Our Leadership

A dedicated team of highly skilled and experienced professionals lead our organisation.

Executive Leadership Team

Our Executive Leadership Team are among our most dedicated advocates of the people we support. Occupying a wide range of expert skills and a vast wealth of knowledge across a diverse catalogue of industries. The team has both professional and lived experience in the disability sector which is continually drawn upon in the pursuit of service quality and organisational excellence.

Carol Berry

Carol Berry

Chief Executive Officer

Edward Birt

Chief Operating Officer

Rebecca Coombes

Chief People Officer
Michael Bowers

Michael Bowers

Chief Financial Officer
Tarryn Bracken

Tarryn Bracken

Chief Practitioner
Mathew McIntyre

Mathew McIntyre

Executive General Manager Growth and Innovation
Belinda Dawson

Belinda Dawson

Executive General Manager – Business Transformation
Helen Bugg

Helen Bugg

Executive General Manager Communications and Customer Experience

Board Members

Our Board Members bring a depth of corporate leadership expertise to The Disability Trust. Each with an intimate lived experience of the hardship of disability and a determination to improve lives. The Board is driven by the goal of guiding the creation of an inclusive world built on trust, respect and equality, where people with disability can live the life they choose and so everyone can live, work and belong in an inclusive world.

Dr Peter Langkamp

Chair
Carol Heijo

Carol Heijo

Deputy Chair

Stephen Balch

Tom Baxter

Tom Baxter

Margaret Bowen

Margaret Bowen

Dr Shane Clifton

Dr Shane Clifton

Agata Jarbin

Agata Jarbin

Madeline Tynan

Franca Venetico

Franca Venetico

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Our People.

Indigenous Culture mark

The Disability Trust acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Country on which we provide services. We recognise the strength and intergenerational resilience of Elders and honour the culture and knowledge of community leaders past, present and emerging.

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