Board of Directors

Craig is an Assurance Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and has been with the firm for over 17 years both in USA and Australia. Craig is experienced in external and internal audit services, accounting and broader business advice across a broad spectrum of industries covering resources, services and construction and engineering.

Craig leads client focused teams in the provision of services to clients and has had considerable experience reporting to Boards and Audit Committees. Married with three children, Craig strives to maintain a healthy work life balance and serves on several other not for profit boards.

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 national association representing companies in the medical device industry, and a director of the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association, which is headquartered in Singapore.

Ian has a strong background in governance, having held senior executive positions with the Governance Institute of Australia, and has been a director on the boards of health businesses, an EFT payments gateway, a transport business and an educational institute in the finance sector.

Ian’s previous CEO roles have included the Australian Dental Association (NSW), the Australian Orthopaedic Association and a private equity backed health business.

Andrew is a civil engineer with over 20 years’ experience and currently works in senior management position with CPB Contractors, a large Australian construction company and part of the ASX listed CIMIC group. In the past, Andrew has served as a director of SIDS and Kids (Victoria), the National SIDS Council of Australia and the Civil Contractors Federation (Tasmania).

Andrew’s first involvement with SIDS and Kids was through the bereavement support he and his family received following the death of his first daughter, Saoirse during delivery in 2004. Andrew is passionate about the potential for reducing the incidence of perinatal death just as the SIDS campaign brought about a dramatic reduction of SIDS deaths in the 1980s and 90s. Andrew and his wife Karyn have since had two more children, Asha and Daniel. Andrew and his family live in Melbourne.

Andrew is the Treasurer and chairs the Audit and Risk committee.

Simela is a Non-Executive Director, Company Secretary, Committee Member, former Committee Chair, Consultant and Lawyer with over 27 years of executive and board level experience across the public, commercial and not for profit sectors both internationally and domestically with particular experience in the legal profession.

At board level some other highlights include: Member of the Advisory Board of matX (matX is a tool supporting a commercially driven circular economy by focusing upstream on resource reuse); former Non Executive Director of Breast Cancer Campaign (now Breast Cancer NOW – the UK’s largest breast cancer charity); and Executive Mentor at Barnardo’s Children’s Charity.

In an executive capacity she is a Consultant to Pinsent Masons, formerly having been a founding Partner of Pinsent Masons (Australia) – providing advice to global clients to assist in the development of business strategies in Australia.

Prior to this she was a Partner with White & Case in London, one of the biggest law firms in the world. Simela played a key role in building the infrastructure / public-private partnerships practice into new and emerging geographies including the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. In this role she was also a member of a number of global committees and initiatives including the Global Diversity Steering Committee and the Global Women’s Initiative.

Simela has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (Majoring in Macro Economics) and a Bachelor and Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Married with two children, Simela is also a bereaved parent.

Kammeron is a certified executive coach, strategy and leadership development consultant, and former marketer with 25 years’ experience in the media sector in Australia and the UK.

Prior to life as a consultant, Kammeron worked for News Corp for 14 years most recently as General Manager, Consumer - Vic/Tas, leading a team of 25 across consumer sales and marketing as well as sitting on the Executive Leadership Team for the Herald & Weekly Times.

Prior to News, Kammeron enjoyed three years in London with boutique partworks publisher Marshall Cavendish in the role of New Product Development Manager. Before heading to London Kammeron held several roles at Fairfax, the last of which was brand manager for BRW magazine.

Kammeron has a strong track record of developing other leaders and transforming teams. Kammeron has an open style and genuine desire to connect with people. This enables her to build rapport quickly and has resulted in Kammeron mentoring and coaching many marketers over the years who have gone on to successful careers.

Kammeron was a scholar in the 2018 The Marketing Academy, has two sons and is a paid up member of the Carlton footy team.

Tracy moved to the Wheatbelt of WA from Sydney in 1996 where she was involved in the establishment and operation of The Fred Hollows Foundation Inc. Tracy has a broad background and experience in providing health services (nursing, psychology and blindness prevention), strategic planning & policy development of health service delivery, regional development and Not-For-Profit organisations.

Currently, she is also a Non-Executive Director with Hale School and has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors course. Tracy has established strong professional, government and community links and has well established networks in the health and regional development sectors. Along with her husband and son, Tracy assists in running a mixed agricultural enterprise in rural WA.

Professor Paul Colditz is the foundation Professor of Perinatal Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of the Perinatal Research Centre. He is a practicing clinician in neonatology as well as holding a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the University of NSW and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford, UK.

Paul leads a multidisciplinary research team from diverse backgrounds including medicine, science, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, other allied health, signal processing and biomedical engineering to focus on improving health outcomes for mothers and babies through clinical and translational research. He is a member of the Qld Health’s Maternal and Perinatal Quality Council and a panel member of the Qld Child Death Case Review Panel (DeptCommunities, Child Safety and Disability Services).

Paul is a Board member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Chair, College Research Committee. He is President-elect of the Paediatrics and Child Health Division, RACP.

Rachel is the CEO of Independent Community Living Australia (ICLA) and the former Director of LifeSpan, the Black Dog Institute’s systems approach to suicide prevention.

Rachel brings extensive experience in working with people with lived experience as well as working with government at both state and federal levels. Rachel is passionate about supporting bereaved parents following her own experience of miscarriage.

Rachel was the Chair of Sands Australia, and joined the Red Nose Board when the organisations merged in November 2020.

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.

Nick Xerakias has broad ranging political experience, particularly in strategy and policy advice. Earlier in his career, Nick worked as an adviser in the Howard Government in the Employment, Family and Community Services, and Health 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.