Meet the Board

Qualifications

B.Bus (Acc), GradDipMkt, CPA, GAICD - Chair

Experience

Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair since 2021. Extensive experience in business strategy and leadership in Australia and internationally. A commercial leader with a strong ethical focus.

Greg is the Chair of Kogan.com and is also on the Boards of PNG Sustainable Development Program and Bridge It. Greg previously occupied the position of President Asia-Pacific Region at NYSE listed Owens-Illinois Inc and more recently held a number of interim leadership positions including Chief Executive Officer at Tibaldi Australia Pty Ltd., Chief Executive Officer at The Royal Australian Institute of Architects Ltd., Chief Financial Officer of World Vision Australia.

Greg has previously served on the Boards of Spirit Technology Solutions, Oxfam Australia, Ethical Property Australia, B Lab Australia & NZ, Tibaldi Australasia and Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.

Special Responsibilities

Chair. Member of the Finance and Audit Committee. Member of the Remuneration, Nomination and Succession Committee. Member of the Risk Management Committee.

Cathy has over 20 years’ of experience as a senior public servant in Queensland and South Australia. She has worked in and across; strategic policy, legislative reform, planning and service delivery roles in the areas of child protection, youth justice, disability services and domestic violence. Cathy has undergraduate qualifications in law and postgraduate qualifications in law and public administration.

In 2023, Cathy was appointed as the permanent Independent Implementation Supervisor to oversee the implementation of the Queensland Government Response to recommendations made by the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce and also joined the Board of Logan Together, Qld.

Special Responsibilities

Chair of the Practice Governance Committee, member of the Risk Committee

Qualifications

BSW (HONS 1). Masters Indigenous Health. Graduate Certificate Indigenous Trauma and Recovery Practice. PhD Social Work and Criminology. MAICD.

Experience

Dr Elizabeth McEntyre is a Worimi and Wonnarua Woman Elder belonging to Lands and Waters spanning Port Stephens, the Great Myall Lakes, the Barrington Tops, and the Hunter Valley in NSW.

Dr McEntyre is an accredited mental health social worker in disability and justice with a doctorate in social work and criminology. She is the Aboriginal Official Visitor of prisons with the NSW Inspector of Custodial Services, and a member of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal conducting civil and forensic hearings. Elizabeth is also a Board Member of Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council, Hunter Local Land Services, State Records NSW, and Indigenous Allied Health Australia.

Dr McEntyre is a member of the Aged Care Standards Clinical Expert Working Group for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, and the Department of Health and Aged Care Quality Aged Care Consumer Reference Group with the Department of Health and Aged Care.

As an Aboriginal-Led research consultant, Elizabeth advises several professional associations, service providers, Universities and consultative groups, including the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Greening Australia, University of Sydney, and University of NSW.

Special Responsibilities

Member of the Practice Governance Committee.

Qualifications

BA, GDip, PhD, Hon LLD, FIPA, GAICD, FAIIA, FIPAA

Experience

Independent Non-Executive Director since November 2019. Extensive experience in public policy, social justice, human rights and discrimination. Member of the Judicial Commission of Victoria. Previously, CEO of Oxfam Australia, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner.

Special Responsibilities

Chair of the Risk Management Committee. Member of the Practice Governance Committee.

Qualifications

BA, G.Dip.psych, M.Psych.Ed, MBA

Experience

As a registered psychologist, Karen has many years of experience in mental health and disability. She combines her lived experience of blindness with her expertise in operational management to advocate for quality service delivery and community inclusion. Karen has extensive experience in leading transformational change across a national footprint whilst delivering client outcomes. She is passionate about eliminating barriers to education and employment to enable people to live the life they choose. In addition to the Life without Barriers board, Karen is also on the Board of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT and Guide Dogs Australia.

Special Responsibilities

Member of the Practice Governance Committee

Qualifications

BA Psychology and LLB

Experience

Independent Non-Executive Director since September 2017. Extensive experience across small business, government, not for profit and corporate sectors in various management and non-executive roles. Brings deep knowledge and expertise in social enterprise governance, leadership and operations, social policy design, impact investment, and creation of social impact.Natalie founded Supply Nation (formerly AIMSC) helping Australian organisations award more than $50 million worth of business to Indigenous suppliers. Natalie is the Founder / Managing Director of Inside Policy and serves as a Director on a number of Boards.

Special Responsibilities

Chair of the Remuneration, Nomination and Succession Committee.

Qualifications

BA, LLB (Hons), MAICD

Experience

Appointed Non-Executive Director in October 2021. Rajiv has extensive experience in the public, private and community sectors, gained in diverse roles in New York, London and Sydney. Rajiv is the former CEO of Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), an organisation that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through home ownership, employment and social enterprise.

Rajiv’s experience includes appointments with Macquarie Group in areas of business development, structuring and risk management. Rajiv is a corporate lawyer with experience across a range of commercial transactions, including establishing new businesses, acquisitions, joint ventures, investment funds and capital raising.

Rajiv is passionate about leveraging commercial solutions to create social impact. He is also a non-executive Director of First Nations Foundation and Head Start Homes.

Special Responsibilities

Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. Member of the Risk Management Committee. Member of the Remuneration, Nomination and Succession Committee.

Qualifications

MBA (Strategy), BSc (OT)

Shannon has significant expertise in complex business and digital transformation programs with health, aged care, disability, and humanitarian organisations. Having worked internationally in 15 countries including Australia and New Zealand at the federal, state and community levels, Shannon has built a strong reputation for effectively leading complex digital reform and brings an extensive career in international markets and sectors and within Australia.

Her skills span strategy to execution, with particular expertise in service design, customer experience, and technology.

Shannon is adept at Lean Six Sigma, design thinking and enjoys working alongside executive leadership, front-line staff and end users to co-design solutions. Before starting her consulting business in 2022, Shannon was a Managing Director at Accenture. She began her career working in rehabilitation and aged care as an OT. Previous Board positions include Business for Development and PeerNetBc.

Special responsibilities

Member of the Practice Governance Committee, member of the Risk Committee.