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
  • Co-chair of the JDRF Australia Advisory Board.
  • Chair of Sydney Theatre Company
  • Chair of the advisory board of UNSW’s Gonski Institute of Education
  • Former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of CBA
  • Chief Executive Officer of SEEK Ltd.

Matt Rady: Vice Chair

Year appointed: 2021

Qualifications and experience:

  • Vice Chair of the JDRF Australia Board
  • CEO, Allianz Retire+
  • Former Non Executive Chairman, Stake
  • Former Global Head – Financial Markets, IRESS
  • Former Executive Director, Banking and Financial Services Group, Macquarie Group
  • Former Business Analyst, Credit Suisse

Jonathan Salmon

Year appointed: 2012

Qualifications and experience:

  • Chair, JDRF Funding Committee
  • Member, JDRF Research Committee and JDRF Finance & Audit Committee
  • MAICD
  • Managing Director, Adscensio
  • Former Managing Director, Viatek Technology
  • Director, Unlisted Marketplace
  • Founder, DNS IT and Hosted IT
  • Father of a son with type 1 diabetes

Mike Wilson OAM

Year appointed: 2011

Qualifications and experience:

  • BSc, BEc (Hons), GAICD
  • CEO of JDRF Australia since 2004
  • Former Chairman, Somark Innovations

Kate Aitken

Year appointed: 2015

Qualifications and experience:

  • Member, JDRF Talent Committee and JDRF Finance & Audit Committee
  • Head of Human Resources, Optus
  • Former General Manager, Human Resources Westpac Institutional Bank
  • Former Managing Director, Chief of Staff and Co-COO Goldman Sachs Australia and New Zealand
  • Advisory Member of Pride in Diversity’s Strategic Executive Forum
  • Forum member of Chief Executive Women and Scholarship Committee Member

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
  • Head of Portfolio Construction, NSW Treasure Corporate (TCorp)
  • Former Board Member, MRSA
  • Former Director Listed Equities, Future Fund
  • Former Director Market Insights and Portfolio Implications,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

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

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)

Dion Werbeloff

Year appointed: 2023

Qualifications and experience:

  • CEO of Gandel Group
  • Executive Director of Gandel Group Pty Limited
  • Chair of the Investment Committee for Gandel Group and Gandel Foundation
  • Former Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
  • Former COO of Goldman Sachs’ investment banking business in Australia and New Zealand

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