Our Leaders

Penny is recognised as an influential public sector leader and has held many leadership positions, most recently as Chair of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System from February 2019 to March 2021.

Andre is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Rob has nearly 40 years’ experience in financial services, both internationally and within Australia. His most recent role was CEO of Credit Union Australia (CUA), Australia’s largest mutual owned financial services provider.

Robert has more than 40 years’ experience as a senior adviser at board and executive levels across a range of sectors including banking and the media, agriculture, food production and manufacturing, retail, hotels, liquor and gaming.

Helen is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health in Melbourne. 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 appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and 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.

Ben is a Partner in the PwC International Trade Team and has over 20 years’ experience managing a range of complex projects to develop, implement and maintain innovative business models encompassing system, people and process change. 

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

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.