- Policy and advocacy experience – bridging technical priorities with regulatory and government processes.
On the Board, Karla will be well poised to contribute to IAA’s strategic pillars by:
- Supporting the expansion of IAA’s peering and technical services.
- Strengthening member engagement, training, and mentoring programs such as Systers.
- Advancing advocacy by translating technical challenges into effective public policy positions.
Diego Torre
Biography:
Telco specialist with over 20 years experience Ran a telco business from 2014 to 2018 before merging and existing the business pre-nbn days.
Currently Head of Wholesale for Kinetix Networks.
Channel advocate at my core.
Nomination Statement:
Extensive experience in telco and msp landscape, both voice and data. Key understanding of the importance of building an asset with internet vs simply reselling.
Understanding the drivers of a business in a data/connectivity world, I can bring my knowledge and skillsets to IAA and help navigate the complexities of the industry
Aftab Siddiqui – Professional Member
Biography:
I joined the APNIC Foundation in October 2024 as Head of Stakeholder Relations, based in Sydney. In this role, I lead initiatives to strengthen the Foundation’s engagement with diverse stakeholders, including the technology industry, academia, project partners, and other development organisations. I support technology development and research, and contribute to key organisational initiatives to further the Foundation’s mission across the Asia Pacific.
Before this, I served for eight years at the Internet Society as Senior Internet Technology Manager, where I led the MANRS initiative globally and helped transform the Pulse Internet measurement platform. Prior to that, I spent over a decade as a network engineer in the service provider sector and system integration, gaining deep technical and operational experience. I have worked on establishing Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) across the region, providing both technical and policy support, along with starting the first IXP in Pakistan.
Alongside my professional roles, I have been actively involved in Internet governance and policy development. I served for seven years on the ICANN Address Supporting Organisation Address Council, representing the numbers community, and have authored several APNIC resource policies. I currently serve on the APNOG (APRICOT) Board and elected member of ALAC (At Large Community) at ICANN representing APAC tech community.
Nomination Statement:
I believe my combination of technical expertise, policy experience, and background in not-for-profit organisations would bring strong value to the IAA Board. The objectives of IAA, which is promoting and supporting the Internet industry in Australia, fostering collaboration, and operating critical Internet exchange services, aligns closely with the work I have been engaged in for many years.
IAA has long provided an essential platform for the technical community and encouraged constructive dialogue, and I feel strongly that this balanced and fair approach must continue.
Voting and Proxies
Voting
Voting in the 2025 Board Election will open shortly. Voting information will be emailed to the Member Voting Contacts. Please ensure your contact details are up-to-date in the IAA Member Portal. If you do not receive your voting email, please contact secretary@internet.asn.au.
This year we have 3 seats up for election, two of which are for three-year terms, and one for one year.
Proxies
As per section 8.2 of the IAA Ltd Constitution, Members may appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote at a General Meeting in their place.
The period to appoint proxies will commence shortly. Please check back for the Proxy Form.