Our Board of Directors

Our

Finding a cure for type 1 diabetes requires a team of dedicated individuals to work together across multiple disciplines. We are incredibly grateful for our Board of Directors and their tremendous contribution to our vision. Their guidance brings us closer to a world without type 1 diabetes every day.

Ian Narev: Chair

Year appointed: 2021

Qualifications and experience:

  • Chair of the JDRF Australia Board
  • Chief Executive Officer of SEEK Ltd.
  • Chair of NZ Rugby Commercial Limited
  • Co-Founder and Chair of Springboard Trust
  • Former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of CBA
  • Former Chair of Sydney Theatre Company.

Matt Rady: Vice Chair

Year appointed: 2021

Qualifications and experience:

  • Vice Chair, JDRF Australia Board
  • CEO, BT Financial Group
  • Board Member, Financial Services Council
  • Former CEO Allianz Retire+
  • Former Global Head – Financial Markets, IRESS
  • Former Executive Director, Banking and Financial Services Group, Macquarie Group

Jonathan Salmon

Year appointed: 2012

Qualifications and experience:

  • Chair of JDRF Funding Committee
  • Chair of JDRF Research Committee
  • Member of JDRF Finance, Audit & Risk Committee
  • Managing Director, Adscensio
  • Chair, TechElevate
  • Founder, DNS IT and Hosted IT
  • Father of a son with T1D

Selina Lightfoot

Year appointed: 2016

Qualifications and experience:

  • Chair, JDRF Talent Committee
  • BA/LLB
  • Non-Executive Director, Hydro Tasmania
  • Non-Executive Director, DWS Limited
  • Non-Executive Director, The Reject Shop Limited
  • Non-Executive Director, Victorian Opera
  • Non-Executive Director, Nuchev Pty Ltd
  • Advisory Board Member, TLC Aged Care Pty Ltd
  • Former Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Tanya Branwhite

Year appointed: 2020

Qualifications and experience:

  • Chair, JDRF Finance & Audit Committee
  • Director, Unlisted Asset Boards – Peninsula Link and Worsley
  • Member, UNSW Investment Committee
  • Former Head of Portfolio Construction, NSW Treasury Corporate (TCorp)
  • Former Director,  Future Fund
  • Former Head of Australian Macro Research, Macquarie Group
  • Former Head of Quantitative Analysis, Credit Suisse
  • Former Director of Not for Profit organisations – MS Research Australia, Oz Harvest, The
    Anika Foundation and Macquarie Group Foundation

Professor Fabienne Mackay PhD, FAHMS

Year appointed: 2021

Qualifications and experience:

  • Director and CEO, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
  • Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
  • Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
  • Member of the QIMR Berghofer Council, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
  • Former Head of the Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne
  • Member of JDRF Research Committee
  • GAICD (Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors)

Jacqui Lennon

Year appointed: 2023

Qualifications and experience:

  • Head of Retail Life Insurance at Zurich
  • Former Head of Product and CX at Allianz Retire+
  • Former Head of Product at IRESS
  • Former Division Director Macquarie Bank
  • Member of JDRF Funding Committee
  • Mother of a daughter with T1D

Philip Gardner

Year appointed: 2023

Qualifications and experience:

  • Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Australian Business and Community Network (ABCN)
  • Former Deputy Secretary, Commercial and Procurement Group, NSW Treasury
  • Former Board Member, NSW Telco Authority
  • Former Board Member, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp)
  • Chair of JDRF Talent Committee

Dion Werbeloff

Year appointed: 2023

Qualifications and experience:

  • Member of JDRF Funding Committee
  • CEO and Managing Director of Gandel Group
  • Chair of the Investment Committee for Gandel Group and Gandel Foundation
  • Non-executive Director, Vicinity Centres
  • Former Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
  • Father of a son with T1D

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