Our Board

Emeritus Professor Linda Kristjanson is non-executive director of Seek Ltd, Education Australia LTD, MinEx CRC Ltd, and Education Services Australia Ltd. She is a member of the Australian Urban Research Institute Network Board and a Trustee of the Bethlehem Griffith Research Foundation.

From 2011-2020, Emeritus Professor Kristjanson served as Vice Chancellor and President of Swinburne University of Technology. Upon her retirement she was awarded an Emeritus Professorship. Prior to this role she was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Development at Curtin University. She has served as a member of the National Health and Medical Research Council from 2006 to 2009. Emeritus Professor Kristjanson was the Chair of the Board the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (2016-2023) and Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Australian Synchrotron (2007-2016).

In 2002, Emeritus Professor Kristjanson was named Australian Telstra Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her entrepreneurial work in health and science. She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, acknowledged for her distinguished service to tertiary education through leadership and governance roles, strategic and innovative university reforms, and contributions to cancer research, palliative care and to women.

Emeritus Professor Kristjanson has a background in nursing and has been a pioneer in palliative care research gaining her doctorate in this field. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.

Ms Shelly Park is an accomplished Non-Executive Director and CEO with over 25 years of experience in leading complex organizations with billion-dollar budgets and extensive workforces, particularly in the healthcare sector. With a strong focus on strategic leadership and governance, she has a proven track record on high-performing boards, successfully leading large health and life sciences organizations, focusing on business processes, people leadership and digital transformation.

Shelly currently sits on three Boards, including Chairing one Board and Chairing two subcommittees on another. Shelly has previously sat on Boards in various organisations, including the Australian Organ and Tissue Authority and the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (as an Executive Director).

Shelly has a background in Health leadership to C Suite level following an early career in nursing through to Director of Nursing level. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and holds a Master of Science in Management (Distinction), a BA (Business Administration and Management), and completed a Diploma in Comprehensive Nursing. She is a Fellow: Vincent Fairfax Ethical Leadership and holds a Diploma of Executive Coaching. In 2011, Shelly was honoured as the Telstra Victorian Businesswoman of the Year.

Ms Sally Bateman is the Chief Executive Officer of Make-A-Wish Australia, one of the country’s most inspirational charities for children.

A former Senior Publishing Executive, Ms Bateman was Penguin Random House’s inaugural Asia Pacific Director of Marketing, Publicity and Digital following the international merger of Penguin and Random House. Previously, she spent 17 years with Penguin Australia where she led marketing and digital strategy during a decade of disruption.

Ms Bateman is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and holds a Bachelor of Arts, Public Relations and a Graduate Diploma of Psychology.

Ms Bateman’s grandmother passed away from stroke when she was 8.

Professor Coralie English is a physiotherapist and an experienced stroke clinical trialist. She leads a team of researchers within the Heart and Stroke Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute and teaches into the Physiotherapy Program at the University of Newcastle.

Professor English’s research career began in 2000, when she undertook a PhD at the University of South Australia. Prof English’s professional network extends to national and international collaborations and professional committees.

Lisa is the Founder and Managing Director of Get on Board Australia, supporting aspiring, new and existing board members and boards to thrive. She has more than a decade of experience serving on boards from a range of organisations in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in Adelaide, Sydney, and across Australia.  

Lisa holds a degree from Charles Sturt University in Business Management and Marketing, has completed the Foundations of Directorship program through the AICD, and is completing a Master of Business Law at the University of Adelaide. 

Lisa has lived experience with stroke, having personally suffered a stroke in 2015. During her initial recovery period, the Stroke Foundation and its community provided overwhelming support. Since then, Lisa has actively supported the Stroke Foundation and shared her stroke story to raise awareness and donations.  

Ms Janice Thomas is an Executive and Board Member with over 20 years success at the forefront of advancement and engagement strategies in Secondary and Higher Education. Ms Thomas pioneered sustainable funding streams and built new collaborative cross-sector partnerships central to delivering the Teaching, Learning and Research agendas of some of Australia’s most iconic institutions.

Founding her career in education in fighting for the continued provision of K-12 schooling in the community of Bendigo, she built a reputation for transformational leadership with a succession of appointments to roles involving ground-up functional establishment and key strategic contributions.

Ms Thomas has held senior roles in the tertiary education sector including as Inaugural Director of Development at the University of Western Sydney, Senior Director, Advancement & Communications and Senior Director of Engagement in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

An active not-for-profit and NGO Board Member and Advisor, Ms Thomas holds expertise across the ecosystem of fundraising, marketing, communications, external relations, community, philanthropic and corporate engagement. In addition, Ms Thomas brings transferable skills in government relations, multi-party stakeholder management and governance.

