Executive Manager Residential Services Shannon Bell is an experienced executive leader with over 25 years’ experience in the human and community services sector, including more than two decades in Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) treatment and rehabilitation. He brings extensive executive expertise across AOD rehabilitation, family violence and forensic services, as well as governance, and […]
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Jarvis Atkinson is a proud Yorta Yorta man from Shepparton and Cummeragunja, dedicated to uplifting both the First Nations and wider community through advocacy and engagement. As an Engagement Project Officer with the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, he works to ensure that Aboriginal voices are heard and represented in shaping a better future. With […]
Alexander (Alex) Nielsen is an experienced lawyer, having practiced in both Australia and the UK specialising in corporate transactions and compliance, tax, asset management and investment law. Alex has previously worked for some of the largest global law firms and has also managed matters from an array of sectors including energy, property, aged care, health […]
Executive Manager, Finance and Company Secretary Rakesh is a finance professional with 20+ years of executive leadership experience working in large multinational organisations, large private organisations, and not-for-profit organisations. Rakesh holds full membership of Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA Australia) and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). He is passionate about developing strong communities and […]
Professor Margaret Gardner was the 9th and first woman President and Vice-Chancellor of Monash University from 1 September 2014 until 4 August 2023. Prior to joining Monash, Professor Gardner was Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT from April 2005 until August 2014. She has extensive academic experience, having held various leadership positions in Australian universities throughout […]
Gail Bradley is an experienced mental health leader with a record of leading innovation and reform. A clinical psychologist by training she is currently employed as General Manager, Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services. She is passionate about creating a positive culture which embraces diversity and provides the highest quality evidence-based recovery, lived experience expertise, […]
Sue Carter is a company director, and consultant in corporate governance and board effectiveness. For many years she was a tutor for the Australian Institute of Company Directors, facilitating programs covering directors’ duties, financial reporting and board processes. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in the UK, and holds a BA (Hons) in […]
Dennis Armfield is a former player with the Carlton Football Club competing in the Australian Football League. Born in Canberra, Dennis was raised in Perth and drafted from Swan Districts in the 2007 AFL National Draft. He played his first senior game for Carlton in 2008 and reached the significant 100 game milestone in 2013. […]
Laura Turner is a senior reporter for Channel Nine and returned in early 2017 from a two year stint as the US Correspondent. She has covered some of the biggest news stories in the world including the mass shooting deaths of fifty people in Orlando Florida, the election campaign of Donald Trump, and the disappearance […]
Clare is a consumer, brand and innovation strategist, with 20 years of experience both agency and client side, across insurance, banking, consumer goods and government in the UK, Europe, US and Australia. Clare now consults to the Not for Profit and Social Impact sector, with a particular interest in purpose led organisations in sustainability, social […]
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