Experience

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  AFS & Associates

  • Bendigo, Australia

  • Partner

    • Oct 1993 - Jul 2021
    • Bendigo, Australia

    At AFS & Associates, I am lucky to work with a fantastic team of skilled professionals, and our firm instills the important values of communication and integrity to our 70+ qualified staff; our clients are our main and first priority.AFS & AssociatesThe firm is a ‘classic’ public accounting firm with its main streams being:- Accounting, tax and business advice to small-medium sized organisations (SMEs)- Audit (both external and internal) of SMEs, NFPs and government-owned organisations- Corporate services to SMEs- Financial planning and complianceas well as specialist services to the community banking sector

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  Heathcote Health

  • Heathcote

  • Member Corporate Governance Sub-committee

    • Jun 2011 - Dec 2020
    • Heathcote

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  Girton Grammar School

  • Bendigo

  • Board Member

    • Jan 2005 - Dec 2020
    • Bendigo

    Girton Grammar School is an Independent, Christian, Co-Educational School for young people from Preparatory to Year 12.Girton Grammar School strives for excellence in both academic and co-academic areas of education in a caring Christian environment.

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  Bendigo Primary Care Centre Limited

  • Bendigo

  • Director

    • Jan 2010 - Nov 2015
    • Bendigo

    Health care for the Bendigo communityA one-stop health care service. An exciting new purpose-designed building. A culture of multi-professional practice, learning and teaching in the heart of Bendigo’s health education and research precinct. This is the Bendigo Primary Care Centre. Our services including a GP clinic, same-day appointments for patients unable to get an appointment elsewhere, and preventative and ongoing care for patients with complex and chronic illnesses.

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  Bendigo Health

  • Bendigo, Australia

  • Board Member

    • Jan 2006 - Jun 2015
    • Bendigo, Australia

    The board of directors are appointed to oversee the management of Bendigo Health as a public health service under the Health Services Act 1988. The board of Bendigo Health is accountable to the Minister of Health for conduct, performance and culture of the organisation. The board is committed to the highest standards of professionalism, probity, diligence and excellence.Bendigo Health is governed by a nine person board appointed, for a term of up to three years by the Governor-in-Council upon the recommendation of the Minister of Health. Sound board governance systems provide protection for the organisation, its stakeholders, the board and its directors against fraud, illegal practices and poor performance by its own members, its chief executive and staff. The board is responsible for setting the ethical framework for the organisation, defining and nurturing the organisation’s fundamental values. The board is committed to the adoption of ethical conduct in all areas of its responsibilities and authority. Directors are committed to acting honestly and in good faith at all times. The board is required to regularly review its own performance as the basis for its own development and quality assurance. It must also ensure that Bendigo Health’s assets are protected, including development of a suitable risk management strategy. The board appoints the chief executive officer to manage the functions of the organisation. The board meets monthly to receive financial reports, to monitor performance of the organisation in regard to patient and client care and the organisation's other functions and to consider recommendations for future development of the organisation and its services.

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  PwC

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Accountant

    • Feb 1982 - Oct 1989
    • Melbourne, Australia