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Appointed: 2014
Board Chair: October 2019 - present
Committees: Governance, Audit and Risk (Chair)

Craig is the Chief Executive Officer for Foresters Financial, one of Australia’s largest member-owned friendly societies. He is also an Executive Member of the industry body, Friendly Societies of Australia. Prior to this, Craig was the Chief Financial Officer at the Victorian Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has over 28 years of experience in Finance and ICT, having held senior positions across a number of sectors; including roles in top tier investment firms in London at Lloyds Bank TSB, Salomon Smith Barney and J.P. Morgan, and in Melbourne at ANZ, Legg Mason and Chimaera Capital. He has also held various financial roles in the Victorian and South Australian State Governments.

He is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Appointed: 2017
Deputy Chair: October 2019 - present
Committees: Strategic Marketing
Grants Advisory Panel: Homelessness & Affordable Housing (Chair)

A founding Director of MGS Architects, Rob’s particular areas of interest are around the themes of knowledge cities, inclusive cities, sustainable cities and connected cities and the buildings and programs that support these themes. This is drawn from both the particular and distinctive attributes of and challenges facing Australian cities.

His relevant skills are in master planning, design of mixed-use, inclusive community activity nodes, affordable housing, sustainable transport infrastructure and sustainable architecture.

He is an experienced advocate, managing community consultation and government partnership processes. His master planning projects involve the design management of large and complex multi-disciplinary consultant teams and stakeholder groups.

At a strategic planning level Rob has been responsible for urban design frameworks and structure plans for key areas of Melbourne.

In the not-for-profit sector, Rob has been a board member of Housing Choices Australia and Melbourne Affordable Housing and a Future Ambassador for Melbourne 2026.

Appointed: 2016
Committees: Investment (Chair)

Raphael was appointed as the Chief Investment Officer of the Future Fund in 2014. He leads a multi-disciplinary investment team making investments across all asset classes and geographies. Prior to this, Raphael was the Fund's Head of Infrastructure and Timberland.

Raphael was previously an Investment Director with Hastings Funds Management. He has also held infrastructure policy positions with both the private sector and the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Raphael started his career as an engineer working with Ove Arup & Partners in Melbourne and London. He holds engineering and commerce degrees and a PhD from the University of Melbourne which focused on risk allocation in Public Private Partnerships.

Appointed: 2018
Committees: Investment
Grants Advisory Panel: Environment & Sustainability (Chair)

Paul returned to Melbourne, his birthplace, 25 years ago after qualifying as a chartered accountant in the UK and then managing KPMG’s practice in Gambia and francophone West Africa, before working for the Lutheran World Federation in Bosnia and Croatia during the conflict, followed by an earthquake rehabilitation program in northern Philippines.

Leadership roles in Melbourne include the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Very Special Kids, The Body Shop, Mission Australia, World Vision and YSAS, before joining Australian Volunteers International (AVI) in 2015. Over this time,

Paul has developed enduring and innovative collaborations between business, governments, NGOs and communities including six social enterprises in Melbourne. Paul has extensive experience with not-for-profit boards and committees, including currently as Chair of the International Forum for Volunteering for Development.

Appointed: 2019
Committees: Governance, Audit and Risk

Janina is a community engagement professional with extensive experience across local government, federal government and the extractive industries sector. Previously Janina was CEO of the Australian National Training Authority and also Mayor of Echuca. Janina now has her own consulting business and, with a history of generating partnerships with Indigenous communities, is committed to social innovation and community development.

Appointed: 2018
Committees: Investment
Grants Advisory Panel: Education & Employment (Chair)

Angus is currently the Chief Executive Officer at DMP Asset Management, a specialist funds management firm of some 28 years based in Melbourne. Prior to joining DMP, Angus held several Senior Executive positions at ANZ Banking Group including Head of Money Markets within the Global Markets division.

Angus is currently the Chairman of Down Syndrome Australia. He is a Scholarship Trustee of the Mary-Jane Lewis Scholarship Trust & Trustee/Director of the Lauriston Foundation. He previously held Directorships at the Melbourne Football Club, Leukaemia Foundation of Australia, Responsible Investment Association of Australasia, and the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO). In 2015, Angus was appointed to the Advisory Committee (Intellectual Disability) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In 2014 Angus received an Order of Australia for service to the Community & the Banking & Finance sector.

Appointed: 2014
Deputy Chair: 2017 - 2019
Committees: Governance, Audit and Risk
Grants Advisory Panel: Healthy & Resilient Communities (Chair)

Sandra is a psychiatrist in private practice and honorary consultant psychiatrist at the Alfred Hospital. She is an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), holds a Doctor of Medical Science (Honoris Causa) from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Sandra chairs the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.

Sandra is a former President of the Australian Medical Association Victoria, and Vice-President of the Federal AMA.

Sandra is a board member of Entertainment Assist and has chaired the Boards of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Mental Health Research Institute and Northern Health. She has also chaired the Australian Health Ethics Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Sandra was the inaugural psychiatrist of the Alfred Hospital Heart-Lung Transplant Unit. Her private practice area of expertise is post-traumatic stress disorder, and her extensive medicolegal practice includes expert witness work related to sexual abuse, crimes compensation, professional misconduct and medical negligence.

Appointed: 2017
Committees: Strategic Marketing
Grants Advisory Panel: Environment & Sustainability

Jane Hansen AO is an active director in the not-for-profit sector, with more than 25 years investment banking and management experience in London, New York and Australia.

Currently Chair and CEO of the Hansen Little Foundation and all associated philanthropic initiatives, Jane was formerly a mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance specialist at First Boston/Credit Suisse and Macquarie Bank.

Jane joined the board of the Melbourne Theatre Company in February 2015 and is also the inaugural Chair of the theatre company’s foundation. She is the Deputy Chancellor and a Member of the Council of the University of Melbourne, and sits on the Melbourne University Humanities Foundation and is Deputy Chair of the Believe Campaign.

Jane also sits on the board of Opera Australia and Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. Previous directorships include the MCG Trust, the State Sport Centres Trust, the federal body of Athletics Australia and the Foundation of the State Library of Victoria.

Jane is a Fellow of the University of Melbourne, holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Monash University, a master’s degree in finance and business administration from Columbia University in New York, and is currently in the final year of an arts degree at Melbourne University, majoring in history.

Appointed: 2019
Committees: Strategic Marketing (Chair)

Bernadette is a brand and communications expert with a passion for community investment. She has held senior roles in Australia and internationally working across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the healthcare and biotech sector, as well as essential services and telecommunications.  Bernadette is currently chief adviser brand, communications and communities with Rio Tinto. She has led community investment programmes that have had a strong social return on investment in healthcare, education and environment.

Bernadette is a member of the advisory board of the Centre of Humanitarian Leadership, a joint venture between Save the Children and Deakin University.  She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Governance, Audit and Risk

Craig Bell (Chair)
Janina Gawler
Dr Sandra Hacker AO

Independent Committee Members
Andrew Raftis
 

Investment

Dr Raphael Arndt (Chair)
Paul Bird
Angus Graham OAM

Independent Committee Members
Alexandra O’Dea​
Jane Simon
Trevor Williams
 

Strategic Marketing

Bernadette Murdoch (Chair)
Jane Hansen AO
Rob McGauran

Independent Committee Member
Michelle Sherwood
Sarah Trainor

Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation is an independent community foundation established in 1923 by the then Lord Mayor, Sir John Swanson.

The Lord Mayor of the day is an honorary patron under the Foundation's Act.

The Rt. Hon. Lord Mayor Sally Capp

Honorary Founding Patron