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Appointed: 2014 Board Chair: October 2019 - present Committees: Governance, Audit and Risk Craig is a Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA), Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of CoINVEST. Craig has over 30 years’ experience in Strategy, Finance, Investments and ICT, having held senior positions across a number of sectors. This includes as Chief Executive Officer at Foresters Financial, and roles in top tier investment firms in London at Lloyds Bank TSB, Salomon Smith Barney and J.P. Morgan, and in Melbourne at ANZ, NAB and Chimaera Capital, along with various financial positions in the Victorian and South Australian State Governments.
Appointed: 2017 Deputy Chair: October 2019 - present Committees: Strategic Marketing and Development 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: Education & Employment (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: 2021 Committees: Governance, Audit and Risk
Linh Do is passionate about addressing climate justice and social inequality and has a background in advocacy, engagement, media and social enterprise. She is the founding director of the Wattle Fellowship at the University of Melbourne and serves as the international lead at Climate Catalyst. In the lead up to the Paris negotiations, she served as the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Verb. Most recently, Linh was the Australia and Pacific lead for The Climate Reality Project (Al Gore’s climate change leadership program) and previously co-founded OurSay, a technology company. Linh holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and is deputy chair at Climate Action Network Australia.
Appointed: 2017 Committees: Strategic Marketing and Development 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: 2021 Committees: Strategic Marketing Grants Advisory Panel: Environment & Sustainability (Chair) Eytan Lenko has a successful business and entrepreneurship background and is a long running advocate for strong action on climate change. Eytan is the Chair of Beyond Zero Emissions, an Australian-based, internationally recognised climate and energy solutions that shows how Australia can thrive through a transition to a zero-emissions economy. Eytan was a founder of Outware Mobile, one of Australia’s fastest growing tech companies which was acquired in 2017 and co-founded Infrastructure Access Managers, a fund manager that invests in private infrastructure. Eytan is a director of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network, the President of the Jewish Climate Network and the Lenko Family Foundation. He is actively involved in the startup ecosystem both as an investor and a mentor and is an advisor to the Giant Leap Impact Fund.
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