CREATE Board

CREATE FOUNDATION BOARD

David Matcham
board_david_matcham David is the Chair of the CREATE Foundation Board and a director of Hollard Insurance Company Limited.

David was previously Managing Director and CEO of Lumley General Insurance Limited until his retirement in 2009 and is a past Director of the Insurance Council of Australia.

David is married and has two daughters.

Jann Skinner
board_jann_skinner Jann is Treasurer and Director of CREATE Foundation Board. Jan was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and the auditor of CREATE Foundation for a number of years. I started as a trainee with Coopers & Lybrand in 1975 and spent two years working with the firm in London in 1979 and 1980.

After returning to Sydney Jann specialised in the financial services sector, particularly the insurance industry. Having retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2004 after almost 30 years with the firm, Jann was keen to maintain her involvement with CREATE Foundation. She volunteered to assist in the year-end financial reporting process and also during the year to help out with other financial reporting requirements.

In 2006 Jann was very pleased to be invited by John Cloney to join the Board of CREATE Foundation and take on the role of Treasurer. The enthusiasm and commitment of CREATE’s staff and the positive impact they can have on children and young people in care continues to be inspirational.

Jacqui Reed
jacqui_nyac20invite Jacqui Reed is a Director of CREATE Foundation. Jacqui has been the Chief Executive Officer of CREATE since December 2007. Jacqui has over 20 years experience in child protection, out of home care, family services and community work, has undertaken social research and held several management roles. She has written not only policy, training manuals, and research papers, but also a children’s book. Jacqui is an accomplished public speaker presenting at many national and international conferences. Jacqui firmly believes that children and young people given the right opportunities have the capacity to transcend their adversity and reach their full potential.

Brenda Davy
board_brenda_davy1 Brenda Davy is a Director of the CREATE Foundation Board. Brenda has 25 years of business experience with particular emphasis on strategy, marketing and organisational effectiveness. Her experience includes working with blue chip companies in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and North America. She has held senior management roles, including Regional Marketing Director for Procter & Gamble Asia.

In 2002, Brenda started Davy-Zerr & Associates, a management consulting firm. Since then, she has consulted with major blue chip organisations in Australia across many sectors including retail, consumer goods, financial services and others.

Brenda is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD) and holds an Honours Degree in Business Administration. Originally from Canada, she has lived and worked in Australia since 1988.

Personally, Brenda wants to apply her business experience to organisations that help improve the lives of children and youth. She is inspired at the passion she sees in the people who work hard for CREATE Foundation!

Brian Greig
brian20greig Brian Grieg has been a Director of the CREATE Foundation Board since 2008.

Brian is a Chartered Accountant. He is Deputy Chairman and a member of the Board of KPMG Australia. Brian is the Chairman of KPMG Australia’s insurance practice and a member of KPMG’s Global Insurance Leadership Team.

Brian has 28 years business experience predominantly advising and auditing companies in the insurance industry in Australia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Brian grew up in a care environment and as a result has had a personal interest in kids in care.

David Coney
board_david_coney David is a Director on the CREATE Foundation Board and brings with him considerable experience in the integrated marketing industry both in the UK and Australia.

After completing an Honours degree in Business and Marketing, David established his career in London with WWAV and Ogilvy & Mather working on large integrated direct marketing charity and financial services accounts. In 1992 David relocated to Australia and joined the John Fairfax Group as Marketing Manager for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Financial Review. In 1993 David joined Integrated Options to establish and build the organisation’s direct and data marketing capabilities, later becoming a director and shareholder, and culminating in his appointment as

Managing Director in 2000. In 2005 David oversaw the integration of Integrated Options into its sister EURORSCG before selling his remaining shareholding in the business to explore new ventures.

A passionate exponent of integrated marketing strategy, David firmly believes in the concept of customer championship and has been an Australasian Promotion Marketing Association (APMA) and Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA) Awards judge and recipient.

David is also passionate about supporting youth and increasing marketing capacity in non-profit organisations, two significant reasons why he joined the CREATE Board. “I appreciate the values that CREATE stands for and the work that CREATE does with both the out-of-home care sector and children and young people in care is terrific.”

David and his partner Kerri have two incredible sons Max and Alex, and while he is not with the family he plays soccer, runs and dives.

Jan Owen
board_jan_owen Jan Owen has been Executive Director of Social Ventures Australia since 2002. In 1993 Jan Owen founded the Australian Association of Young People in Care (AAYPIC) which is now known as CREATE Foundation.
Jan has had more than 20 years experience in the not for profit sector, including establishing and operating numerous organisations and cross sector partnerships. She has held a range of key government appointments in the areas of child welfare, homelessness, youth and women and is the author of the book Every Childhood Lasts a Lifetime (1996).

