Our Board

At MacKillop, we are passionate about empowering vulnerable children, young people and families to continually evolve and improve. This culture is driven by strong governance and a continued focus on child safety.

Our Board sets the organisation’s strategic direction and oversees performance and risk assessment to ensure our long-term viability and effectiveness in accordance with legislative requirements and best practice standards in corporate governance and community expectations. The Board achieves these broad responsibilities through establishing and actively monitoring governance structures, practices and frameworks.

Chair

Mr Brian Keane
BEc, FCPA
Appointed Director August 2015
Member of Governance Committee
Director, Brian Keane Consulting

Independent Non-Executive Directors

Mr David Beaver
MBA, BSW, BA, Grad Dip of Counselling, Dip Teaching, GAICD
Appointed Director 8 November 2017
Convenor of Quality and Research Committee
Retired

Ms Vicki Clark
Appointed Director 1 October 2021
Cultural Safety Advisor

Ms Elizabeth Clear
BComm, Grad Dip. Applied Corporate Governance (CPA, AGIA, ACIS, GAICD)
Appointed Director 1 October 2021
Member Audit and Risk Committee
Chief Corporate Officer

Ms Janet Farrow OAM
BSW, MBA, Grad Dip Law, GAID, Churchill Fellow, Williamson Community Leadership Fellow
Appointed Director 1 October 2021
Member of Quality and Research Committee
Adjunct Academic Staff member, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Ms Robyn Fry
LLB., GIA(Cert)
Appointed Director November 2015
Deputy Chair
Convenor of Governance Committee
Member of Audit and Risk Committee
Lawyer

Ms Fiona Hastings
MBA, BSW
Appointed Director 24 November 2021
Member Ethos and Culture Committee Principal, Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney

Mr Peter Lavis
Assoc. RMIT – Building, Assoc. RMIT – Quantity Surveying, Grad. Dip. Business Admin. Swinburne
Appointed Director 1 October 2021
Member of Finance and Investment Committee
Retired

Adjunct Professor Linda Mellors
BA, BSc (Hons), PhD (Med), Grad Cert HSM, GAICD
Appointed Director 14 November 2018
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Regis Healthcare
Member of Finance and Investment Committee

Mr Francis Moore
LLB. BCo
Appointed Director 13 April 2021
Convenor of Audit and Risk Committee
Director

Ms Anita Mueller
BA, Dip ED, Grad Dip Bus Mgt, GAICD
Appointed Director 8 November 2017
Convenor of Ethos and Culture Committee
Human Resources Manager, Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia & Papua New Guinea

Professor Peter Steane msc
BTheol (MCD), GradDipEd (ACU), MEd (UNE), PhD (Griffith)FAICD
Appointed Director 26 November 2015
Member of Quality and Research Committee
Convenor of Ethics Committee
Chair of Strategy, Peter Faber Business School,
Faculty of Law and Business, Australian Catholic University

Mr John Sutherland
Diploma in Business Studies, Chartered Accountant
Appointed Director 14 November 2018
Convenor of Finance and Investment Committee
Retired

Our Members

Sr Elizabeth Moloney rsm, Sisters of Mercy
Sr Mary Davis rsj, Sisters of St Joseph
Br Gerard Brady cfc, Christian Brothers