The Australian Network on Disability’s Board of Directors is responsible for governance and strategic direction.
Board members bring high-level skills and diverse experience helping to support our vision of a truly disability confident Australia.
There are three office bearers (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) and up to ten members of the committee.
The Board generally meets six times per year, and its members do not receive any remuneration.
Peter Wilson AM FCPA FCPHRLife FAICD
Chairman
Peter Wilson AM FCPA FCPHRLife FAICD
Chairman
Peter was appointed Chairman of the Australian Network on Disability Board in May 2015. He was appointed a Director of the National Alcohol and Drug Foundation in October 2021, and became its Chairman from 1 December.
Peter Wilson is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Office of the Auditor-General in Western Australia.
Peter is also the Independent Member and Chairman of the Australian Retail Credit Association and the Reciprocity and Data Exchange Administrator Limited which set respectively the credit reporting standards under National Privacy legislation, and also industry rules for open banking that are authorised by the ACCC.
He was President and Chairman of CPA Australia from October 2017-2020, and continued as a Director until his retirement in December 2021. He was a non voting board member on the International Federation of Accountants in New York from 2020-2021.
Peter was Chairman of the Australian HR Institute from 2006-2020, and now chairs its National Certification Council.
He is a non-executive director of Vision Super and the Chairman of the Victorian Institute of Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University. He is also a panel member at the Centre of Excellence into Population and Ageing Research (“CEPAR”) at Sydney and Curtin Universities, and an Advisor to the International Consortium for Research into Employment and Work (“ICREW”) at Monash University.
Peter served as an Adjunct Professor in Management at the Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne from 2012-2020, and as an accredited PhD Supervisor at the Latrobe Business School, Latrobe University from 2015-2020.
Peter held senior executive roles in the Commonwealth and Victorian Treasuries, and group executive roles at ANZ Bank, Amcor Limited, and as CEO of Energy 21. He has held non-executive director appointments on Boards of Dalgety Farmers Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Australia, and both the Commonwealth Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and Yarra Valley Water as Chairman.
Peter Wilson was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005 for services to workplace relations and safety and community service and was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2004.
David Davies
Secretary
David Davies
Secretary
David is a partner at Thomson Geer. He has more than 18 years’ experience acting for private sector and government clients in workplace relations matters, including unfair dismissals, industrial disputes, discrimination law and workplace agreements.
A significant area of David’s practice is bullying, harassment and discrimination. He is an expert advocate and regularly appears as counsel before the Australian and NSW Industrial Relations Commissions.
David also presents at industry seminars and provides training to private and public sector clients and has previously lectured in employment relations at University of Technology Sydney and Western Sydney University.
Bronwyn Grantham
Treasurer
Bronwyn Grantham
Treasurer
Bronwyn is CFO of Kyndryl for their A/NZ entities. Her prior roles at IBM include Transformation Leader for finance, bringing new ways of working and Agile practices to all of finance. She has held various Controller and Division CFO positions including Group Financial Controller for IBM Australia and New Zealand.
Bronwyn enjoys bringing businesses, individuals, and teams together to strengthen understanding of key priorities and drive outcome based strategies. She has worked not only in Australia but UK, US and other EU countries where her focus was on Financial modelling and negotiations that lead to significant new outsourcing contracts with IBM and key clients.
Her deep Technology experience helps ensure she understands how key systems and services are foundational to all business to reach clients and deliver mission. Throughout her career she has continually engaged in diversity and inclusion programmes and actions and is passionate about businesses being engaged in authentic programmes in this space.
Ainsley Barahona Santos GAICD
Board member
Ainsley Barahona Santos GAICD
Board member
Ainsley is Chair of AND’s Technology Transformation Committee and has been on the AND Board since November 2018. A graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, she has been a Director on for-purpose Boards since 2002.
Ainsley brings expertise to AND in human resources, culture, strategy, digital, partnerships, marketing communications and governance. As General Manager HR Partnering she leads the people, inclusion and workforce strategies for icare, a NSW social insurer. She is also on the Board of Health Consumers QLD.
Ainsley holds Masters degrees in Coaching Psychology and International Relations and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.
Belinda Curtis
Board member
Belinda Curtis
Board member
Belinda has 25 years’ experience in a range of HR and Organisational Development roles in FMCG, Aviation and Financial Services.
Currently People and Performance Director at Tip Top (a division of George Weston Foods), Belinda has held senior HR roles at Qantas, Commonwealth Bank and AMP. While at AMP, she led the development of the Work, Family and Diversity strategies and currently leads Diversity & Inclusion for George Weston Foods.
Belinda has also held leadership roles in EEO and diversity professional networks, and began her career as an occupational therapist with the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service providing workplace rehabilitation programs that supported ongoing employment for people incapacitated by significant workplace injuries.
Maryanne Diamond
Board member
Maryanne Diamond
Board member
Maryanne was the General Manager Participant Advocacy at the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and also the NDIA Disability Champion.
