Experience

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  Latrobe Golf Club

  • Alphington, Victoria, Australia

  • Director

    • Jul 2020 - Present
    • Alphington, Victoria, Australia

    Member Finance, Governance & Risk Committee, Member Match Committee, ex-Member Course Committee

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  BioMatters

  • Executive Director

    • Jun 2010 - Present

    Business & governance consulting and engagements, Biotech, Pharma, CRCs and startup companies. Emphasis on establishment of governance structures & processes (board), company operating structures, policies, processes & operations and the interface between board and management.

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  Yarram & District Health Service

  • Member, Audit & Risk Committee

    • Jun 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Independent Chairperson, Audit & Risk Committee

    • Jul 2020 - May 2022

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  Yarram & District Health Service

  • Yarram, Victoria

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    • Jul 2010 - Jun 2019
    • Yarram, Victoria

    My roles are Director, member of Audit & Risk Committee, Medical Appointments and Investment Committee. YDHS is a small rural health service in South Gippsland, Victoria. It comprises a 20 bed acute facility, 60 bed aged care facility, a medical centre and provides a large range of community ...

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  CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

  • Clayton

  • Chief Operating Officer & Company Secretary

    • Mar 2012 - Mar 2017
    • Clayton

    Collaborative Research Centre with 74 Participants across Australia and internationally, core activity is water life cycle innovation in city water supplies, management, use and disposal. My role is oversight of governance processes and operations.

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  Kidney CRC Bid

  • Executive Director

    • Jan 2009 - May 2010

    Sponsored by Kidney Health Australia, Monash University and the University of Queensland, I led the development of a bid for federal government funding for a new CRC on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and its Complications (cardiovascular disease and diabetes). Our working vision was to reduce the m...

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  Cooperative Research Centre for Chronic Inflamm...

  • Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary

    • Jan 2002 - Sep 2008

    Company secretarial activities for two boards, operations management for two organisations (a UJV and a private company).

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  CSL

  • Project Leader

    • Jul 1996 - Dec 2001

    Cervical Cancer Therapeutic project Early stage RandD projectsMember/Leader of various teams charged with operations around RandD Project Management including remodeling project management guidelines, project portfolio management, risk management, operations management and financial operations in...