Leadership & Governance

He has over 30 years’ experience in the private equity sector, including as Chair of the industry association, the Australian Investment Council and a director and Chair on several investments.

Peter is currently a director of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (a not for profit) and is also Chair of its Audit, Risk and Finance Committee.

Peter has considerable governance, strategic and financial knowledge and therefore brings considerable experience to the CTF board. He was appointed Chair of the CTF in November 2020.

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Peter’s strong background in digital marketing is of huge benefit to the CTF’s Marketing & Fundraising Committee.

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Hugo’s strong financial background and network is of great benefit to the CTF and his membership of the Audit and Risk Committee.

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Donna is also a non-executive director of Accent Group and Baby Bunting. Donna has a strong background in brand, merchandise and supplier strategy and is an active member of the CTF’s Marketing & Philanthropy Committee.

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With a history of executive, operational and managerial roles across several retailers like Woolworths, David Jones and Target, Luke is a senior leadership figure dedicated to guiding diverse teams to ongoing success through education, learning and collaboration. He has spent over 20 years in the retail, marketing, operations, procurement and e-commerce sectors. He now spends his time educating others on the development and implementation of online business and marketing strategies.

Luke is engaged across various digital sectors, but particularly the digital transformation of business and industry. Luke works with clients directing their companies and their Boards in the digital world and its interactions with the current philosophies of retail and trade.

Luke has a personal connection with NF as his partner has a 13 year old son that has been diagnosed with NF1.

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She also manages the implementation of new innovations, together with Insitu Group’s industry position via the Marketing and BD functions. Prior to this role Brooke held senior roles with Stockland and Haser Group.

Brooke and her husband Oliver have personally been heavily involved in fundraising activities like Cupids and been one of the top fundraisers each year it is held. More recently, they have become a corporate sponsor for CTF through Insitu and helped fund the Plasma trial and Adult clinic work at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and have continued to support CTF more broadly.

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Wes previously served as Executive Director, Secretary and Financial Controller for Pacific Restaurant Group Ltd (Kingsleys, ChopHouse, & Jamie’s Italian), Australia’s first public unlisted Full-Service Restaurant Group, from where he was responsible for the restructure and IPO of the Group as well as securing the Master Franchise Agreement for Jamie’s Italian in Australia/NZ.

Prior to that Wes was an Investment Banker in Restaurant Capital before owning and managing multiple hospitality venues in Asia and the United States.

Wes brings over 20 years’ experience in change management, lobbying, negotiation, governance, finance & accounting experience.    

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Specifically, the development and alignment of organisational capability to operational and strategic imperatives and the design and development of global talent and leadership strategies, both to manage succession risk and build the right capabilities for future growth. He previously worked as HR Director for RMIT, Head of Strategy and Service Delivery at Telstra and HR Business Partner at BHP.  

John has been a keen supporter of CTF and actively contributes in our annual fundraising efforts.   

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With over 15 years consulting experience, Laurence has led complex performance improvement projects across a range of industries. He is an expert in the telecommunications industry and chairs our Victorian State Committee.

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