In 1999, Jan was the first non US based recipient of a Fellowship to the Peter F Drucker Foundation. She currently serves on the Boards of the Inspire Foundation, Social Firms of Australia, International Board of Advisors of the Medical Knowledge Institute Foundation and is a Director on CREATE Foundation’s Board.

Joan Fitzpatrick
board_joan_fitzpatrick Joan Fitzpatrick is a Director of the CREATE Foundation Board. Joan is a qualified barrister who has spent most of her working life managing commercial and manufacturing businesses and people. She joined the insurance industry in 1992 in London and worked for several years in the ASEAN countries.

She became CEO of the Australian Insurance Institute (AII) in September 1997 and has worked successfully to position the Institute as the leading membership and education provider in insurance for the Asia Pacific Region. In 2001 the AII merged with the Insurance Institute of NZ to form the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance or ANZIIF. In 2001 the federalized system of insurance institutes in Australia was also successfully unified into the new entity. ANZIIF provides a range of high quality and sophisticated education solutions for the industry in the Asia Pacific region and is one of the largest educators and professional associations on the financial services sector. It is financially strong and has experienced consistent growth in recent years.

ANZIIF has a large team of experienced and highly skilled people who are experts in education and financial services. The organisation has achieved many accolades in recent years including the Asia Education Provider of the Year Award for 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Joan is married with six children, four of them are step-children. She is an avid reader, loves walking and swimming and plays golf when time permits.

Dr Joseph McDowall
joseph Dr Joseph McDowall has a Bachelor of Science with majors in Psychology and Zoology. He undertook higher degree studies in Social Psychology, completing his PhD from the University of Queensland in 1979.

Since 1974, Dr McDowall has taught at both the University of Queensland and Griffith University (from 1985) in the areas of Psychology and Photography. Specifically, he has lectured in the areas of research methods, statistics, social skills training, as well as all aspects of the theory and practice of photography.

In 2006, Dr McDowall was commissioned by the Department of Child Safety to produce two extensive databases for use by NGOs in Foster and Kinship Care and the Recognised Entities throughout Queensland.

In addition to his consulting role with the DChS, Joseph also participated as co-researcher, with Ms Jacqui Reed, in a study exploring how children in foster care perceive “family”. The paper reporting the findings of the first of what was to be a tripartite study was presented nationally at the 2006 National Foster Care Conference in Australia and internationally at the National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in Portland, Oregon, USA and generated considerable interest. This study won the 2006 Child Protection Week Award for research from the Queensland government.

Being passionately concerned with child protection, Joseph, together with a small group of like-minded professionals, in 2007 formed The Care Connection, a not-for-profit company of which he is the inaugural Chair of Directors. This organization was created to fill a void in the child protection sector, particularly focusing on connecting children and young people in care with the community to help build their self-esteem and confidence.

Dr Joseph McDowall authored the CREATE 2008 Report Card: Transitioning from Care, and has assisted in developing a computer interface to facilitate the administration of CREATE’s Be. heard program across three states. In 2008, he also joined the CREATE Foundation board and brings to that role a wealth of knowledge and experience of the child protection sector. His research experience and rigor in enhancing the core business of CREATE, namely hearing and responding to the voices of children, will be invaluable for our organisation.

Lindsay Munyard
lindsay20munyard Lindsay is a social worker and is in the process of completing his master’s degree in family therapy. Lindsay has had experience in the Community Sector and Child Protection at both operational and policy levels. Lindsay has been involved with the CREATE Foundation since 1999. I,nitially becoming involved as a young consultant, Lindsay has maintained a keen interest in the organisation, joining the board in 2003. Lindsay has a lived experience of being in care and is passionate about strengthening the voice of children and young people in out of home care.

Robyn Miller
board_robyn_miller Robyn Miller is a social worker and family therapist with over 25 years experience in the field. She has worked in the Community Sector, Local Government, Child Protection, and for the past 14 years at the Bouverie Centre as a senior clinician and teacher. She has conducted her private practice for the past 14 years on a part-time basis and has provided a therapeutic service for individuals, couples and families, and supervision and training to various organisations across sectors.

She has been a member of the Victorian Child Death Review Committee for the past 5 years and was the recipient of the inaugural Robin Clark memorial Phd scholarship attached to the Take Two Program. She has worked with the Child Protection and Family Services Branch of DHS for the past 18 months, providing practice leadership and policy development. Her practice and research interest has been in the area of trauma and family work, and she has a particular expertise with families where there has been sexual abuse and family violence.

Trevor Gruzin
board_trevor_gruzin Trevor is Managing Director, Management Consulting–Asia Pacific Area for Accenture.Trevor joined Accenture in Sydney in 1985 having previously worked in South Africa and the UK. He has held several global roles with Accenture over the past decade including leading the global banking practice.

Trevor has been a Director of CREATE Foundation for over 6 years.