Maryanne is a person who has lived with disability all of her life. She is also a parent of an adult son with disability. Maryanne is passionate about people with disability as customers and as employees being able to exercise their rights like all Australians.
Maryanne has held a range of roles in Australia and at the global level for more than 25 years.
In June 2015, Maryanne was appointed as an Officer in the Order of Australia. In 2016 she became a graduate of AICD. Maryanne was awarded the World Blind Union Louis Braille Medal in 2016, and was a finalist of the Victorian Australian of the year in 2017. She was awarded the Monash University Faculty of Information Technology Distinguished Alumni Award for 2019.
Kevin Figueiredo
Board member
Kevin Figueiredo
Board member
Kevin is passionate about advancing the inclusion of people with disability, mental health and suicide prevention. He has over 23 years of experience leading culture change in large multinational organisations in the areas of physical and psychological safety, and workers compensation.
Kevin is currently the General Manager Risk, Safety and Sustainability for the Super Retail Group. The Super Retail Group network extends over 700 stores and has more than 12,000 team members across Australia, New Zealand and China, housing iconic brands including BCF Boating Camping and Fishing, Macpac, rebel and Supercheap Auto.
He previously worked for the Woolworths Group as General Manager Safety, Health and Wellbeing where he was responsible for the safety of 200,000 team members and over 23 million customers each week.
Kevin has also worked for Westpac as the Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing and in various safety roles at Goodman Fielder.
Kevin has served on the AND Board since 2006 and previously served on the Board of the Woolworths Employee Credit Union.
He has a Bachelor’s in Chemistry, a Masters in Safety from West Virginia University and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Kevin is Fellow and Chartered Generalist OHS Professional of the Australian Institute for Health and Safety a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals.
Rosie McArdle
Board member
Rosie McArdle
Board member
Rosie is the Chief People and Safety Officer, of Compass Group (Asia Pacific) Pty Ltd.
With more than 25 years’ experience in human resources, industrial relations and health and safety, Rosie had a long career with BlueScope Steel, BHP and Arrium where she held a number of both IR specialist and HR strategic roles before joining Compass Group.
She has a keen interest in building diverse organisation cultures based on care and respect which drive outstanding and sustainable business outcomes. This is evident at Compass where their approach to diversity delivers significant benefit to its current and future employees, its customers and clients, and has been externally recognised on several occasions.
Donna Purcell GAICD
Board member
Donna Purcell GAICD
Board member
Donna is a specialist developing and leading strategies for the inclusion of people with disability within workplaces and the community.
Donna has a senior leadership role at the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) as The Participant Advocate and as Branch Manager Participant Advocacy. Donna is also the NDIA Disability Champion, representing the NDIA on the Australian Public Service (APS) Disability Champion Network.
Donna’s previous role was within Customer and Community Advocacy at Commonwealth Bank where she specialised in accessibility and inclusion for customers and employees with disability and where she established and led the Enable Disability Employee Network.
Donna is a certified Access Consultant through the Institute of Access Training Australia. She is a member of the University of NSW’s Disability Innovation Institute and a former Chair of the NSW Disability Advisory Council, and a former director with Northcott Society, community radio station 2RPH and the NSW Centre for Volunteering.
Donna is passionate about creating accessible and inclusive communities where people are supported to be their best.
Rania Saab
Rania Saab
Rania Saab
Rania Saab
Rania is a solicitor with Legal Aid NSW. She is passionate about equal access to justice and has worked with Legal Aid NSW and the family law courts to remove barriers for people with disability. She believes that we are all different, irrespective of our abilities, and would like to live in a society where everyone is included and has equal access to society, entertainment, education and employment.
Ainslee Scott
Board member
Ainslee Scott
Board member
Ainslee is Director Corporate Service of NSW Ombudsman. She joined the Executive team of the NSW Ombudsman in June 2019. She has the responsibility for the Ombudsman’s Corporate Services division, which includes financial management, human resources, ICT, procurement and other varied support functions. Additionally, she provides strategic advice to the NSW Ombudsman on business process improvements, including governance and risk management practices.
Prior to joining the Ombudsman, Ainslee held a number of executive and senior positions across both the public and private sectors, including the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), NSW Treasury, TransGrid and Colonial First State. She has a strong and diverse background in accounting, strategic and corporate planning, governance, project management and business transformational change.
Ainslee has an Executive Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Australian Graduate School of Management, is a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD), is a fellow certified practising accountant (FCPA) and a member of Women On Boards.
Travis Tyler
Board member
Travis Tyler
Board member
After two decades of honing his skills across all aspects of Retail Banking, Travis Tyler is helping reshape the Australian Banking Landscape as the CPMO of Neo Bank 86 400. Working with a world class team and armed with a passion for building services that truly help customers take control of their money, Travis is well positioned to support Australian Network on Disability to deliver on it’s mission in a technology enabled world.