Our Leaders

Dr Jane Watts is a Non-Executive Director with more than 30 years' frontline experience across banking and financial services as a senior executive leading significant P&L business with Westpac (including BT Financial Group), Macquarie and Lendlease.

Adam Horsburgh has been the Chief Executive Officer of Austin Health since June 2020. He has extensive health sector management experience in Victoria, as well as in the UK National Health Service (NHS).

Ellen is Chief People Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and holds qualifications in law, business and change mangement.

Helen is a member of the Orygen Board and an Emeritus Professor. She is a psychiatrist and public health physician with national and international experience in mental health research and its translation, and service provision. She is an appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and is included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

Frances is a NHMRC Fellow, Director of Technology, Innovation and Translation at the NHMRC PREMISE Centre for Research Excellence and Co-Director of the Mental Health Hub of the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre in Brain and Mental Health. She is the interim Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Newcastle.

Mike is the Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

Jasmine Elliott (she/her) has an unwavering commitment to youth mental health, shaped by her lived experience of mental illness while growing up in rural Australia. She understands firsthand the challenges young people face in accessing support and has dedicated her career to improving mental health outcomes.

Marcus Stewart is one of Australia’s most renowned and trusted Indigenous leaders, a powerful and authentic media commentator and a respected adviser to Fortune 500, NASDAQ and ASX top 20 companies.

Professor Patrick McGorry is the Executive Director of Orygen, Professor of Youth Mental Health at The University of Melbourne, and a Director of the Board of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace). His work has played a critical role in the development of safe, effective treatments and innovative research into the needs of young people with emerging mental disorders, notably psychotic and severe mood disorders. He has also played a major part in the transformational reform of mental health services to better serve the needs of vulnerable young people.