Our board

HomeGround is governed by a professional board of directors. Our board members have public, private and community sector expertise from a range of areas.

Enquiries about joining our board can be made in confidence to executive@homeground.org.au

Our current board comprises:

Neil Chatfield (Chairperson)

Qualifications: Master of Business in Finance and Accounting; Post-Graduate Diplomas in Information Technology and Accounting; Fellow, CPA Australia; Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Employment: Chairman of Virgin Blue Holdings; Non-Executive Director of Seek Ltd, Transurban Ltd; Whitehaven Coal and Grange Resources Ltd

 

Graeme Bruce

Qualifications: Diploma Business Studies (Acc), Diploma Business Studies (EDP), Diploma Financial Services (FP), Management Consultant

Employment: Experience Management Consultant, Formerly Deloitte Consulting Regional Director of Operations

 

Peter Clark

Qualifications: Bachelor of Social Work; Graduate Diploma in Information Technology; Master of Business Administration

Employment: Senior Program Manager - Housing, Mind Australia

 

 

Dominic Esposito

Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws

Employment: Legal practice as Solicitor

 

 

Simone Gandur

Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts

Employment: Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Department of Sustainability and Environment

 

 

Gina Hanson

Qualifications: Master of Environmental Studies; Bachelor of Natural Resource(Honours)                     

Employment: Senior Policy Adviser, Aboriginal Affairs Taskforce, Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development

 

Wayne Read

Qualifications: Bachelor of Economics (Honours); Associate, Institute of Chartered Accounts in Australia; Fellow and past Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Finance and Treasury Association Victoria

Employment: Partner, Accounting Advisory Services Group, KPMG Melbourne

 

Dimity Reed AM

Qualifications: Bachelor of Architecture; Master of Architecture; Life Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

Employment: Principal, Dimity Reed and Associates, Architecture, Planning, Urban Design

Nikos Thomacos

Qualifications: Bachelor of Business (Economics); Bachelor of Arts (Honours); PhD

Employment: Senior Lecturer, Health Social Science, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Medical Sciences, Monash University

Michael Wright

Qualifications: Bachelor of Economics (Honours); Master of Science (Economics); Diploma, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Employment: Managing Director, Miller Consulting Group; CEO, Victorian Cancer Agency; Chairman, ACSO  

Independent Chair, Audit & Risk Committee

Robert Turnbull

Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce; Masters of Business Administation, FCPA, ACIS                                                          
Employment: Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary, OTEK Australia Pty Ltd