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Stephen Creese, male chairman, brown hair

Brendan Boyd

Chairman since October 2023

Brendan Boyd was formally appointed as the new Chair of Marriott on 12 October 2023.  Brendan brings over 35 years corporate experience in logistics, strategic business growth expertise, mergers and acquisitions to work with Marriott to build its future capabilities. Brendan is currently the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Silk Logistics Holdings which is a large public company that specialises in transportation, logistics, supply chain and storage.  He is a highly regarded industry leader and has held executive roles with many logistics and warehousing companies such as Australia Post, Toll Group and Mayne Nickless. 

Colin Knox

Treasurer

Colin has over 40 years experience in risk management, insurance, governance and assurance. He has held senior roles in Australia, USA and Papua New Guinea with Treasury Wine Estates Ltd and Foster’s Group Ltd where he was Risk & Assurance Director and with Rio Tinto where he was Chief Consultant Risk Management.  Colin has also provided consulting services to several leading organisations in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.  He has worked closely with the Board and Audit & Risk Committees of many businesses and has held Board roles on several not-for-profit organisations, including being the inaugural President of the Australasian Chapter of the Risk & Insurance Management Society.

Mark Bennetts, board member, smiling

Mark Bennetts

Director since 2017

Mark is the CEO of the Mt Buller & Mt Stirling resorts, having previously developed and managed six RACV resorts with 600 staff across Victoria and Tasmania. Mark’s career includes over 30 years of management experience in various roles across the hospitality, membership, energy, property development and retail sectors. Mark has a nephew at Marriott Community.

Catherine McGovern, woman board member wearing glasses, green top

Catherine McGovern

Director since 2018

Catherine has over 25 years of experience working in the private sector, for government and in consulting. Catherine held various senior roles in government relations including with GlaxoSmithKline both in Australia and the United Kingdom and with Medibank. Currently, Catherine is Principal at Evaluate, an economics consulting company delivering policy and strategy in a range of sectors including health, education, community services, ageing, disability and justice services. Catherine is a Member of Medicines Australia Advisory Council and a past Board Member of Melbourne City Mission and Victoria Legal Aid.

Nichola Lefroy

Director since 2021

Nichola brings over 15 years' experience in development, including major donor, grant cycle and bequest management. Previously holding positions with Melbourne Indigenous Transition School, Shell Group of Companies and the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. Nichola is the Development Lead at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, encouraging philanthropic support for the Gardens across landscapes, science, programming, and learning. Nichola is the Deputy Chair at Trinity Grammar School and holds various director level roles with HoopNow, The JTM Foundation and Serp Hills Foundation

Simone Alexander

Simone is an accomplished senior healthcare executive with over 25 years’ experience in the healthcare sector including leading the organisation through the COVID pandemic and is currently the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of Alfred Health with responsibility for the management and performance of Alfred Health’s clinical operations. She has spent the last eight years as a Clinical Service Director at Alfred Health, most recently as the Clinical Service Director, Emergency and Acute Medicine. In this role, she provided leadership and operational management of many areas including Alfred and Sandringham Hospital’s Emergency Departments, ICU, hyperbaric, cardiology, general medicine, neurology, hospital in the home and five inpatient wards.  Simone was responsible for meeting national emergency access targets and service development.  She has also taken part in advising on trauma centre development in other countries, including Saudi Arabia. 

Simone has a Masters Degrees in Health Management and Clinical Nursing. She is a member of Australian Institute of Directors (MAICD)

Michael Laps

Michael brings a wealth of experience in business, strategy and digital marketing.  He is an award-winning marketer, Michael has been building digital strategies for over 12 years. In that time he’s worked with household names like ANZ Bank, H&R Block, P&O Cruises, Converse, the NRL and many more.

In 2014 he founded what has become one of Australia’s premier digital agencies, Yoghurt Digital, with a team of 35 across three countries. Since exiting Yoghurt in mid-2022, Michael has been helping companies by consulting on their broader business strategy, operational structure and capabilities and, of course, their marketing strategy. During his time with Yoghurt Digital he was worked with a multitude of not for profit businesses including Hireup, Cure Brain Cancer Foundation and Barnados Australia.

In his spare time, Michael is a guest speaker and trainer at Australia’s peak marketing body, the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI), is a guest lecturer at Macquarie University and UNSW, and mentors young professionals through both the AMI and Pillar Initiative.  Michael is also on the Board of Family Life.

Soizic Bellemere

Soizic is an experienced Audit and Governance/Risk Executive with +25 years’ experience in Government, including several years in the disability/personal injury sectors including NDIA and EML workers compensation insurance.  She has a deep understanding of relevant legislation with extensive experience ensuring regulatory compliance and dealing with external regulators such as Workers Compensation and Disability regulators.

She is currently Director Risk and Audit at Swinburne University and brings a wealth of experience in areas of risk management, assurance and audits, regulatory compliance, fraud management, corporate governance.  She was previously employed as Associate Director, Internal Audit at NDIA with responsibilities managing agreed portfolios of operational audits  (Participants & Planning Experience Group, and Strategy Development & Chief Risk Officer Group) and special reviews to support the Agency’s Internal Audit function in fulfilling its responsibilities to the board of executives and senior management.

Soizic is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and has qualifications which include Bachelor of Business Administration Major in Finance, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Australia since 2005.  She holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Psychology and worked in community setting for many years.

Michael Sadhu

Michael currently works for the Australian Tax Office with background roles as a lawyer with a range of law firms.

Michael has served on Boards as a Director, Treasurer, Finance and Audit Committee roles with a decade of board level experience with exposure to legal, government and not for profit sectors. He brings a background in accounting, financial reporting and auditing, corporate governance, commercial law, dispute resolution and priority involvement in regulatory policy development.  Michael has held roles as President and Treasurer of the Victorian Blind Cricket Association, Board Director and member of Finance and Audit Committee of Blind Citizens Australia.

He has a Master of Law, Master of Business and Bachelor of Commerce.  He is an Australian Legal Practitioner and a Chartered Accountant. undertaking the Governance Institute of Australia course

Shane Armstrong, male board member, short brown hair, maroon tie

Shane Armstrong

Director since 2021

Shane has a global publishing and education background, previously holding leading roles with The Education Group, Scholastic International, Times Publishing LTD, and MacMillan Education Australia. Shane is experienced in implementing change to increase innovation, build sales teams and strengthen operations, whilst spearheading acquisitions, mergers, and post-merger integrations. With exceptional business acumen, balanced with a lifelong mission to contribute to the furthering of education and literacy worldwide.

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