Gerard Mansour is Victoria’s first Commissioner for Senior Victorians and Ambassador for Elder Abuse Prevention.

He is a long-term and is a highly respected advocate for the needs of older people. 

In 2012, Mr Mansour became the inaugural national CEO of Leading Age Services Australia, the peak national body representing the aged and community care industry across Australia. Prior to this, Mr Mansour was the CEO of Aged and Community Care Victoria for six years. Mr Mansour says a priority is the focus on quality of life, workforce participation and access to services for senior Victorians. This means maximising opportunities for all, including those who are marginalised or disadvantaged.

Member: Executive Committee

Appointed Director June 2015

Bryan Lipmann is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Wintringham. Under Bryan’s leadership, Wintringham has obtained significant funding and support to enable the establishment of a range of housing and services to many aged people who were living in poor and insecure conditions. His ability to develop and implement high quality services that are financially viable has influenced Government policy and welfare agencies towards a more co-ordinated response to a group of people who are some of the most disadvantaged within Australian society.

Bryan is a regular contributor to a range of local and international aged care and housing forums, and is the author of a book "The Elderly Homeless", which looks at the international provision of services to frail homeless men and women. He was made a Distinguished Alumni of La Trobe University in 2009.

Bryan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Social Work. He received an order Order of Australia 1999 for his work with the elderly homeless. 

Member: Executive Committee, Finance and Audit Committee, Clinical Governance Committee

Appointed Director November 2002

B.A., B. Comm., University of Melbourne; Master in Public Policy (Frank Knox Fellow) Harvard University

Ian Davidoff’s work for government in Australia has included strategic policy positions with Federal Treasury, the Prime Minister's Office as well as with the Infrastructure Division of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet. For two years to 2014, he was the Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, based in Washington. He is a director of property development and investment company, Citiplan Pty Ltd and the CEO/Director of Journal Student Living a manager of institutional-grade alternative residential property assets. 

Member: Finance and Audit Committee

Appointed Director November 2015

Netty Horton

Bachelor of Arts (hons) (Exeter University UK), Master of Public Policy (University of Melbourne) 

Netty Horton has a long history of working in the area of homelessness. Netty was the CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons for more than 12 years during which time she established and ran the first and second national conferences on homelessness in Australia and chaired the Ministerial Advisory Committee on the development of the Victorian Homelessness Strategy.

Netty is a founding member of the Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations and Foodbank Australia. She has been the General Manager of Community Services with St Vincent de Paul Aged Care and Community Services. She is currently the Territorial Social Programme Director for the Salvation Army and the CEO of Catholic Care.

In 2001 she successfully completed a Churchill Fellowship examining foodbanking and homelessness in the US Canada, Europe and the UK.

Member: Finance and Audit Committee

Appointed Director May 1998

 

 

Jane Boag

 

Jane has held a variety of senior and executive roles in health and related fields such as aged care, private health insurance the Transport Accident Commission (TAC). She has also held a number of Director roles in Community Health, Aged Care, Disability and the Arts sectors.

Throughout her career, Jane has demonstrated her focus on positive client experiences and strong business performance outcomes. Her understanding of risk management and governance is the focus of her current role at VMIA as Head of Enterprise Risk Advisory, where the team provides risk management advice to the Victorian public sector.

Member: Clinical Governance Committee

Appointed Director February 2020

  

 

Arthur Apted

Arthur is an experienced chief executive of major property and farm investment funds and operating businesses as well as a director of superannuation funds and their associated businesses.

He has a portfolio of independent directorships and committee member roles in financial services compliance, superannuation investments and infrastructure. His early career was in government and workplace relations. 

His skill and experience set covers: conception and execution of business strategies for start-ups and established businesses and general management of whole businesses and big projects.

In these roles he has successfully managed all aspects of business including strategy, budgeting and reporting, funding, operations, stakeholders and risk including compliance.  

Arthur is based in Melbourne and regularly commutes to Hobart. 

Member: Finance and Audit Committee

Appointed Director February 2020

 

Kym Goodes

Kym Goodes, the principal of 3P Advisory, is recognised as one of the foremost public voices in Tasmania. 

She has two decades of experience working in government and the not-for-profit sector in social and economic public policy fields as diverse as education, employment, transport, energy, digital inclusion, health, housing and human services.  She has worked across both the public and private sectors as a sought-after adviser specialising in public engagement and evidence informed policy and program responses.

As the previous CEO of TasCOSS, Kym was recognised for her work to challenge and change the systems, behaviours and attitudes that lead to inequality and disadvantage. A recognised leader and change maker, Kym has worked as an advocate and lobbyist on a range of policy, projects and legislative changes that contribute to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to live a good life in Tasmania.

Member: Clinical Governance Committee

Appointed Director February 2020

Patricia Sparrow

Patricia is a social policy leader and innovator with a passion for health equity.

An experienced political and policy advocate. She has worked in aged care, community development, disability services, youth affairs, health and intergovernmental relations, holding roles as CEO of ACSA, Federal Ministerial Advisor and State Government bureaucrat.

Patricia has extensive stakeholder engagement skills representing people with lived experience, service providers, workforce, health professionals, corporate organisations and Government, and is an accomplished advocate for both not-for-profit service providers and older Australians. 

Patricia’s breadth of knowledge, depth of experience and constructive approach enable her to achieve results that benefit the organisations she has worked for and those who rely on them.

 

Appointed Director November 2021