Our Board of Directors brings diverse expertise and deep commitment to guiding Red Nose’s strategic direction, ensuring strong governance and accountability in all that we do.
Nick Xerakias
Chair of the Board
Nick is a Partner at Public Affairs firm GRACosway. He has broad ranging political experience, particularly in strategy and policy advice.
Earlier in his career, Nick worked at senior levels for the Federal Opposition and Government across a number of portfolios including Employment, Family and Community Services, Health, Resources and Energy portfolios, and has experience in both federal and state political campaign management.
Nick is based in Victoria and is a bereaved father.
Nick was formerly a Board Member of Sands Australia and joined the Red Nose Board in November 2020 when the organisations merged.
Ian Burgess
A Board Member
Ian is an experienced director and CEO, with a varied career in both not-for-profit and commercial organisations. Ian is currently CEO of the Medical Technology Association of Australia, the peak industry body representing manufacturers and suppliers of medical technology.
Ian has been a director on a range of boards, including healthcare businesses, an EFT payments gateway, transport and education sectors.
Ian’s previous CEO roles have included the Australian Dental Association (NSW), the Australian Orthopaedic Association and a private equity backed healthcare business. Ian also has a strong background in governance, having held senior executive positions with the Governance Institute of Australia.
Arthur Dimitropoulos
Treasurer
Arthur has over 30 years’ experience inclusive of finance, strategy, acquisitions, analytics, and organisational performance. Arthur’s Executive career includes Non-Executive Directorships, CFO, Company Secretary, CIO, governance committees and other senior engagements in listed, as well as private, not-for-profit and government organisations across a broad range of industries including international experience.
Arthur brings a balance of financial performance leadership, governance, strategy, analytics and commercial intellect in healthcare, disability, retail, logistics, and professional services. Arthur’s extensive experience is also coupled with experience as a Non-Executive Director within education, healthcare, disability, and social enterprises.
Arthur’s qualifications include a Master of Business Administration (MBA), is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD)..
Professor Craig Pennell
Board Member
Professor Craig Pennell was the Foundation Scientific Director Raine Study (2008-2012) and the Leader of the Genetics SIG. Craig’s research centres on personalised medicine in perinatal health and the developmental origins of health and disease.
Craig has an outstanding global academic and research excellence record in obstetrics, gynaecology and maternal fetal medicine and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. He is currently the Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine within the School of Medicine and Public Health (Obstetrics and Gynaecology), University of Newcastle, and the Co-Director of the Mothers and Babies Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute. In his roles, Craig provides academic leadership and fosters excellence in the management of high-risk pregnancies, research, teaching, professional activities, and policy development.
Sérgio Brodsky
Board Member
Sérgio Brodsky is a leading brand and foresight strategist, founder of Surge Advisory. He is also the inaugural Chair at The Marketing Academy Australia, alumni, and an Agenda Collaborator at the World Economic Forum.
Sérgio began his career as an IP lawyer in his native Brazil and transitioned as a strategic consultant for a high-tech military company in Israel before pivoting towards the marketing communications industry in the UK and Australia, to then finally land on the discipline of Strategic Foresight.
Sérgio is a widely recognised thought-leader having been published and featured on high-profile stages worldwide. He is a co-author of The Routledge Companion to Marketing Research, where he wrote the Foresight in Marketing and Marketing Research chapter, and the creator of the radically innovative Urban Brand-Utility model, reframing brand communications from conspicuous consumption into a regenerative force in the economy of cities.
Andrea Pearman
Board Member
Currently Chief Executive Officer of Netball Victoria and Melbourne Vixens, Andrea has held executive leadership roles in some of Australia’s leading organisations, including Inclusive Australia, Australia Post, National Australia Bank, Fosters and Telstra, for over 20 years. She has experience in brand and reputation management, stakeholder relations, marketing, corporate social responsibility, and community investment practices, across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors such as the government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors.
Andrea is passionate about improving diversity and inclusion both within organisations and across the wider community and at Australia Post, she co-founded Inclusive Australia, alongside BehaviourWorks at Monash University. Inclusive Australia aims to reduce prejudice and discrimination within society using a data and behavioural science approach and working in collaboration.
Lyndy Bowden
Board Member
Lyndy is a Lactation Consultant working closely with the Aboriginal community of Tasmania, and holds several other roles including with PSANZ (Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand) Consumer Advisory Panel and the PSANZ Perinatal Palliative Care Special Interest Group.
Lyndy joined the Red Nose Board in November 2020 following the merger of Red Nose and Sands.
Based in Hobart, Lyndy has a long history with Sands and the bereaved parent community. After her son Thomas’ death in 1997, Lyndy became involved as a peer supporter and held a number of governance roles within Sands Tasmania. In 2014 she was appointed Chair of Sands Australia until its national unification in 2018.
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