Mr Peter Nikoletatos is TechnologyOne’s Industry General Manager, Education, responsible for setting the company’s higher education strategy and driving customer success through digital transformation. Between 2017-2024 held a concurrent position as Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University, providing him with a deep understanding of the higher education industry.

With more than 35 years’ experience in ICT, Mr Nikoletatos previously held several C-suite roles across the higher education, telecommunications, radiology and resources sectors, and in 2014, was voted as one of the planet’s Top 100 influential social CIOs, and Top CIOs to follow on Twitter by Huffington Post.

Outside his executive roles, Mr Nikoletatos chaired the AIIA Digital Skills Special Interest Group in 2019 and is an advisor on several committees. He has previously held various Board Director roles including AARNet Pty Ltd, Research Data Storage (RDS), VERNet Pty Ltd, Intersect Pty Ltd, NUSport Pty Ltd, former Vice President CAUDIT, and the Chair of the Victorian Directors of IT (VDIT) in 2016-17.

Mr Nikoletatos holds a Graduate Diploma in Law and a Master of Education and Bachelor of Business.

Mr Robert Campbell is the managing director of Australian Audit, a specialist audit firm based in Perth. With a background in social work, he has over 25 years leading social welfare and educational organisations in a variety of CEO positions in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. He has served on the boards of charities working in the areas of homelessness, mental health recovery, drug and alcohol addictions and disabilities. He advises on complex charity tax matters.

Mr Campbell is also on the Board of a multinational company where he is the senior independent director and chairs the audit and risk committee and the nominations committee.

Mr Campbell holds a Bachelor of Social Work with Honours and a Master of Social Work from the University of New South Wales School of Social Work. He completed the Graduate Course in Accounting at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is a social worker, chartered accountant, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a registered company auditor, and a registered tax agent. He is a member of the professional advisors’ group for the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission.

At home, Mr Campbell has supported his wife in her recovery from two strokes and deeply appreciates the need for integrated health solutions for stroke survivors.

Mr Phillip Vernon is a professional Director and Adviser with a focus on sustainable finance, impact investing and the not-for-profit sector. He was previously CEO and Managing Director of Australian Ethical Investment and a Group Executive with Perpetual Limited and is currently a Director of Futurity Investment Group, The Environmental Defender's Office and B Lab Australia New Zealand.

Mr Vernon is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Trustee Fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds Australasia.

Mr Vernon has lived experience of stroke having lost his father to it at age 12.

Ms Victoria Hepburn is the Managing Partner of the Consulting Solutions business for Minter Ellison and part of the Firm's Executive Leadership team. She is also a director of the Firm's services entities.

In addition to her leadership roles in the Firm, Ms Hepburn continues to actively practice with a range of clients in both the public and private sector. Victoria specialises in strategic, complex and sensitive Employment, Industrial Relations and Administrative law matters.

Ms Hepburn holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Canterbury.

Professor Dewey is a clinician researcher, specialising in the area of stroke. Her interests include stroke epidemiology, health service improvement and acute stroke therapies. She is appointed as Consultant Neurologist and Senior Medical Advisor, Transformation Office, at Eastern Health, Melbourne; and Professor, Eastern Health Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne and is the current Chair of the Management Committee for the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR).

She is also a past President of the Australia and New Zealand Stroke Association, past Honorary Secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists and was a previous Chair of the Advanced Training Committee in Neurology, Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Professor Dewey undertook her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1985 with the University Medal and later moved to Melbourne to complete her advanced training in neurology. She is trained in both Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine.

Professor Dewey received her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2000 for research conducted as part of the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS). She was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT), the largest international trial ever conducted in the field of stroke rehabilitation. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Matthew Oakey is Partner, in Business and Private Client Advisory of SW Accountants and Advisors and is a member of CPA Australia along with being an affiliate member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand. Matthew is a director or company secretary for several charities including The Creswick Foundation, Florence & Melville Hughes Trust, Domov Special Accommodation Fund, Crazy Socks 4 Docs Trust Foundation. Matthew is also a director of several Private Ancillary Funds and for-profit entities. Matthew is the Partner representative on the SW Accountants and Advisors Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

Tony is an experienced Director and C-suite leader in a variety of sectors and industries. In 2014 he was a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and attained the worldwide qualification of Certified Fundraising Executive in 2012. He is an experienced Director with Board experience in education, Indigenous communities, environmental and health positions.

Tony is currently a Director of the Indigenous Arts Foundation and of the Centre for Cancer Wellness in WA. He also has post graduate qualifications in Leadership and Management, and has consulted to leading organisations in education, legal and health sectors.

Tony has led organisations involved in childhood disability and disadvantage, homelessness and education, health and also in the green energy sector. He is a well respected leader with a diverse range of leadership skills and experience. He is an active volunteer in many local community organisations and is a firm believer in using his skills to create better communities.