The JDRF Board of Directors

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) was founded in Australia in 1982. Established by concerned parents of children with type 1 diabetes, the organization was first known as the Diabetes Youth Foundation of Australia (DYFA).


President of the Board
Dr Susan Alberti, AO HonLLD
Member of Major Donor Committee JDRF International
Retired Member of Board of Directors JDRFI
Retired Member of JDRFI International
Development Committee
Managing Director Dansu Group.
Founding member of the National Association of Women in Construction in Australia.
Associate fellow, CEO Institute. Chair St. Vincent’s Institute Foundation.
Board Member Western Bulldogs Football Club.
Co-Chair Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation.

Chair
Stephen Higgs, BEc
Member of the Finance Committee
Member of the Ad Hoc Lay Review Panel after
3 years on the full committee.
Director, Primary Health Care Ltd.
Director, Peet and Company Ltd.
Past Chairman, Orlando Wines. Past Director, Austoft Pty, Jasco Pty Ltd, NPL Ltd, Leigh Mardon Pty Ltd, Rural Press Ltd, IPAC Securities Ltd, So Natural Foods Ltd and UBS Warburg.
Parent of a son with type 1 diabetes.

Vice-Chair
Helen McCombie
Member of the NSW Corporate Committee
Senior Communications Consultant at Cannings Communications.
Formerly reporter on Channel 9’s Business Sunday program.

Treasurer and Company Secretary
Malcolm Clift, FCA
Chair of the Finance Committee
Chartered Accountant, former Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
(now retired).
Parent of a son with type 1 diabetes.

Board Members
Robert Antulov, BE MBA MIEAust, MAICD
Member of the NSW Ball Committee
Founder and CEO of 3eep, an online social media company.
Former Director of Strategy, Fairfax Media Ltd.
Parent of a son with type 1 diabetes.

Rebecca Davies, LLB (Hons) BEc FAICD
Chair of the Compliance Committee
Member of the Executive Board for the Islet
Transplant Program
Adjunct Member of the JDRFI lay review panel and chair of JDRF(Australia) lay review panel.
Editor of Update Magazine.
Solicitor and Company Director.
Partner and board member of a major national law firm. Former Chair of MLC Nominees, trustee for NAB/MLC public offer superannuation funds.
Member of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council and Chair of its Audit and Compliance Committee.
Parent of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.

Rick Dennis, B Com LLB ACA
JDRF Queensland Corporate Committee Chair.
Managing Partner Ernst and Young, Queensland.

Greg Garvan, B IT
Chair of the volunteer Technology Advisory Group
Information technology and software engineering Project Management professional, currently consulting to ING Australia, with previous engagements to Caltex Australia, Insurance
Australia Group and Zurich Financial Services.
Parent of daughter with type 1 diabetes.

Frank Jackson
Life-member of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Founding Chapter and president for JDRF – WA
Founding committee member for Walk to Cure Diabetes – WA
Managing Director of Frank Jackson Holdings Pty Ltd.
Chairman of The Jackson Family Foundation.
Parent of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.

Ross Kennan, FIEA CP Eng. FAICD C.Chem MRACI
Member of the Compliance Committee
Former Global Vice-President of Honeywell Inc.
Chairman, Neptune Marine Services, and Director, Dadanco Pty Ltd
and Dadanco Inc.(US).

Kristen Mason, MBA
Chair of the NSW Ball Committee
Manager, Supplier Management - Airlines, Asia Pacific
Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
Parent of daughter with type 1 diabetes.

Timothy Morphy, BA LLB MBA
General Manager Marketing, I-Med Network Ltd.
Formerly National Head of Marketing, Medibank Private Ltd.

Peter Wilson, Dip. Chem. BEc
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer – Spotless Group Ltd.
Director of Spotless since 1984.
Director of Taylors Group Limited (a New Zealand company).
Parent of a daughter with type 1 diabetes.

Matthew Rady
Executive Director at Macquarie Bank responsible for the Financial Services Group's Investment Product business.

Trevor Allen
Member of the Finance Committee
 Partner in Corporate Finance at KPMG. Member of the Markets Policy Group for FINSIA.