Former Liberal senator Ian Campbell is to join the boards of Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd and Henderson shipbuilder Austal Ltd as a non-executive director. Mr Campbell, who resigned from the senate last month, had announced his intention to take on board roles once his commitments to federal parliament were fulfilled. Mr Campbell has spent 17 years as a Liberal senator for Western Australia, and was a member of federal cabinet holding the portfolios of environment, heritage and human services. He was also federal minister for local government, territories, and roads. Both companies said they looked forward to the wealth of commercial and government experience and broad range of skills that Mr Campbell would bring to the board.