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Our Board

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Dr Stephen Hollings

Stephen Hollings has over three decades of experience as a Chair and Non-Executive Director across commercial organisations, not for profit companies and industry associations. His Board and senior executive experience spans the publishing, technology, health, education and employment sectors.

He also acts as a Board Advisor to Bolton Clarke and works with Global Access Partners on a number of initiatives in the energy, environment and media spaces. He consults to companies on strategy, digital opportunities and challenges, and marketing. As a CEO and senior executive, he has had extensive experience in highly competitive, customer-driven industries and has successfully led businesses through periods of growth and development as well as through times of unprecedented change created by economic turbulence, industry restructuring and disruptive technology. Most recently Stephen was CEO of the Heart Research Institute and in his various Chair, CEO and senior executive roles he has become known for providing a strong focus on and a personal commitment to the development of emerging leaders, providing organisations with a robust talent pipeline. Dr Stephen Hollings has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 2018.

Chair

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BA (Hons), PHD, FAICD

Kathryn Greiner AO

Kathryn Greiner has contributed in a wide range of leadership positions in public and private companies, government bodies and non-profit organisations. She is currently the Chair on several boards spanning research, health and ageing. She is a Director of the Bell Shakespeare Company and the Ramsay Foundation.

She was an elected Councillor to the City of Sydney Council from 1995 until 2004 and more recently has completed the Review of Funding for Schooling and is currently leading a review into Retirement Villages in NSW.

Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Social Work (UNSW) Certificate in Early Childhood (Macquarie University) and was awarded a Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) from UNSW and is the recipient of an Order of Australia (AO).

Kathryn has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 2018.

Deputy Chair

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B.Soc.Wk (UNSW)

Elisabeth Shaw

Elisabeth commenced the role of CEO on 28 September 2017.

Elisabeth is a clinical and counselling psychologist with extensive experience in relationships services, having built her whole career around this skill set. Early in her career she worked with Relationships Australia NSW in practitioner, supervisor, manager and director roles.

Having invested in further skill development in management and professional ethics, she spent 15 years providing supervision to clinicians in child protection, drug and alcohol, sexual assault, women’s health, disability and general counselling services, executive coaching to not-for-profit and public sector leaders, and consultation in relation to professional ethics to industry bodies.

She has taught in Masters programs at ACU, UNSW and Newcastle universities in areas of clinical practice, management and professional ethics, and routinely presents and publishes work in these areas.

She is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, a senior consultant at The Ethics Centre, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and sits on a number of Boards. In 2023 she completed Leadership for the 21st Century Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education Program.

Chief Executive Officer

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BA (Hons) M.Mgt. (Comm) MCFT; MProf Ethics, MAPS (MCCOUNP; MCCLP); GAICD

Katie Moore

Katie Moore is a proud Wiradyuri woman with family connections to Central New South Wales, while having lived mostly on Darug country in Western Sydney.

She is passionate about creating meaningful change that improves the lives of people. In August 2023 Katie joined Reconciliation Australia as the GM Policy, Research and Strategic Projects. In the five years prior to this, she project managed strategic initiatives across Research, Indigenous Strategies and Services and most recently building relationships to ensure just transitions across the Real Deal for Australia project and the University of Sydney.

As a UN Women National Committee Australia MBA Scholarship recipient, Katie was the University of Sydney's first known Indigenous MBA graduate and is currently a Master of Philosophy (Science) candidate exploring research in Wiradyuri governance. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), a member of the Opal HealthCare advisory panel and KU Children's Services Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee.

Katie has been a member of the RANSW Board of Directors since July 2021.

Board Member

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BBus MBA GAICD

Andrea Christie-David

Andrea Christie-David is an experienced lawyer, company director and entrepreneur. With a background in social justice and consistent engagement in the community sector, Andrea has always been driven to create positive change. This passion has powered her journey through the entrepreneurial landscape and equipped her with a diverse skill set.

Andrea is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and recognised as ‘Woman Lawyer of the Year in a Community Organisation' in 2013, and a finalist in the Women's Agenda Leadership Awards in 2019. Andrea also sits on the Board of the OpenField Arts Festival, the Illawarra Trauma Recovery Centre, and is an Advisory Board Member of MYP Corporation, a private equity backed SaaS startup.

Andrea holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Master of International Law, and a Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies. She is also a solicitor admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Andrea has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2015.

Board Member

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M Int Law, Grad Cert Legal Practice, LLB, BA (Linguistics), Cert IV Training & Assessment

Cameron O’Reilly

Cameron O’Reilly is an Associate Director of Marsden Jacob Associates (MJA) an economics, public policy, markets and strategy advisory firm. Previously he held a number of executive roles including Executive Director and Principal Energy Advisor in the NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment, Chief Executive of the Aged Care Guild, and Chief Executive of the Energy Retailers Association of Australia.

Cameron holds a Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University and a Master of Management and Public Policy from Monash University. He is a graduate of the Institute of Company Directors and in 2008 was awarded a Fulbright Professional Scholarship in Australia-US Alliance studies.

Aside from being a director of Relationships Australia NSW, Cameron previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Aurora Energy, Mojo Power, TUSMA — the Federal Government’s Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency - and the Australian fundraising arm of the United Nations Refugee Agency Australia for UNHCR.

Cameron has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 2018

Board Member

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B Ec (Hons), MPPM, GAICD

Sanjay Sridher

Sanjay Sridher is Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal.

He has had a varied career, in Australia and the UK, primarily focussed on working with the Public Service to design and deliver complex service programs. His last role with the government was at the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment where he led a portfolio of high profile policy development initiatives and statewide delivery programs to promote a circular economy and effective resource recovery.

Complementing these experiences, he has also worked at senior levels in the private sector, focussed on driving business growth through market expansion and strategic mergers and acquisitions.

Sanjay has a Masters of Business Administration with the University of Technology and was a member of its Industry Advisory Board for over four years. In 2013 he was awarded the UTS Alumni of the Year award for the Faculty of Engineering and IT.

Sanjay has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 2022.

Board Member

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MBA, GAICD

Liz Forsyth

Liz is currently Global Lead and Founder of ForsythClement, a strategic advisory firm working in Human Services.

Prior to this role, Liz was the Global Strategic Growth Lead and CEO of Disability and Aged Care for APM. Much of her career has been in professional services with KPMG, where she was the Global Industry Lead for Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare, the Global Head of Government and Global Lead for Human and Social. She established the Health, Ageing and Human Services practice in KPMG Australia and was also the Deputy Chairperson of KPMG Australia from June 2012 to June 2017.

Liz’s driving passion when working is health and social policy reform. She has a long history focusing on issues related to disadvantage, disability and vulnerability, covering the many and varied aspects of the health, human services and aged care portfolios at both state and national levels. She has worked as a Social Worker, Service Manager, Policy and Program Director and Executive in Government.

Liz has been at the forefront of many major social policy reforms across Australia, including reforms in child protection, disability services, domestic and family violence, social housing and aged care. She has worked globally in New Zealand, US, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Liz is also a Board member at Bridge Housing – a social housing provider in NSW.

Liz has been a member of the Board since February 2023.

Board Director

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